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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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Mr Shardul Shroff
Work Department
Banking & Finance, Restructuring and Insolvency
Position
Mr. Shardul S. Shroff is the Executive Chairman at the Firm. He has over 40 years of experience in General Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Securities Law, Disinvestment & Capital Markets. Mr. Shroff heads the Insolvency & Bankruptcy practice at the Firm. He is a leading authority on matters related to Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Government Regulation and Bankruptcy & Insolvency Law. He has been instrumental in developing these practice domains in the Firm.
Widely regarded as a pioneer in the field of Corporate Law, Mr. Shroff has participated in the training and drafting of several important economic legislations and company law reforms in India. Most recently, he has been a member of the Insolvency Law Committee, constituted by the Government to review the implementation of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code under the Chairmanship of Mr. Injeti Srinivas. Mr. Shroff was also a member of the Injeti Srinivas Committee constituted for decriminalization of offences under the Companies Act and the Injeti Srinivas Committee for cross-border insolvency. Under Mr. Shroff’s leadership, the Firm has been recognised as ‘Best in Insolvency’ at the Asialaw’s Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards 2018.
Mr. Shroff has been on a number of other high-powered committees appointed by the Government of India including the JJ Irani Committee for amending the Companies Act, the Expert Committee on maintenance of Cost Records and Cost Audit in 2014, the Eradi Committee involved in the insolvency provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, the second Naresh Chandra Committee appointed to look into aspects of SMEs and simplification of Company Law and the Valuation Committee under Mr. Shroff’s Chairmanship.
As a preeminent expert of his field, Mr. Shroff has been appointed as an independent director on significant boards of Indian companies. He is a member of the US-India Business Council, Vice Chair of the Corporate Counsel Committee of the IPBA Council, the Union Internationale Des Advocats, and the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Shroff has been re-elected as the Chairman of the CII National Committee on Legal Services and Arbitration. He is also a Member of the CII National Council on Services and the CII Task Force on the Ease of Doing Business, 2017-2018. With regard to FICCI, Mr. Shroff is the Chairman of the Committee on Stressed Assets and a member of the Capital Markets Committee. Mr. Shroff has also been appointed as the Senior Vice President on the Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF).
Shardul has been consistently rated as a leading lawyer by several international fora and publications, including the Who’s Who Legal, AsiaLaw, Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and Euromoney etc.
International Financial Law Review (IFLR) 1000, 2022 – The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms notes Shardul as a market leader in the areas of Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructuring and Insolvency, Energy and Infrastructure, Project Development, Banking, Project Finance, Capital Markets: Debt, while Chambers and Partners, 2022 views Shardul as an Eminent Practitioners in B&F & Restructuring/Insolvency and & Star Individual in Corporate & M&A space who is known for his long-standing experience handling joint ventures, takeovers, divestments and commercial contracts.
Among other numerous recognitions, Shardul is also a recipient of the National Law Day Award from the President of India for his unique contribution to the field of corporate law and leadership in its practice, and for being instrumental in advancement of India’s corporate law practice at international standards. He has been recognised as one of “The Game Changers of India, 2018” by The Economic Times.
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Languages
English, Hindi, Gujarati
Memberships
Supreme Court Bar Association; Delhi Bar Association; Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA); Advocate on Record, Supreme Court of India.
Education
B.Com (Hons.), Sydenham College Mumbai; L.L.B., Government Law College, Mumbai
Lawyer Rankings
India > Restructuring and insolvency
(Leading partners)India > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
‘Responsive and commercial’, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co demonstrates particular proficiencies across the sectors of employment, IP, real estate and policy, and is routinely entrusted by private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds. The practice, which is regarded as a ‘joy to work with’, is jointly helmed by Shardul Shroff
, Akshay Chudasama and Raghubir Menon. Other key contacts in the team include Abhishek Guha, Anuj Bhasme and Gunjan Shah, bringing a considerable amount of private equity and joint venture expertise to the group. The team is regarded for its ‘never-say-die attitude’ and ability to take into account ‘important commercial nuances’. Jay Gandhi and Tanya Uppal are also recommended.
India > Banking and finance
(Hall of Fame)Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia and Veena Sivaramakrishnan jointly lead the ‘responsive, pragmatic, professional, and articulate‘ banking and finance team at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, which works closely with the firm’s capital markets, private equity, and insolvency practices to provide a full-service transactional and regulatory offering. Ahluwalia has broad finance practice with a notable emphasis on structured debt and private credit; she also leads the firm’s fintech offering. Sivaramakrishnan takes point on derivatives and insolvency work as well as financial services regulatory mandates. Also in the core team are executive chairman Shardul Shroff and Shubangi Garg, who regularly advises global financial institutions and investment banks on structured debt investments and the issuance of listed NCDs.
India > Corporate and M&A
Active on both a domestic and international scale, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co deploys its experience in high-value and high-stakes transactions to continue to provide advice to international corporations and Indian conglomerates. The department is noted for its strengths across a stable of sectors, from media and entertainment to real estate. The practice is led by the financing fountain of knowledge Shardul Shroff, Akshay Chudasama, who is well-versed in multi-jurisdictional mandates and Raghubir Menon, who is well-positioned to advise various funds on public M&A acquisitions and a variety of transactions. Gunjan Shah is also highly active on the funds side, with Puja Sondhi being regarded for their regulatory capabilities.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance India
- Corporate and M&A India
- Hall of Fame India > Banking and finance
- Leading partners India > Restructuring and insolvency
- Private equity funds (including venture capital) 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