Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.
216, Amarchand Towers
Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III
New Delhi -110020, India
Tel: +91 11 2692 0500
Fax: +91 11 2692 2900
shardul.shroff@amarchand.com
Mr Shardul Shroff is the managing partner of Amarchand Mangaldas. With
over three decades of experience he is considered a leading authority on
corporate governance. Mr Shroff regularly counsels boards and directors
on corporate governance matters and actively participates in the
Independent Directors Dialogue.
He also advised the government appointed board of fraud hit Satyam
Computer Services on its turnaround strategy, strategic sale bidding
process, takeover code, regulatory issues with SEBI and SEC, general
corporate matters and class action and Company Law Board litigation.
He is actively involved in the formulation and drafting of various
important economic legislations and company law reforms in India. He has
also been on a number of high-powered committees appointed by the
Government of India, including committees on various legislations. He
has been appointed as a member of the CII Special Task Force on
Corporate Governance, chaired by Dr Naresh Chandra; he has served as a
member on FICCI’s M. Damodaram Committee, High Powered Naresh Chandra
Committee (2nd Committee) (2003) and the High Powered JJ Irani Committee
(2006) that deliberated on the principles of corporate governance with
reference to the new Companies Bill 2008.
He is the Chairman of CII National Committee on Legal Services and the
Associate President of Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF). He is also
the recipient of National Law Day Award from the President of India for
his unique contribution to the field of corporate law.