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Roshan Thomas has left his role at troubled edtech unicorn BYJU’s to rejoin Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co as an equity partner in its Bengaluru-based corporate practice.

Thomas has over 20 years of experience in private equity, venture capital and M&A work having been a partner at SAM, BMR Legal, Themis Associates, and Lexygen. He took up the top in-house role at BYJU’s in 2021.

Thomas joined SAM’s Bengaluru office in June 2017 as part of a large group of lawyers from BMR Legal, and helped grow the office for four years before moving to BYJU’s.

He becomes the latest in a string of in-house lawyers moving back to law firms this year. Luthra and Luthra added Suprio Dasgupta, J Sagar Associates hired Zetwerk counsel Rakesh Warrier, Economic Laws Practice added Ola Electric GC Sanjit Nagarkatti, and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas brought in former Embassy Group GC Siddharth Vedula.

 

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