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Shardul S Shroff

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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.