Cyril Shroff | |
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Born | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Government Law College, Mumbai |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Spouse(s) | Vandana Shroff |
Children | 2 |
Cyril Suresh Shroff is an Indian corporate lawyer. He is the Managing Partner of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and used to be the Managing Partner of Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co, India's largest and foremost law firm.
Cyril was admitted to the Bar in 1982 after receiving his B.A., LLB degree from the Government Law College, Mumbai. He is a Solicitor, High Court of Bombay, since 1983.
After the death of Suresh Shroff, Cyril took control of the Mumbai operations of the Amarchand Mangaldas at the age of 35. He slowly rose to being a favoured adviser to the India's corporate elite. Cyril has consistently advised on the most prominent business deals happening in post liberalisation India. His prominent deals include the work done with Etihad Airways, Reliance Industries, Wipro, Diageo, Piramal Enterprises, Warburg Pincus, Essar Energy, Standard Chartered, BNP Paribas, etc.
With the quality and range of work undertaken by his firm, Cyril has developed expertise in corporate laws, securities markets, banking, infrastructure and others. Cyril has been regarded and consistently rated as India's top corporate, banking and project finance lawyer by several international surveys, including those conducted by International Financial Law Review (IFLR), Euromoney, Chambers Global, Asia Legal 500, Asia Law and others.
Cyril is a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Study of the Legal Profession established by the Harvard Law School, a member of the Advisory Board of the National Institute of Securities Markets and on Board of IIM Trichy. He is an advisory member of the Finance Planning Standard Board of India (FPSB India) and Macquarie.