Shardul S. Shroff

Background

Shroff, Shardul S. was born on October 1, 1955 in Bombay.

Education

Sydenham College Bombay University (Bachelor of Commerce). Government Law College Bombay (Bachelor of Laws). Government Law College Bombay (Bachelor of Laws).

Career

Worked at Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Company (Mumbai (Bombay)) specializing in Corporate Practice extending over Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructuring, Joint Ventures and Foreign Collaborations, International and Domestic Debt and Equity Offerings, Franchising. Anti-Trust; Project Finance including International Financing, Infrastructural Projects including Utilities (Power, Gas, Oil). Aviation, Roads and Bridges.

Hotels and Resorts.

Cross-Border Leasing, Securitisation, Derivative Transactions, Mutual Funds. Real Estate, Privatisation. Intellectual Property.

Product Liability and Consumer Protection.

Taxation, Environmental Law, Admiralty, Insurance. General Practice in all Courts including Complex Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Arbitration.

Admitted to the bar, 1980, India. 1985 Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court, India.

Delivered several papers on Counter trade, Arbitration (Interstate Commerce Commission and others).

Export documentation at workshop organized by the International Trade Centre/United Nations Conference on Trade and Development/General Agreement of Tariff and Trades and functioning of Capital Markets in India. Company-Contributor for the India Chapter of Butterworths Publication, "Joint Venture with International Partners". Country Author of Chapter on "Custodial Service in India," for Capital Asia.

Company-Author for book on Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Acting 1985." Contributory Editor for India in "Capital Asia," published from Hong Kong.

Delivered several papers at International Workshop of International Trade Centre. Speaker and Chairman of Session at Seminar on Liberalisation and Euro Equity and Debenture Issues for Indian Companies organised by the Federation of Chambers of Commerce in India and several other conferences, training courses, seminars on diverse commercial and legal subjects.

Member of Faculty of Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon (India), on International Sales Contracts and Contract documentation. Faculty Member on Programme for Enforcement of Security and recovery of dues conducted by MDI. Member of the Core group of INDO-European Commission Business Forum.

Secretary General SAARCLAW, (India Chapter).

Member of Governing Board SAARCLAW (Colombo). Member of the Convention on Privatization and Organizer of Seminar on Decontrol and Marketisation of Public Sector Undertakings. Member: Delhi Bar Association.

International Bar Association.

Supreme Court Bar Association. The firm, tracing its origin to 1920, has a wide domestic and international practice with a special accent on domestic and international offerings, joint ventures and collaboration, project finance, infrastructural projects, utilities such as power and gas, telecommunications.

The firm"s litigation practice is focused on complex commercial matters and international arbitration. The firm has an all India presence with a network of branches strategically located in Delhi, Bangalore, Calcutta and Ahmedabad.

Its offices are modern and well equipped with a wealth of professional and support staff headed by a close-knit set of result oriented partners.

Achievements

• Shardul S. Shroff has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member: Delhi Bar Association. International Bar Association. Supreme Court Bar Association.