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

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, Shardul used to be the managing partner of the north India region of the firm headquartered in New Delhi.

Early life and education

Shroff completed his B.Com (Hons.) from Sydenham College,

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and LL.B. from Government Law College, Mumbai.

Legal career

On 1 July 1980, Shroff was enrolled in the

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and he started his practice at Mumbai. He started to head the

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office of Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co in September 1980.

Past

Committee memberships

* Chair, Committee for Asset Valuation and Principles of Disposal of Corporate Properties, Assets and Shares; Indian government

Ministry of Corporate Affairs The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is an Indian government ministry primarily concerned with administration of the Companies Act 2013, the Companies Act 1956, the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008, and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 201 ...

* Chair, Review of Offences and Penalties under the Company Law; Indian government Ministry of Corporate Affairs * 1996Dr. Jamshed J. Irani Committee for amending

The Companies Act, 1956 The Companies Act 1956 was an Act of the Parliament of India, enacted in 1956, which enabled companies to be formed by registration, and set out the responsibilities of companies, their directors and secretaries. It was repealed and replaced b ...

* 1996–97, 2000

Securities and Exchange Board of India The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the regulatory body for securities and commodity market in India under the ownership of Ministry of Finance within the Government of India. It was established on 12 April 1988 as an executive ...

(SEBI)-appointed Bhagwati Committees for redrafting and modifying the SEBI Takeover Code * Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Task Force on Corporate Governance, which drafted the ''Corporate Governance Recommendations for Voluntary Adoption'' by directors * second Naresh Chandra Committee appointed to look into aspects of small and medium enterprise and simplification of Company Law (LLPs and joint ventures) * Dr.

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Committee, appointed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to revamp Radio Broadcast Policy, to recommend changes to license conditions for privatisation of the radio sector, and to propose a national broadcast regulator *

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– Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Committee on

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Current

Bar memberships

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* Delhi Bar Association *

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(IBA) He is an

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of the

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Affiliations

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

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

Cyril Shroff Cyril Suresh Shroff (born 1959) is an Indian corporate lawyer. He is notable as the managing partner of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM), India's largest full services law firm. He was previously managing partner of Amarchand & Mangaldas & Su ...

heading the

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas is a full service Indian law firm, with its headquarters in Mumbai, India. The firm came into existence on 11 May 2015 from its predecessor Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co. As of 1 April 2020 the firm had 7 ...

. Shroff is married to Pallavi Shroff, an advocate and daughter of former

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, PN Bhagwati. They have two daughters, Shweta Shroff and Natashaa Shroff.

References

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