Ashok Kumar Mishra joins legal firm MDP & Partners as Senior Partner

MUMBAI: Ashok Kumar Mishra, former banker, has joined legal firm MDP & Partners as a senior partner wherein he will head the firm’s banking practice.

He started his career as an advocate in District Court at Puri in Odisha and later joined State Bank of India as law officer in 1987. After his stint with SBI, he joined IDBI where he was instrumental in dealing with several corporate finance and recovery related matters pending before various high courts. He specialized in matters of restructuring related to CLB, BIFR, CDR, winding up, merger and demerger and CLB and NCLT.

Following his retirement as general manager, legal from IDBI Bank, Mr Mishra served as the Presiding Officer of Debts Recovery Tribunal at Kolkata from 2012 till 2017. He was also appointed as Presiding Officer, DRT from 2015 till 2016.

MDP & Partners is a full-service law firm, strategically located in Mumbai serving domestic and international clients across diverse practice areas and sectors.