Nishith Mehta will be joining Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as the head of financial regulatory and compliance and will be based at the firm’s Mumbai office.
Mehta has more than 25 years of experience in banking and capital markets, and is a seasoned regulatory and compliance professional, having worked across leading financial institutions.
He joins the firm from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he co-headed Asia Pacific compliance and operational risk. He also served as the country head of compliance and operational risk and chief compliance officer for regulated businesses in India.
He has overseen a wide array of products and asset classes within global banking and markets, and worked across complex regulatory regimes in Asia.
His previous roles include leadership positions at Lehman Brothers, the Kotak Mahindra-Goldman Sachs JV, and Edelweiss Group.
With Mehta’s addition, the firm will deepen its focus on regulatory, risk and compliance services as a dedicated sector. This practice forms part of CAM’s broader financial institutions group, which includes more than 10 partners, 50 fee earners and 10 former regulators, offering advisory across financial services.
