Vishnu Jerome heads the Firm, which he co-founded in 2012. Vishnu was recognized as a “Leader in the field” of Banking & Finance by Chambers Asia Pacific for the Year 2014. Vishnu is a ranked lawyer for Banking & Finance in the Chambers’ Global Guide, since 2013. Chambers’ Global Guide for Banking and Finance 2017 recognizes Vishnu as a lawyer who “works on a range of financing transactions.”
Vishnu’s principal practice areas are banking & finance, M&A, private equity and regulatory. Prior to founding Jerome Merchant & Partners, Vishnu Jerome was a partner with AZB & Partners, Mumbai where he worked for over seven years. Vishnu graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2002.