{{Short description|Indian lawyer}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Cyril Shroff | image = | image_size = | caption = Cyril Suresh Shroff | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1959|11|07}} | birth_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Lawyer | organization = Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas | alma_mater = Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics<br/>Government Law College, Mumbai | spouse = Vandana Shroff | children = 2 | relatives = Shardul S. Shroff (brother)<br/>Karan Adani (son-in-law) | website = {{URL|cyrilshroff.com}} }} '''Cyril Suresh Shroff''' (born 1959) is an Indian corporate lawyer.

He is notable as the managing partner of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM), India's largest full services law firm.

He was previously managing partner of Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co, from 1995 until its split into CAM and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=India's Biggest In Law, Amarchand Mangaldas|url=http://forbesindia.com/article/boardroom/indias-biggest-in-law-amarchand-mangaldas/15382/2|website=Forbes India|access-date=9 July 2015}}</ref>

==Early life and career== Cyril was born the son of Suresh Amarchand Shroff, a former managing partner of Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co. His grandfather started the firm in partnership with Mangaldas Mehta in 1917.

Shroff was admitted to the Bar in 1982 after receiving his BA, LLB degree from the Government Law College, Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumni {{!}} Government Law College |url=https://www.glcmumbai.com/alumni.html |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=www.glcmumbai.com}}</ref> He is a solicitor, High Court of Bombay, since 1983.{{citation needed|date= April 2022}}

He was granted control of Amarchand Mangaldas' Mumbai operations at the age of 35, and eventually rose to the status of being a favoured adviser to India's corporate elite.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crabtree |first1=James |date=2014-05-16 |title=The husband and wife behind India's largest law firm |publisher=Financial Times |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/3673f23c-d602-11e3-a239-00144feabdc0.html |access-date=9 July 2015}}</ref>

His career as a lawyer spanned 40 years in a range of commercial areas. He was branded by a reporter at one point in his career as the 'M&A King of India'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Narayan |first=Malvika Joshi, Khushboo |date=2014-07-19 |title=Cyril Shroff {{!}} The M&A king of India |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/FzXP3jzgCXG5VrJArGkB5I/Cyril-Shroff--The-MA-king-of-India.html |access-date=2022-01-06 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref>

== Memberships and affiliations ==

* Chairman of FICCI’s Corporate Laws Committee<ref>{{Cite web|title=FICCI|url=https://ficci.in/sector-chair-co-chair.asp?sectorid=8#SectorChair|access-date=2022-01-06|website=ficci.in}}</ref> * Member of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) working committee on regulatory issues relating to Fintech{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}} * He was a member of SEBI constituted Uday Kotak Committee on Corporate Governance<ref>{{Cite web|title=Committee on Corporate Governance|url=https://www.sebi.gov.in/sebiweb/about/AboutAction.do?doMember=yes&committeesId=43|url-status=live|website=SEBI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106135702/https://www.sebi.gov.in/sebiweb/about/AboutAction.do?doMember=yes&committeesId=43 |archive-date=6 January 2022 }}</ref> and SEBI Committee on Municipal Bonds Development<ref>{{Cite web|title=Municipal Bonds Development Committee|url=https://www.sebi.gov.in/sebiweb/about/AboutAction.do?doMember=yes&committeesId=60|url-status=live|website=SEBI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106135700/https://www.sebi.gov.in/sebiweb/about/AboutAction.do?doMember=yes&committeesId=60 |archive-date=6 January 2022 }}</ref> * Governing Council Member<ref>{{Cite web|title=Governing Council|url=https://krea.edu.in/governing-council/|access-date=2022-01-06|website=Krea University - Top university for liberal education|language=en-US}}</ref> of Krea University

==Background and family== Cyril is married to Vandana, who is also a partner at his firm.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sabharwal |first=Punita |title=This Couple-preneur Together Manages India's Biggest Law Firm |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/311108 |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=Entrepreneur |date=27 March 2018 |language=en}}</ref> He has two children, Rishabh Shroff, and Paridhi Adani (née Schoff), both of whom have roles as partners at the firm.{{citation needed|date= April 2022}}

Rishabh is married to Saloni Shroff.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saxena |first=Aditi |title=Cyril and Vandana Shroff celebrate 30 years of togetherness |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/cyril-and-vandana-shroff-celebrate-30-years-of-togetherness/articleshow/47354629.cms |access-date=2022-08-12}}</ref> Paridhi is married to Karan Adani, son of Gautam Adani, chairman and founder of the Adani Group.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-18 |title=Who is Paridhi Shroff, daughter-in-law to Asia's richest man, Gautam Adani? |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3185434/meet-paridhi-shroff-gautam-adanis-daughter-law-shes |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>

Shroff is an avid charcoal sketcher and Hindi film buff.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-19 |title='We have been a bit like a fast tortoise' |url=https://chambers.com/lawyer/cyril-shroff-asia-pacific-8:31617 |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Rediff.com |language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

* {{Cite web | url=https://whoswholegal.com/profiles/63947/0/shroff/cyril-shroff/ |title = Cyril Shroff}} * {{Cite web | url=https://www.vantageasia.com/india-business-law-journal/india-top-lawyers-2018/cyril-shroff/ |title = Cyril Shroff - Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas - Mumbai - Lawyer Profile|date = 12 November 2019}} * {{Cite web | url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/311108 |title = This Couple-preneur Runs the Biggest Law Firm in India|date = 27 March 2018}}

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