Kochhar & Co recruits partner Saswat Mohanty to strengthen the firm’s capital markets and securities law practice at the Mumbai office.
Mohanty was previously a partner-designate at Luthra and Luthra Law Offices. He focuses on equity capital markets, securities law and listed company advisory. He regularly advises issuers, intermediaries and other market participants on a wide range of transactional, regulatory, and corporate governance matters.
His experience spans private practice at leading law firms as well as an in-house legal role with the National Stock Exchange of India, where he advised on securities law and regulatory matters for listed entities.
Saswat has advised on a broad range of complex capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, rights issues, qualified institutional placements and preferential issues. His experience covers the full transaction lifecycle, including the preparation and filing of offer documents, transaction structuring and documentation, legal due diligence, and regulatory compliance.
He has advised clients across a diverse range of sectors, including aerospace and defence, e-commerce, financial services, food and beverage, gems and jewellery, healthcare, information technology, infrastructure and manufacturing.
