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.
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. AMSS as it was then called was established in 1917.

Locations

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

Management

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 as an Independent Member and John Handoll, Senior Advisor - European and Competition Law, as an Advisor to the board.