India’s Samvad Partners has hired corporate lawyer Jeeta Nayak as a partner in Mumbai from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, where she was a director.

Nayak’s addition is Samvad’s first partner hire since it brought disputes expert Savani Gupte on board from Khaitan & Co in March.

Nayak has 12 years of experience advising on private equity, M&A and general corporate matters. She has spent most of her career at CAM and its legacy entity, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co, prior to which she worked with AZB & Partners.

With Nayak’s hire, the current partner strength at Samvad is 17.

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