Indian boutique Aarna Law has hired banking compliance lawyer Manjushree Somasundara as a partner in Bengaluru. She was most recently Vice President - Global AML Policies & Standards at Standard Chartered Bank.

Somasundara spent roughly half of her more than 20-year career in the financial sector as an in-house counsel, advising on anti-money laundering measures, transaction monitoring and other financial crime-related compliance issues.

Somasundara joined Standard Chartered in 2018, prior to which she held various roles at ING over the course of a decade. She also had a stint at law firm Poovayya & Co.

Founded in 2014, Aarna law has seven lawyers.