Raghuram Raju, former Group General Counsel for Religare is likely to join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas in Delhi, according to sources..This will be the fourth Partner-level lateral hire made by Cyril Shroff, the other three being Luthra & Luthra Delhi Banking & Finance Patner Piyush mishra, Khaitan & Co Delhi Litigation Partner Gauri Rasgotra and ELP Litigation Partner Kirat Nagra..Raghuram has over 25 years of experience working as in-house counsel and a law firm lawyer. Prior to joining Religare in 2011, he was working at Genpact as Senior Vice President & General Counsel – International..He has previosuly also worked with GE Capital between 1995 and 2004 as Vice President & General Counsel. Prior to joining GE Capital, Raghuram was a Partner with Dua Associates..After leaving Religare, Raghuram has been working independently and has a small law firm called ‘LexPru’. It is understood that Raghuram is currently assisting Cyril Shroff on some of his corporate transactions in Delhi as a consultant..When contacted, Raghuram declined to comment. Senior Partner Vandana Shroff was not available at the time of publishing the story..Earlier, the firm had also hired ICICI in-house counsel Avinash Umapathy in Bangalore.
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