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Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co Offices
AMARCHAND TOWERS
216 OKHLA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PHASE 3
NEW DELHI 110 020
India
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Ms Pallavi Shroff
Work Department
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration, Competition Law
Position
Pallavi S Shroff is the managing partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM & Co), heads the dispute resolution practice and is also the chief mentor for the competition law practice in the firm.
Pallavi has been a driving force in further enhancing the positioning of SAM & Co as India’s premier full-service law firm ever since she took over as managing partner in 2015. Under her guidance, the firm has exponentially grown from 60 partners in 2015 to 144 partners as of December 2021, with diversified practice offerings and an accelerated pan-India presence across seven countrywide offices. She has been instrumental in the firm’s advanced technology initiatives and transformation and enhancement of the firm’s client service delivery.
With over 39 years of extensive and highly regarded experience, Pallavi’s expertise spans across dispute resolution, competition law and white-collar crime. Pallavi frequently advises and counsels some of the largest and most challenging litigation and arbitration matters in the areas of energy, infrastructure, natural resources, mergers and acquisitions, legislative and policy related matters. She regularly appears in the Supreme Court and the high courts of India, arbitrations, mediations and international legal disputes. She is an alternate member (India) at the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) Court of Arbitration.
Under Pallavi’s leadership, the firm has been regularly engaging with FICCI and CII and representing the entire Indian Industry in the Presidential Reference proceedings (Special Reference 1 of 2012) being heard by a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court. The judgment passed by the Constitution Bench is one of the most famous and compelling rulings in India on methods of disposal of natural resources in India.
Chambers and Partners, 2022 views Pallavi as an ‘Eminent Practitioner’ for Competition/Antitrust and a ‘Star Individual’ for Dispute Resolution. They have called Pallavi, “a widely acknowledged stalwart in the field of competition law best known for her handling of cartel, abuse of dominance and other contentious issues, but increasingly active providing strategic oversight on very large-scale, multi-jurisdictional merger control mandates” while Who’s Who Legal of Commercial Arbitrators has rated Pallavi, “as one of three leading practitioners involved with arbitration”. She has been recognised in Fortune India’s most Powerful Women in business, 2020 and 2021 and among Top 50 Managing Partners and Top 100 lawyers in the Forbes India Legal Power list 2020.
Languages
English, Hindi, Gujarati
Memberships
Supreme Court Bar Association; Delhi High Court Association
Education
B.A (Eco. Hons), University of Delhi, Master of Management Studies (i.e. MBA) from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, LLB from Government Law College, Mumbai
Lawyer Rankings
India > Dispute resolution: arbitration
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co is a notable name in the arbitration space for its extensive experience acting on both international and domestic arbitration before the likes of the ICC, LCIA, and the HKIAC. The group has a broad range of expertise which spans commercial and treaty arbitrations, as well as general advisory and conducting arbitration hearings. With impressive capabilities, the practice continues to attract new and impressive clients from a wide range of industry sectors including hotels and leisure, technology, and energy, to name a few. Co-heading the team are Pallavi Shroff
– noted for her ‘deep legal knowledge and finely honed strategic instincts’ – and commercial disputes specialist Tejas Karia. Shroff’s current position as a member of the governing committee of the MIAC makes her an asset to the team, while Karia stands out for his aptitude in handling commercial disputes arising from the private equity, construction, and real estate sectors.
India > Dispute resolution: litigation
(Hall of Fame)Offering both contentious and non-contentious dispute resolution assistance, the dispute resolution practice at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co is experienced in handling domestic and cross-border corporate and commercial disputes. The group is adept at litigating before the Supreme Court and the High Courts in disputes arising from the financial services, telecoms, and IT sectors, to name a few. Heading the team is managing partner Pallavi Shroff, who is noted for her breadth of capabilities which include leading on energy, infrastructure, and natural resources litigation, as well as M&A, legislative, and policy-related litigation. The department also benefits from the aptitude of Ajit Warrier, who concentrates on contractual, commercial, and corporate disputes across a range of industries such as infrastructure, real estate, and engineering. Other key names include Shally Bhasin and Angad Kochhar.
India > White-collar crime
Attracting client praise for its ‘in-depth knowledge and subject matter expertise,’ Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co counts multinational tech, banking, and manufacturing companies among its impressive roster of clients. Pallavi Shroff oversees the department and is a seasoned litigator with a strong track record handling internal investigations as well as agency investigations by the CBI and the ED. The ‘very knowledgeable and responsive’ team also includes Alina Arora and Nishant Joshi; the ‘brilliant and sharp‘ Arora takes point on corporate investigations concerning corruption, money laundering, and fraud, while Joshi regularly defends clients before various courts and tribunals.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution: arbitration India
- Hall of Fame India > Dispute resolution: litigation
- White-collar crime India
- Dispute resolution: litigation India
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Fintech and financial services regulatory
- Insurance
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Private client
- Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- TMT
- White-collar crime