Squire Patton Boggs has appointed the former head of the India Practice at Herbert Smith Freehills, Nimi Patel, as a director in its India Practice in London.
Ms. Patel has wide-ranging experience in UK and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, securities, capital markets, the structuring and establishment of funds and other corporate finance work. She launched the India Practice of Herbert Smith Freehills in 1994 and under her 20-year leadership it became a recognized market leader. Ms. Patel has assisted numerous Indian corporates, public sector undertakings and financial institutions in a variety of transactions. She has senior board level experience with a wide range of leading Indian corporates, where she advised on strategic, regulatory and other business issues. She is also a non-executive director at JP Morgan Indian Investment Trust PLC.
European managing partner Jane Haxby commented: “With her experience, Nimi is a recognised specialist with a depth of India market knowledge and network of relationships that few can match. We are very pleased to welcome Nimi to the firm. She will play a significant role in the continued development of our India Practice and her deal expertise will be highly prized by our clients.”
“Nimi’s appointment underlines the scale of our ambition for the continued growth of our India Practice,” added Ambassador Frank Wisner, former US Ambassador to India and international affairs advisor at the firm. “We have developed a high-quality inbound and outbound practice to assist Indian clients globally on legal, public policy and regulatory matters, which, we believe, sets us apart from other international firms. The fact that someone of Nimi’s calibre has chosen to join us is perhaps the best endorsement of our achievements to date.”
With more than 50 lawyers globally and dedicated team members in key locations, including London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Washington DC, Dubai and Shanghai, the Squire Patton Boggs India Practice advises clients across a range of industry sectors on Indian inbound and outbound investment from all major markets.
Prime Database ranked Squire Patton Boggs #1 in India IPOs (Deals as underwriters counsel) and #1 in India QIPs (Deal as managers counsel) in 2017. Prime Database is the Government certified database relied on by all agencies in India.
Squire Patton Boggs has been named a “Key Player” for India Work by India Business Law Journal and was awarded India Desk of the Year (International) Award (2016) by Thomson Reuters IDEX Legal Awards. It was also recognised as Best International Capital Markets Law Firm of the Year by Legal Era in 2015-2016 and 2016-2017.
At the beginning of this year, the firm became a founding partner of the Manchester-India Partnership (MIP), launched in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry at the House of Commons in London.
