ANM Global Appoints Jyoti Maheshwari as Partner in Corporate, Fintech and Regulatory Advisory

ANM Global has announced the appointment of Jyoti Maheshwari as Partner within its Corporate, Fintech and Regulatory Advisory practice. Maheshwari brings over 23 years of legal experience across private practice and senior in-house leadership roles.

Her transactional practice encompasses M&A, private equity, foreign investment, project and structured finance, joint ventures, commercial contracting, and general corporate advisory across financial services, infrastructure, and other regulated sectors. Notable matters include the 530 million USD acquisition of Ramky Environ Engineers by KKR India Advisors. Maheshwari has also advised extensively at the intersection of financial regulation and technology, including at Hitachi Payment Services, where her work covered digital payments, EMI and ONDC-linked business models, SaaS and software licensing, data-related matters, and regulatory approvals in connection with the acquisition of Writer Business Services’ cash management division. Her broader regulatory experience spans RBI, FEMA, FDI, and SEBI matters, digital lending, and payments regulation.

Most recently, Maheshwari served as General Counsel and Head of Compliance at Hitachi Payment Services and Hitachi Cash Management Services, where she led the legal, regulatory, and compliance functions and advised board and senior management on transactions, regulatory matters, and the rollout of fintech and digital products. Earlier, she was associated with Khaitan and Co., Kochhar and Co., and Link Legal India Law Services, where she also led the project finance practice.

Nidhish Mehrotra, Managing Partner of ANM Global, noted that Maheshwari’s combination of transactional experience and in-house perspective on financial services regulation complements the firm’s direction in developing its Corporate, Fintech and Regulatory Advisory practice.