Mainak Mukherjee

Financial Services & Fintech Regulation · VDAs & Crypto Law · Emerging Tech & IPR

⚖ Associate, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas 🏛 NLUJAA, Class of 2024 💡 VDA & Fintech Regulation Expert

Current Position: Associate
Firm: Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Location: New Delhi, India
Specialisation: Fintech, VDAs & Financial Regulation

About

Mainak Mukherjee is an Associate in the Financial Services practice at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, one of India’s leading law firms, and a graduate of the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (Class of 2024). He has worked on landmark matters at the intersection of fintech, crypto, and regulation — including advising Bybit on its VDASP registration with FIU-IND and facilitating the unblocking of its website by MeitY, and representing CoinSwitch in a successful WIPO UDRP domain dispute. He has also co-authored pieces in NDTV Profit on RBI’s regulatory sandbox and crypto M&A strategy. Prior to CAM, he was an Associate at Trilegal’s Financial Regulatory Practice in Mumbai, having received a PPO after his callback internship. With ten publications, a Yale Financial Markets certification, and deep expertise in VDAs, payments, banking, and emerging tech law, he is exceptionally placed to mentor students targeting India’s most cutting-edge financial regulatory and fintech law practices.

Areas of Expertise

Virtual Digital Assets (VDA) & Crypto Regulation
Fintech, Payments & Banking Law
Financial Services Regulatory Advisory
Intellectual Property & Domain Disputes
Emerging Technology & Securities Law

Education & Experience

Associate – Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (Jan 2025–Present)
Associate – Trilegal, Financial Regulatory Practice (Jul–Dec 2024)
Legal Intern – Trilegal, Mumbai (Nov 2023 & Jan 2024, PPO)
B.A. LL.B – NLU & Judicial Academy, Assam (2019–2024)
Financial Markets – Yale University (Certified)

Practice Areas

Virtual Digital Assets Fintech Regulation Payments & Banking Law Securities Law Crypto & Blockchain IPR & Domain Disputes Emerging Technology Law Financial Regulatory Advisory

What I Offer

VDA & Fintech Law Mentorship

In-depth guidance on crypto regulation, VDASP compliance, FIU-IND frameworks & India’s evolving fintech regulatory landscape

Tier-1 Firm Career Guidance

First-hand roadmap on securing PPOs, cracking Tier-1 firm internships & building a financial regulatory law career from an NLU

Legal Research & Publications

Mentorship on writing high-quality legal publications, SEBI & securities law research, and building an academic profile