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Cyril Shroff
Born (1959-11-07) 7 November 1959 (age 65)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Alma materSydenham College of Commerce and Economics
Government Law College, Mumbai
OccupationLawyer
OrganizationCyril Amarchand Mangaldas
SpouseVandana Shroff
Children2
RelativesShardul S. Shroff (brother)
Karan Adani (son-in-law)
Websitecyrilshroff.com

Cyril Suresh Shroff (born 1959) is an Indian corporate lawyer. He is the managing partner of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM), India's largest full services law firm, since May 2015, and previously was the managing partner of Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co, since 1995.[1] He was awarded ‘Deal Maker of the Year’ in 2020 & ‘Managing Partner of the Year’ in 2019 and 2022 by Asian Legal Business (ALB) India Law Awards.

Education

Shroff was admitted to the Bar in 1982 after receiving his BA, LLB degree from the Government Law College, Mumbai.[2] He is a solicitor, High Court of Bombay, since 1983.[citation needed]

Shroff has over 40 years of experience in a range of areas, including corporate and securities law, disputes, banking, bankruptcy, infrastructure, corporate governance, private client, financial regulatory and others. He has consistently been ranked as “star practitioner” in India by Chambers Global and has been called the “M&A King of India”.[3] He was awarded Asian Law Business (ALB) India managing partner award in 2015.[4]

Shroff took control of the Mumbai operations of the Amarchand Mangaldas at the age of 35 and slowly rose to being a favoured adviser to India's corporate elite.[5]

Awards and recognitions

  • Consistently recognised as ‘Eminent Practitioners’[6] for Private Equity; Banking & Finance and Restructuring /Insolvency in India and ‘Star Individuals’ for Corporate M&A in India
  • Ranked as ‘Market Leader’[7] for Energy and Infrastructure, Project Development, Banking, Project Finance, Capital Markets: Debt, M&A by IFLR1000 for several years.
  • ‘Thought Leaders Global Elite’ for M&A & Governance and M&A & Project Finance, Who’s Who Legal 2022 & 2021 respectively [8]
  • Consistently named as 'Leading Lawyer' for Corporate M&A by Legal 500[9]
  • ‘Deal Maker of the Year’, ALB India Law Awards 2022[10]
  • Included in ‘A-List Icon’ in IBLJ A-list Lawyers 2020[11]
  • Included in Legal500's ‘Hall of Fame’ 2020[12]
  • Recognised as IFLR Asia Best Lawyers 2020[13]
  • ‘Band 1’ Private Wealth Law,[14] Chambers & Partners HNW Guide since published
  • ‘Commended External Counsel of the Year’,[15] The Asian-Mena Counsel – In-House Community, 2019
  • ‘Managing Partner of the Year’, ALB India Law Awards 2019 & 2022[16]
  • Recognised as ‘Elite practitioner’[17] for Banking and finance, Capital markets, Corporate and M&A by AsiaLaw for several years
  • ‘Best Managing Partner, India’,[18] Asian Legal Business (ALB) SE Asia Law Awards 2015

Memberships and affiliations

  • Chairman of FICCI’s Corporate Laws Committee[19]
  • Chair of the CII Financial Regulatory Committee
  • Member of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) working committee on regulatory issues relating to Fintech
  • He was a member of SEBI constituted Uday Kotak Committee on Corporate Governance[20] and SEBI Committee on Municipal Bonds Development[21]
  • Task force member[22] of Society of Insolvency Practitioners of India
  • Governing Council Member[23] of Krea University

Background and family

Cyril Shroff is son of Suresh Amarchand Shroff, a former managing partner of Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co. Cyril's grandfather, Amarchand Shroff, started the law firm of "Amarchand Mangaldas" in partnership with Mangaldas Mehta in 1917.

Cyril Shroff is married to Vandana Shroff, who is also a partner in Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas.[24] He has two children, Rishabh Shroff, Partner & Co- Private Client and Paridhi Adani, Partner and Head - Ahmedabad at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas.[citation needed] Rishabh is married to Saloni Shroff.[25] Paridhi is married to Karan Adani, son of Gautam Adani, chairman and founder of the Adani Group.[26]

Shroff is an avid charcoal sketcher and Hindi film buff.

References

  1. ^ "India's Biggest In Law, Amarchand Mangaldas". Forbes India. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Alumni | Government Law College". www.glcmumbai.com. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  3. ^ Narayan, Malvika Joshi,Khushboo (19 July 2014). "Cyril Shroff | The M&A king of India". mint. Retrieved 6 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Saluja, Pallavi. "Cyril Shroff wins ALB's India Managing Partner award; Luther wins India Energy Law Firm awards". barandbench.com. Bar and Bench. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ^ Crabtree, James (16 May 2014). "The husband and wife behind India's largest law firm". Financial Times. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Eminent Practitioners - Private Equity". Archived from the original on 6 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Cyril Shroff - India - Lawyer Profile | IFLR1000". www.iflr1000.com. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Cyril Shroff". whoswholegal. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Corporate and M&A in India | Law firm and lawyer rankings from The Legal 500 Asia Pacific guide". www.legal500.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  10. ^ "ALB India Law Awards 2020 | Asian Legal Business". www.legalbusinessonline.com. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  11. ^ "The A-List: India's Top 100 Lawyers 2020". Law.asia. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Cyril Shroff > Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas > Mumbai > India | Lawyer Profile". www.legal500.com. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  13. ^ "IFLR Asia Best Lawyers 2020". International Financial Law Review. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Individual profile for High Net Worth 2021 - Cyril Shroff". Archived from the original on 6 January 2022.
  15. ^ "In-House Community Counsels of the Year Awards 2019: Winners". In-House Community. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  16. ^ "ALB India Law Awards 2019 | Asian Legal Business". www.legalbusinessonline.com. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Cyril Shroff | asialaw". www.asialaw.com. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  18. ^ "ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2015 | Asian Legal Business". www.legalbusinessonline.com. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  19. ^ "FICCI". ficci.in. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  20. ^ "Committee on Corporate Governance". SEBI. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022.
  21. ^ "Municipal Bonds Development Committee". SEBI. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022.
  22. ^ "SIPI-INDIA – A Think Tank For Insolvency Industry". Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  23. ^ "Governing Council". Krea University - Top university for liberal education. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  24. ^ Sabharwal, Punita (27 March 2018). "This Couple-preneur Together Manages India's Biggest Law Firm". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  25. ^ Saxena, Aditi. "Cyril and Vandana Shroff celebrate 30 years of togetherness". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  26. ^ "Who is Paridhi Shroff, daughter-in-law to Asia's richest man, Gautam Adani?". South China Morning Post. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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