Mr. Alok Sonker has joined Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a Partner in its Corporate Practice along with his team. They will be working out of Mumbai, Ahmedabad and GIFT City offices.
Alok has over 15 years of experience and focuses on general corporate advisory and transactional matters, which mostly include Private Equity (fund set-up and transactions) and M&A transactions. Alok has a keen interest in economics and geo-strategy and has spent majority of his time in sharpening his knowledge and skills in relation to the same.
Alok has been recognised as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ for Private Equity and Investment Funds for India by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2023, listed amongst the ‘50 Future Legal Leaders’ by India Business Law Journal 2021, ‘ALB India Super 50 Lawyers’ by Asian Legal Business 2021 and India Top TMT/Fintech Lawyers 2021 by Asian Legal Business.
Mr. Cyril Shroff, Managing Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas said, “I am delighted that Alok is joining us. He has vast experience and will be a great addition to our Corporate Practice.”
Ms. Paridhi Adani, Partner (Head – Ahmedabad), Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas added, “I welcome Alok to the Firm. His experience and approach align perfectly with our vision for the growth and excellence of our GIFT City and Ahmedabad offices. I look forward to exciting opportunities that lie ahead.”
Alok graduated in 2006 from Lucknow University and completed LL.M. in 2008 from National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
On his joining, Alok Sonker, Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, said, “I am thankful for the opportunity and really excited to work with new and existing clients towards growth of CAM’s already strong corporate practice. I relate very closely with CAM’s client-centric focus. I’m also looking forward to seamless collaboration with lawyers and experts that this platform has to offer.”
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About Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) is India’s leading law firm with a global reputation of being trusted advisers to its clients. The Firm advises a large and diverse set of clients, including domestic and foreign commercial enterprises, financial institutions, private equity and venture capital funds, start ups, government and regulatory bodies. The Firm’s generalists, specialists and senior ex-regulators expertly guide clients across a spectrum of transactions, sectors and regulations. With over 1000 lawyers including 200 Partners, the Firm is a full-service law firm with offices in key business centres at Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, GIFT City, Singapore and Abu Dhabi.
The Firm has been consistently named “Best Overall Law Firm” by the IBLJ Indian Law Firm Awards. It received “National Law Firm of the Year: India” at the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards for the second consecutive year in 2023 and “Innovation in Advancing Markets” award at the FT Innovative Lawyers Asia Pacific 2022 Awards. The Firm also won “India Deal Firm of the Year” at the ALB India Awards and “Firm of the Year” at the IFLR1000 India Awards in 2022.
