Mr. Arjun Goswami has joined Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as Director – Public Policy Practice. He will be heading the Firm’s public policy practice across offices and will be based at Mumbai and New Delhi. Before joining the Firm, he was with Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila, Philippines as a Chief, Regional Cooperation and Integration Thematic Group (RCI) from 2009 and with ADB since 1996.
As a Chief of RCI he was responsible for operational planning, RCI corporate reporting, RCI quality and skills enhancement, innovative RCI pipeline development through operationally relevant knowledge products, key seminars and RCI resource mobilization; joint initiatives with Sector and Thematic Groups; Chair/Member of Integrity Oversight Committee; Chair, Appeals Committee. He has also worked with Standard Chartered Bank, Mumbai as Head of Legal and Compliance from 1992 to 1996 and as an Attorney with Swidler & Berlin, Washington, D.C., USA from 1987 to 1992.
Welcoming Mr. Goswami on board, Mr. Cyril Shroff, Managing Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas said, “I am extremely delighted to have Arjun Goswami join us to lead the public policy practice. The Firm has been in the forefront working with several regulatory bodies and developing feasible strategies for its clients. His vast experience in this space will help us build the practice.”
Mr. Goswami has MS.C in Financial Management from School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, UK, He has degree in B.A., M.A., from Oxford University, LL.M. in Public International Law from Cambridge University, UK and J.D. (Juris Doctor) from American University, USA
On his appointment, Mr. Goswami, Director – Public Policy, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas said, “I am delighted to be joining India’s leading law firm, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. At no time has the public policy reform space in India been more vibrant and urgent. So, I am especially excited to be drawing on my experience to help spearhead the firm’s public policy practice in partnership with the outstanding members of the firm.”
