Cyril Shroff

Indian lawyer

Cyril Shroff
Born (1959-11-07) 7 November 1959 (age 64)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Alma materSydenham College of Commerce and Economics
Government Law College, Mumbai
OccupationLawyer
OrganizationCyril Amarchand Mangaldas
SpouseVandana Shroff
Children2
RelativesShardul S. Shroff (brother)
Karan Adani (son-in-law)
Websitecyrilshroff.com

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 & Suresh A Shroff & Co, from 1995 until its split into CAM and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co in 2015.[1]

Early life and career

Cyril was born the son of Suresh Amarchand Shroff, a former managing partner of Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co. His grandfather started the firm in partnership with Mangaldas Mehta in 1917.

Shroff was admitted to the Bar in 1982 after receiving his BA, LLB degree from the Government Law College, Mumbai.[2] He is a solicitor, High Court of Bombay, since 1983.[citation needed]

He was granted control of Amarchand Mangaldas' Mumbai operations at the age of 35, and eventually rose to the status of being a favoured adviser to India's corporate elite.[3]

His career as a lawyer spanned 40 years in a range of commercial areas. He was branded by a reporter at one point in his career as the 'M&A King of India'.[4]

Memberships and affiliations

  • Chairman of FICCI’s Corporate Laws Committee[5]
  • Member of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) working committee on regulatory issues relating to Fintech[citation needed]
  • He was a member of SEBI constituted Uday Kotak Committee on Corporate Governance[6] and SEBI Committee on Municipal Bonds Development[7]
  • Governing Council Member[8] of Krea University

Background and family

Cyril is married to Vandana, who is also a partner at his firm.[9] He has two children, Rishabh Shroff, and Paridhi Adani (née Schoff), both of whom have roles as partners at the firm.[citation needed]

Rishabh is married to Saloni Shroff.[10] Paridhi is married to Karan Adani, son of Gautam Adani, chairman and founder of the Adani Group.[11]

Shroff is an avid charcoal sketcher and Hindi film buff.

References

  1. ^ "India's Biggest In Law, Amarchand Mangaldas". Forbes India. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Alumni | Government Law College". www.glcmumbai.com. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  3. ^ Crabtree, James (16 May 2014). "The husband and wife behind India's largest law firm". Financial Times. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. ^ Narayan, Malvika Joshi,Khushboo (19 July 2014). "Cyril Shroff | The M&A king of India". mint. Retrieved 6 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "FICCI". ficci.in. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Committee on Corporate Governance". SEBI. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Municipal Bonds Development Committee". SEBI. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Governing Council". Krea University - Top university for liberal education. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  9. ^ Sabharwal, Punita (27 March 2018). "This Couple-preneur Together Manages India's Biggest Law Firm". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  10. ^ Saxena, Aditi. "Cyril and Vandana Shroff celebrate 30 years of togetherness". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Who is Paridhi Shroff, daughter-in-law to Asia's richest man, Gautam Adani?". South China Morning Post. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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