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SNG & Partners has announced the appointment of Rajendra Patil as Partner in its Banking & Finance practice. Rajendra’s appointment further augments one of the firm’s established practice offerings, bringing deep in-house leadership experience from the banking sector to the firm. He will be working out of the firm’s Nehru Centre office in Mumbai.
Rajendra brings extensive domain experience of more than three decades emanating from a distinguished professional journey of working in-house with leading financial institutions, including ICICI Bank, CRISIL, IDFC, RBL Bank, Bharat Financial Inclusion and IndusInd Bank, where he led and managed a wide spectrum of corporate legal, litigation, compliance, governance, regulatory and corporate secretarial functions. Throughout his career, he has been responsible for managing contentious and non-contentious legal, compliance, governance and corporate secretarial aspects as well as capital market assignments and dealing with law enforcement agencies, for several reputed banking and financial services institutions.
Welcoming Rajendra to the team, Anju Gandhi, Senior Partner and Head – Banking & Finance, SNG & Partners, said, “I have known Rajendra professionally for several years and have closely seen his leadership, judgment and ability to manage nuanced legal and regulatory challenges for several large financial institutions. His transition from an in-house leadership role to law firm practice will add to SNG & Partners’ USP of achieving commercial outcomes for its clients, while complying with the procedural and substantive aspects of law. Rajendra’s strong blend of legal, compliance, regulatory expertise and business acumen will be a significant asset to our clients, and I am personally delighted to welcome him to SNG & Partners.”
He has also supported business teams by assessing legal, compliance and contractual risk, working closely with external counsel, leading negotiations with third parties, and managing corporate secretarial functions, including Board and shareholder meetings, thereby strengthening governance and compliance frameworks within financial institutions.
Rajendra’s transition from a long-standing in-house leadership role into law firm practice brings a distinctive and valuable perspective to SNG & Partners. His combined understanding of legal strategy, regulatory expectations and business realities equips him to deliver practical, commercially aligned advice to clients, and further strengthens the firm’s Banking & Finance practice.
With Rajendra’s onboarding, SNG & Partners now has a strength of 30 Partners and a formidable team of over 100 lawyers, strategically based across 3 key locations: New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.