Raghuram Raju, former Group General Counsel for Religare is likely to join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas in Delhi, according to sources..This will be the fourth Partner-level lateral hire made by Cyril Shroff, the other three being Luthra & Luthra Delhi Banking & Finance Patner Piyush mishra, Khaitan & Co Delhi Litigation Partner Gauri Rasgotra and ELP Litigation Partner Kirat Nagra..Raghuram has over 25 years of experience working as in-house counsel and a law firm lawyer. Prior to joining Religare in 2011, he was working at Genpact as Senior Vice President & General Counsel – International..He has previosuly also worked with GE Capital between 1995 and 2004 as Vice President & General Counsel. Prior to joining GE Capital, Raghuram was a Partner with Dua Associates..After leaving Religare, Raghuram has been working independently and has a small law firm called ‘LexPru’. It is understood that Raghuram is currently assisting Cyril Shroff on some of his corporate transactions in Delhi as a consultant..When contacted, Raghuram declined to comment. Senior Partner Vandana Shroff was not available at the time of publishing the story..Earlier, the firm had also hired ICICI in-house counsel Avinash Umapathy in Bangalore.
Raghuram Raju, former Group General Counsel for Religare is likely to join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas in Delhi, according to sources..This will be the fourth Partner-level lateral hire made by Cyril Shroff, the other three being Luthra & Luthra Delhi Banking & Finance Patner Piyush mishra, Khaitan & Co Delhi Litigation Partner Gauri Rasgotra and ELP Litigation Partner Kirat Nagra..Raghuram has over 25 years of experience working as in-house counsel and a law firm lawyer. Prior to joining Religare in 2011, he was working at Genpact as Senior Vice President & General Counsel – International..He has previosuly also worked with GE Capital between 1995 and 2004 as Vice President & General Counsel. Prior to joining GE Capital, Raghuram was a Partner with Dua Associates..After leaving Religare, Raghuram has been working independently and has a small law firm called ‘LexPru’. It is understood that Raghuram is currently assisting Cyril Shroff on some of his corporate transactions in Delhi as a consultant..When contacted, Raghuram declined to comment. Senior Partner Vandana Shroff was not available at the time of publishing the story..Earlier, the firm had also hired ICICI in-house counsel Avinash Umapathy in Bangalore.
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