Shardul S. Shroff

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Shardul Shroff

Shardul Suresh Shroff is an Indian corporate lawyer. He is the executive chairman of the law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. Prior to the split in the Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co", which was India's largest law firm, Shardul used to be the managing partner of the north India region of the firm headquartered in New Delhi. [1]

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Early life and education

Shroff completed his B.Com (Hons.) from Sydenham College, Mumbai and LL.B. from Government Law College, Mumbai. [2]

On 1 July 1980, Shroff was enrolled in the bar and he started his practice at Mumbai. [3] He started to head the Delhi office of Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co in September 1980. [4]

Past

Committee memberships

Current

Bar memberships

He is an advocate-on-record of the Supreme Court of India. [7]

Affiliations

Shroff is Associate President of Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF), [8] a collective of India's top corporate law firms that has opposed entry of foreign law firms into India. [9]

Personal life

Shardul Shroff is a grandson of Amarchand Shroff, who founded the law firm Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co in 1917. He is a son of Suresh A. Shroff, a former managing partner of the firm and Bharati Shroff, also the co-owner of the firm. [10]

After the death of Bharti Shroff, the old firm was split into two with Shardul heading the Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and brother Cyril Shroff heading the Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. [11]

Shroff is married to Pallavi Shroff, an advocate and daughter of former Chief Justice of India, PN Bhagwati. They have two daughters, Shweta Shroff and Natashaa Shroff.

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