Profile: Cyril Shroff

Capital Markets

Biography: Capital Markets

Mr Cyril Shroff is the managing partner of Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co, which has offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Calcutta and Hyderabad.

With 25 years' experience in a range of corporate areas including banking and infrastructure, he advises a wide range of Indian and international clients. Regarded and consistently rated as India's leading corporate and finance lawyer by several international surveys, he is a leading practitioner in the field of securities law and has been associated with several landmark securities transactions by Indian issuers.

He pioneered the innovation in India of several debt and capital market instruments. He has also been associated with several landmark infrastructure and financing transactions.

Mr Shroff is a part-time lecturer on securities law at the Government Law College, Mumbai. He is a member of the primary markets advisory committee of the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI). He is also a member of the advisory board of the National Institute of Securities Management established by the SEBI.

He is also a member of the subcommittee on capital markets of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and member of the CII National Committee on Commodity Markets. Besides this, he has been member of several governmental and other committees on law reform concerning the corporate and securities market, bankruptcy laws, commercialization of infrastructure, et cetera. He is also a member of the centre for the study of the legal profession set up by Harvard Law School.

Mr Shroff was admitted to the Bar in India in 1982. He has been a Solicitor of the Bombay Incorporated Law Society since 1983.

Project Finance

Biography: Project Finance

Cyril is regarded and has been consistently rated as India's top corporate, banking and project finance lawyer by several international surveys, including those conducted by International Financial Law Review (IFLR), Euromoney, Chambers Global, Asia Legal 500, Asia Law, Asian Legal Business (100 Hottest Asian Lawyers 2008), and others. He has also been voted as one of India's 100 Most Powerful CEOs by The Economic Times for past three consecutive years.

As the managing partner of India's largest and leading law firm, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co, Cyril's current responsibilities include leadership of the firm, in addition to his client-facing role. A leading practitioner in the field of project finance and infrastructure, Cyril has been associated with a significant number of high-profile and complex deals.

He has been a member of several governmental and other regulatory committees on law reform concerning the corporate and securities market, bankruptcy laws, commercialisation of infrastructure, etc.

He is a member of four committees of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), that is, national committee on capital markets, national committee on commodity markets, national council on corporate governance, and national committee on financial regulation. Cyril is also a member of the managing committee of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce; and the primary market advisory committee (PMAC) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India.

Cyril has authored several publications on legal topics. He is a member of the Centre for Study of the Legal Profession established by the Harvard Law School and a member of the advisory board of National Institute of Securities Markets. Cyril has participated in several technical assistance projects of the Asian Development Bank in relation to the reform of laws relating to secured lending, bankruptcy and other related topics. Cyril is also a regular speaker at several domestic and international conferences.

Other Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas