Cyril Shroff

Managing Partner

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Cyril Shroff is the Managing Partner of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas since May 2015 and previously was the Managing Partner of Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.

With over 44 years of experience in a range of areas, including corporate and securities law, disputes, banking, bankruptcy, infrastructure, private client, financial regulatory and others.

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 & Partners 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 their kind transactions in India. He regularly gets recognised as an award-winning professional across practices.

Memberships

  • Chairman of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Corporate Laws and Corporate Governance Committees
  • Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Financial Regulatory Committee
  • Member of CII’s National Committee on PE/VC, Startup Council, Legal Services
  • Member of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) committee on regulatory issues relating to Fintech
  • Member of first apex advisory committee of the IMC International ADR Centre (IIAC)
  • A member on the Board of Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)
  • Task force member of Society of Insolvency Practitioners of India
  • On the Board of Advisors of the Future Economic Cooperation Council (FECC)
  • He was a member of Securities and Exchange Board of India (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, Commodities Markets, Financial Investors and Regulatory Affairs
  • Member of the Thought Committee on Bank Insolvency of the Insolvency Law Academy
  • On the Advisory Board of the Queen Mary India Law Centre (QMILC) by Queen Mary University of London
  • Board Member of Krea University
  • Member of Planning Board of National Law University, Delhi
  • 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)

Awards & Recognition

  • FT Law 50 2026 AI Enablers’  by Financial Times, 2026
  • Managing Partner of the Year’  at ALB India Law Awards 2019, 2022, 2024 & 2026
  • Consistently ranked as ‘Eminent Practitioner’ by Chambers and Partners
  • Asian Law Firm Leader of the Year Award’, Asia Legal Awards 2025 organised by ALM
  • Legal Icon’, IBLJ, 2025 – 2026 & ‘A List- Icon’, IBLJ, 2024-25
  • Market Leader’, IFLR 1000, 2025
  • India’s Top 20 Private Wealth Advisers’, Hubbis Rankings, 2025
  • Managing Partner of the Year’, Legal500 India Awards, 2024
  • ‘Thought Leader Global Elite for M&A and Governance’, Who’s Who Legal, 2024
  • ‘Deal Maker of the Year’, ALB India Law Awards, 2022 & 2020
  • and many more

Qualifications

  • 1983 Solicitor, High Court of Bombay
  • 1982 B.A., LL.B.,Government Law College, Mumbai
expertise

Expertise

Practice Areas

  • Corporate Governance
  • Insolvency & Bankruptcy
  • Private Client
  • Corporate
  • Mergers & Acquisitions/Joint Venture

Published work

  • Video

    The Thought League S3 – EP 12

    As Indian businesses expand their cross-border operations, the need for a dispute resolution framework that is efficient, predictable, and globally trusted has become increasingly important. In the la...

    August 27, 2026
  • Video

    The Thought League S3 – EP 11

    Our Managing Partner Cyril Shroff and Uday Shankar, Founder-Director, Bodhi Tree Systems, come together to unpack what India’s AI moment really means ; where digital ambition has been limited by our...

    February 12, 2026
  • Video

    The Thought League S3 – EP 10

    In this episode of The Thought League – Season 03, our Managing Partner Cyril Shroff & Mallika Srinivasan, Chairman & Managing Director, TAFE come together for a focused conversation on the ...

    January 13, 2026
  • Video

    The Thought League S3 – EP 9

    In the latest episode of The Thought League Season 3 on CNBC TV18, our Managing Partner Cyril Shroff and Sajjan Jindal, Chairman & Managing Director, JSW Group, discuss the key economic, industria...

    December 30, 2025