Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co is a full service Indian law firm and is one of the largest law firms of India. The firm came into existence after its predecessor Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co was split into two after a dispute emerged between the two managing partners of firm who were heading the Delhi and Mumbai office separately.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
HeadquartersNew Delhi and Mumbai
No. of offices8
No. of lawyers119 partners, 550 lawyers (September 2015)[1]
Major practice areasGeneral Practice
Key peopleShardul S. Shroff, Pallavi Shroff
Date founded11 May 2015 (Amarchand Mangaldas-1917)
FounderShardul S. Shroff
Company typePartnership
Websitewww.amsshardul.com

SAM as it is popularly now known is considered as Tier 1 law firm having being ranked amongst the top 3 Law firms in almost all major practice areas. The firm regularly advises some of the largest MNCs, Private Equity Funds and Indian corporate houses. Before its split, Amarchand Mangaldas was India’s biggest law firm with over 600 lawyers (almost double the size of the other large firms). AMSS as it was then called was established in 1917. [2][3]

Locations

The firm has 7 offices at New Delhi, Gurugram, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata.[4]

Management
Shardul Shroff.

Shardul S. Shroff is the executive chairman of the firm while Pallavi Shroff is the managing partner of the firm. Along with the Shroffs, the management board of the firm includes equity partners Gunjan Shah and Jatin Aneja, and M Damodaran (ex-Chairman SEBI) as an Independent Member and John Handoll, Senior Advisor - European and Competition Law, as an Advisor to the board.[3][5]

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References
  1. "Breaking: AZB partner Shuva Mandal defects to Shardul Amarchand". Legally India. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  2. Ganz, Kian. "Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas started today with new logo & cupcakes, as brothers migrate Amarchand.com [UPDATE-1: BRAND EXPLAINED]". LegallyIndia. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  3. "Law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas starts operations". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  4. "Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co". Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  5. Vyas, Maulik (12 May 2015). "We'll have over 450 partners by end of 2015: Shardul Shroff, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co". Economic Times. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
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