Mr Rishabh Shroff > Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas > Mumbai, India > Lawyer Profile

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
PENINSULA CHAMBERS, PENINSULA CORPORATE PARK
LOWER PAREL
MUMBAI 400 013
India

Work Department

Corporate; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Client

Position

Partner

Career

He is a key part of the Firm’s Corporate team, specializing in foreign investments into India, private mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, and property / real estate transactions. He also has worked on a number of manufacturing sector related transactions. He had worked in the Firm’s Projects and Projects Finance team for 2 years (2007 – 2009).

He is the Co-Head of the Firm’s Japan Desk, and works very frequently with Japanese clients. He has been part of the Japan Desk for over 9+ years, and during this time has advised a number of leading Japanese and international companies on their investments into India. He is responsible for managing the Indo-Japanese transactions handled by the Firm, and for building and maintaining relationships with its clients in Japan. He regularly travels to Japan for speaking and participating in various Indian focused seminars.

He is the Co-Head of the Firm’s Private Client practice, specializing in family settlements / constitutions, trusts, wills and succession planning; and he also advises promoters of Indian business on issues concerning their personal and corporate (i.e. ‘next-generation’) succession planning.

He had worked for 3 months in Homburger AG (Zurich, Switzerland) in 2008 as part of a Secondment Program between the Firm and Homburger AG. He was also seconded to Withers LLP (London) in August 2013 for 4 months.

Languages

English; Hindi

Memberships

Inter-Pacific Bar Association(IPBA); Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners(STEP); Indian Merchants’ Chamber(IMC); International Bar Association(IBA)

Education

He completed his LL.B at the London School of Economics, London, England.He was admitted as an advocate in the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa in 2007. He is also a Solicitor, Supreme Court of England and Wales.

Lawyer Rankings

India > TMT

Counting a plethora of online gaming platforms, tech businesses and e-commerce platforms in its client roster, to name a few, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas pairs its cross-disciplinary expertise with its experience across technical transactions and regulatory mandates to produce a strong TMT offering. In Mumbai, managing partner Cyril Shroff, Anu Tiwari, who is a strong choice for emerging tech companies, fintechs, insurance companies and senior officers, and Aarushi Jain, who is well-versed in data protection, tech and IP, co-lead the group. In Bangalore, Arun Prabhu heads the offering with his strong capabilities in handling tech transactional work. Rishabh Shroff is especially knowledgeable in matters arising from the Indian exchange control regime. Anirban Mohapatra is also recommended.

India > Private client

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas fields a market-leading private client practice with strengths across the full spectrum of issues, advising leading Indian family businesses on disputes, succession planning, family settlements, and restructurings. Managing partner Cyril Shroff advises family businesses on corporate and securities matters; Rishabh Shroff  specialises in family constitutions and settlements as well as wills, trusts, and succession planning; while Radhika Gaggar focuses her practice on estate and succession planning, particularly matters with cross-border aspects. The trio jointly heads the practice, which also includes tax specialist Kunal Savani, and Shaishavi Kadakia, who has extensive experience advising on large-scale family settlements and family governance exercises.