Avishek, is a corporate lawyer currently in a CXO level leadership & management role in India's leading and largest corporate law firm, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, based out of Mumbai. He has about 15+ years of experience in professional services within a partnership environment.As Chief Operating Officer (COO) - Finance Practices, his primary focus is to provide the first line of commercial, operational & strategic business support to the senior leadership, top management & practice head(s), seeking ‘buy-in’ ensuring the practices he is responsible for operate like true business units & assisting them in their leadership roles, ensuring that the strategy, plans & structures of the national practices are in place and are aligned to the firm’s strategic goals and interests. The practices he looks after are Finance (includes Banking, Project Finance, Infrastructure, Insolvency & Bankruptcy), Markets (includes Equity & Debt Capital Markets and Financial Regulatory) and Disputes (includes Litigation, Arbitration & Advocacy). Avishek is also well versed with the business environment and has adequate knowledge of commercial organizations, financial and regulatory institutions spread across different sectors, the market place for legal services.Avishek works with key stakeholders and senior management, within a partnership structure and is comfortable operating at all levels. Has good working relationships with the media and is fluent in English, Hindi and Bengali.Avishek has completed his Executive Program from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta and also holds a BA LLB (Hons) degree from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. Specialties:Business Development | Management | Business & Market Intelligence | Opportunity Spotting | Client Development | Cross Selling Identification | External Communications | Market Visibility & Awareness | Media Relations & Coverage | Negotiations | Networking | New Business Proposals | Partnering Relationships | Supervisory | Strategic Internal Communications | Public & International Relations | Profile Raising | Initiative Targeting