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Zia Mody

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AZB & Partners


Express Towers, 23rd Floor
Nariman Point
Mumbai – 400 021
India

Tel: (91 22) 6639 6880
Fax: (91 22) 6639 6888
zia.mody@azbpartners.com


Zia Mody is the founding and senior partner of AZB & Partners and is one of India’s foremost corporate attorneys. A member of the New York State Bar, Zia gained work experience in New York before returning to India to set up her own practice. Zia is a non-executive director of HSBC, Hong Kong, a member and Vice President of the London Court of Arbitration (LCIA) and a member on several CII committees including committees on corporate governance, capital markets, financial services, legal services and mutual funds. She is also a Trustee of the Baha’i School, New Era High School, in Panchgani.

Zia is acclaimed in India and globally for her expertise in Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Securities Laws, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, and has advised on some of the largest deals involving investments into and by Indian companies. Among her many awards, she has been voted as “Business Woman of the Year, 2010” by the Economic Times, for which she was recently felicitated by The Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) as the Law Leader 2010. And, in 2010, she was voted one of the 15 most powerful Indian women leaders by the Economic Times.