{"id":50590,"date":"2025-07-25T09:13:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=50590"},"modified":"2025-07-25T09:13:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:13:19","slug":"cm-announces-partner-promotions-2","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/cm-announces-partner-promotions-2\/","title":{"rendered":"C&amp;M Announces Partner Promotions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Place: New Delhi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date: 24<sup>th<\/sup> July 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Release: Immediate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We are pleased to announce the promotion of Nishant Sogani and Zubin Poovathinkal to the partnership at Chandhiok &amp; Mahajan. Their elevation reflects our ongoing commitment to building a diverse, future-ready leadership and nurturing exceptional legal talent. With these additions, our partnership now stands at 18, with women representing 35% of our partners.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nishant Sogani<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Partner \u2013 Mumbai | Restructuring &amp; Insolvency | Banking &amp; Finance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-50592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/Nishant-Sogani-289x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/Nishant-Sogani-289x300.jpeg 289w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/Nishant-Sogani-987x1024.jpeg 987w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/Nishant-Sogani-768x797.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/Nishant-Sogani.jpeg 1234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ni<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">shant Sogani, based in Mum<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">bai has over a decade of experience in Restructin<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">g &amp; I<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">nsolvency, Finance and General Corporate practices. A trusted advisor to insolvency professionals, banks, financial institutions, and corporate groups, Nishant has led several of the firm\u2019s complex mandates. His expertise spans insolvency resolution, distressed M&amp;A, debt &amp; corporate restructuring, structured finance and corporate lending.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zubin Poovathinkal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Partner \u2013 Hyderabad | Dispute Resolution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-50594\" style=\"font-size: 1rem\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/Zubin-300x286.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/Zubin-300x286.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/Zubin.jpeg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Z<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">ub<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">in is an accomplished litigator with more than 10 years of experience before trial and appellate courts. He has represented clients in commercial arbitr<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">ation, criminal defence, tax litigation, insolvency proceedings, and constitutional matters. Recognised for his clarity of thought and courtroom strength, Zubin is widely respected for his ability to navigate complex disputes and deliver results<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking on these promotions, Pooja Mahajan, C&amp;M\u2019s managing partner, stated:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe are delighted to welcome Nishant and Zubin to the partnership. Their promotion is a recognition of their expertise, leadership, and alignment with our values. Both have played a key role in strengthening our practices and consistently delivered excellence to our clients. We are proud to have them as part of our leadership team.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-50590","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/50590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}