Cyril Shroff

Over the years, his passion for a just world, blended with a keen sense of fairness and empathy has helped cam firmly establish itself as a trusted advisor to its clients. Mr. Shroff has consistently been ranked as “eminent practitioner” in India by Chambers Global and is often regarded as the “M&A King of India”. A thought leader and a visionary, Mr. Shroff is known for advising on many first of its kind transactions in India. He regularly gets recognised as an award-winning professional across practices.

• Chairman of FICCI Corporate Laws Committee.
• Chairman of CII Financial Regulatory Committee.
• Member of CII National Committee on Legal Services.
• Member of CII National Startup Council.
• Member of RBI’s committee on regulatory issues relating to Fintech.
• Member of first apex advisory committee of the IMC International ADR Centre.
• Task force member of Society of Insolvency Practitioners of India.
• He was a member of SEBI constituted Uday Kotak Committee on Corporate Governance and SEBI Committee on Insider Trading.
• Member of the Media Legal Defence Initiative International Advisory Board.
• Part of various committees of the CII’s the National Council on Corporate Governance and the National Committee on Capital Markets, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Commodities Markets, Financial Investors and Regulatory Affairs.
• Board Member of Krea University.
• Member of the Apex Advisory Board of Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management.
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Study of the Legal Profession established by the Harvard Law School.
• Member of the Advisory Board of National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM)
• Member of International Bar Association’s Women Lawyers’ Committee ‘Male Champions for Change Ambassador Corps’

• Consistently recognised as ‘Eminent Practitioners’ for Private Equity; Banking & Finance and Restructuring /Insolvency in India and ‘Star Individuals’ for Corporate M&A in India, Chambers & Partners
• Ranked as ‘Market Leader’ for Energy and Infrastructure, Project Development, Banking, Project Finance, Capital Markets: Debt, M&A by IFLR1000 for several years.
• Included in ‘A-List Icon’ of IBLJ list Lawyers since 2020
• ‘Managing Partner of the Year’, ALB India Law Awards 2019 & 2022
• Consistenly named as ‘Leading Lawyer’ for Corporate M&A, Legal 500
• ‘Thought Leaders Global Elite’ for M&A & Governance and M&A & Project Finance, Who’s Who Legal 2022 & 2021 respectively
• ‘Deal Maker of the Year’, ALB India Law Awards 2022
• ‘Top Managing Partner’, Forbes PowerList, 2021
• Included in Legal500’s ‘Hall of Fame’ 2020
• Recognised as IFLR Asia Best Lawyers 2020
• ‘Band 1’ Private Wealth Law, Chambers & Partners HNW Guide since published
• Recognised as ‘Elite practitioner’ for Banking and finance, Capital markets, Corporate and M&A by AsiaLaw for several years