White & Case Senior Associate, Nikhil Narayanan to join Amarchand’s Delhi office as Corporate Partner (Updated)

Nikhil Narayanan, a Senior Associate at White & Case, London will be joining the Delhi office of Amarchand Mangaldas as a Corporate Partner with effect from June 1, 2013. He was part of the India practice group at White & Case..Nikhil is dual qualified to practice both in India and England and Wales. He has over 13 years of experience advising international corporates, private equity funds and investment banks. His areas of focus include cross-border M&A, Private Equity and ECM transactions..Shardul Shroff, Managing Partner, Amarchand Mangaldas, said, “The appointment of Nikhil Narayanan as a Partner is a significant step in the direction of bolstering our strengths in the already well established Corporate Practice of the Firm.”.Nikhil, a graduate of National Law School of India University, Bangalore has also worked as an investment banker at Credit Suisse after completing his MBA from London Business School. He worked at Credit Suisse for almost two years. Nikhil has also previously worked as an Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London. He also holds a BCL degree from the University of Oxford, where he was a Radhakrishnan Scholar..Bar & Bench speaks with Nikhil Narayanan on his decision to move back to India and his experience working at International law firms..B&B: Decision to move back to India..Nikhil: India is a growing and exciting legal market. I have been fortunate enough to have worked on a number of high value and innovative corporate transactions in the course of my legal and investment banking career in London over the last 13 years. I felt that there was an opportunity for me to build on this experience in the dynamic Indian market and I therefore decided to make the transition..B&B: Why Amarchand?.Nikhil: Amarchand Mangaldas is India’s leading law firm, with a market leading corporate practice. It presents a great opportunity for me to build on my experience in the Indian market..B&B: Experience working at International law firms..Nikhil: I have very much enjoyed my legal and investment banking career in London, where I have worked on a number of high profile mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets transactions. I am now looking forward to the exciting opportunity of building on this in the growing Indian market in India’s premier law firm..B&B: Area of focus at Amarchand..Nikhil: I have previously advised corporates, private equity funds and investment banks on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and exits, joint ventures and equity capital markets transactions. I will look to continue this broad transactional and advisory practice in the corporate team at Amarchand.