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{{Infobox law firm
| name                        = Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co
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| headquarters                =   [[New Delhi]] and [[Mumbai]]
| num_offices                 = 8
| num_attorneys               = 
| num_lawyers                 =   655<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dey|first1=Sudipto|title=Lawyers see pay hikes ahead of Amarchand Mangaldas split|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/lawyers-see-pay-hikes-ahead-of-amarchand-mangaldas-split-115050600012_1.html|access-date=7 May 2015|publisher=Business Standard|date=6 May 2015}}</ref>
| num_employees               =   <!-- Total employees, including attorneys and staff -->
| practice_areas              =   <!-- MAJOR practice areas only; if they do everything "General Practice" -->
| key_people                  =   [[Shardul S. Shroff]], [[Cyril Shroff]], Pallavi Shroff, Vandana Shroff
| revenue                     =   <!-- amount (year) -->
| profit_per_equity_partner   =   <!-- amount (year) -->
| date_founded                = 1917
| founder  =  Amarchand Shroff and Mangaldas Mehta
| company_type                =   [[Partnership]]
| slogan                      =   <!-- not all firms have a slogan, so use as necessary  -->
| homepage                    =
| dissolved                   =   May 2015, Split into two different law firms- [[Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas]] and [[Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co]]
}}
'''Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co''' or '''AMSS''' in short, was the largest [[law firm]] in [[India]] with headquarters in Delhi and Mumbai. It had offices in 8 cities, namely New Delhi, Mumbai, [[Bengaluru]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Kolkata]], [[Chennai]] and [[Pune]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Amarchand opens Ahmedabad|url=http://www.legallyindia.com/201204242763/Law-firms/amarchand-delhi-partners-pankaj-agarwal-karia-to-spearhead-new-ahmedabad-office-ahead-of-sched|access-date=23 August 2013}}</ref><ref name=BnB1>{{cite web|title=Amarchand drives expansion plans with new office in Ahmedabad|url=http://barandbench.com/brief/2/2306/amarchand-drives-expansion-plans-with-new-office-in-ahmedabad|publisher=Bar and Bench|access-date=15 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130407180825/http://barandbench.com/brief/2/2306/amarchand-drives-expansion-plans-with-new-office-in-ahmedabad|archive-date=2013-04-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, the firm had nearly 600 lawyers including 85 partners.<ref name=BnB2>{{cite web|title=Amarchand launches Chennai office with 8 lawyers; Looking to expand to nearly 40 lawyers within 4 years|url=http://barandbench.com/brief/2/2606/amarchand-launches-chennai-office-with-8-lawyers-looking-to-expand-to-nearly-40-lawyers-within-4-years|publisher=Bar and Bench|access-date=15 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130407192112/http://barandbench.com/brief/2/2606/amarchand-launches-chennai-office-with-8-lawyers-looking-to-expand-to-nearly-40-lawyers-within-4-years|archive-date=2013-04-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> The firm split into two different law firms in May 2015 - [[Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas]] and [[Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co|Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The end of an era|url=http://www.legallyindia.com/Law-firms/live-the-final-moments-of-amarchand-mangaldas-as-we-know-it-in-bombay-hc|access-date=7 May 2015|publisher=Legally India|date=6 May 2015}}</ref>

==Founding==
AMSS was started in 1917 by Amarchand Shroff, the grandfather of Shardul S. Shroff and [[Cyril Shroff]], who are the present [[Managing Partner]]s. They took charge in 1994 after the death of their father, Suresh. Although Shardul was 39 and Cyril 35, they were easily accepted as the firm's future. They had been part of the practice for around a decade and it was a small operation of 25-30 lawyers.<ref name=TOI-1>{{cite news|title=The five fundamental differences between India's top two corporate law firms Amarchand & Mangaldas and AZB Partners|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-03-15/news/31197164_1_azb-partners-zia-mody-shardul|access-date=15 February 2013|date=15 March 2012|work=The Times Of India}}</ref>

The firm serves some of the largest corporations and financial institutions domestically and internationally, including clients such as [[Vedanta Resources]], [[Reliance Industries]], [[GMR Group]] and [[Morgan Stanley]].<ref name=asia-1>{{cite web|title=Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co : Asialaw firm highlights|url=http://www.asialawprofiles.com/JurisdictionFirm/1919/63/Amarchand--Mangaldas--Suresh-A-Shroff-and-Co.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130407175003/http://www.asialawprofiles.com/JurisdictionFirm/1919/63/Amarchand--Mangaldas--Suresh-A-Shroff-and-Co.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 April 2013|access-date=15 February 2013}}</ref> It has received national and international acclaim for successful representation of its clients before legal institutions and government agencies, winning advocacy in litigation, and guiding business transactions. In addition, members of the firm regularly participate in several legal reforms committees and policy initiatives of the Government of India. The firm’s clientele includes several leading Indian and international business houses, transnational corporations and financial institutions.<ref name=legalera2>{{cite web|title=Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co|url=http://old1.legalera.in/linklegal/amdas/|publisher=Legal Era|access-date=15 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224021035/http://old1.legalera.in/linklegal/amdas/|archive-date=2013-02-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Partnership Structure==
Most of the firm’s equity was held by the Shroff family—Cyril, Shardul and their respective wives, Vandana and Pallavi, who are also practising senior partners in the firm, and family matriarch Bharati Shroff. The rest of the profits are shared with 18 non-family equity partners in a modified lockstep model. Partners on the seven-stage ladder accrue points over time, subject to satisfying the requirements to pass two “gateways” at three years and five years.<ref name=mint1>{{cite news|last=Ganz|first=Kian|title=India’s biggest law firm prepares for next stage of evolution|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/HAlx8S6ucEFCcIC18u7VCN/India8217s-biggest-law-firm-prepares-for-next-stage-of-ev.html|access-date=15 February 2013|newspaper=Live Mint|date=17 February 2012}}</ref> We trained our lawyers on financial statements and basics of accounting, we cross staffed across teams (such as real estate, M&A, private equity etc.). These steps helped us to be first off the blocks,” Cyril Shroff on the business development and associate management fronts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://barandbench.com/content/212/cyril-shroff-managing-partner-mumbai-national-capital-market-head-amarchand#.U3zPufmSyRg|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140527165422/http://barandbench.com/content/212/cyril-shroff-managing-partner-mumbai-national-capital-market-head-amarchand%23.U3zPufmSyRg|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-05-27|publisher=barandbench|title=Cyril Shroff Managing Partner Mumbai & National Capital Market head Amarchand|access-date=2014-05-20}}</ref>

==Change of Reign==
In 1980 elder son of Suresh Shroff, Shardul Shroff took over the charge of the Delhi office. Suresh Shroff died in 1994. [[Cyril Shroff]], younger son of Suresh Shroff, took over the Mumbai office in 1995.<ref name=Forbes-1>{{cite web|title=India's Biggest In Law, Amarchand Mangaldas|url=http://forbesindia.com/article/boardroom/indias-biggest-in-law-amarchand-mangaldas/15382/0|access-date=15 February 2013}}</ref>
Following the death of the matriarch Bharati Shroff, the Shroff brothers had a public fallout due to ownership disputes. Their mother had willed her entire partnership interest to Shardul Shroff, contrary to the family framework agreement. [http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/current-affairs/amarchand-mangaldas-dispute-the-caseshroff-vs-shroff_1229816.html] Following directions of the Bombay High Court and several rounds of mediation, the firm was split between the two brothers. The firm run by [[Cyril Shroff]] came into existence on 11 May 2015 and was named as [[Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ganz|first1=Kian|title=www.livemint.com/Companies/ZDcSquacgFaUIrOnk8iZDN/New-realities-for-Cyril-Shroff.html|url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/ZDcSquacgFaUIrOnk8iZDN/New-realities-for-Cyril-Shroff.html|access-date=1 June 2015|work=LiveMint|publisher=LiveMint|date=May 11, 2015}}</ref> The firm run by Shardul Shroff also came into existence on 11 May 2015 and was named as [[Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/law-firm-shardul-amarchand-mangaldas-starts-operations-115051101196_1.html|title = Law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas starts operations|date = 11 May 2015|work = Business Standard|access-date = 11 May 2015|agency = [[Press Trust of India]]}}</ref>

==Awards==
* Ranked as the ‘Top Law Firm in India’ on quality, reputation and capability at RSG Top 40 Firm Rankings 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Amarchand Mangaldas receives Indian Law Firm of the Year 2012 in the Who’s Who Legal Awards 2012|url=http://www.legalera.in/news-deals/within-the-circle/item/6235-amarchand-mangaldas-receives-indian-law-firm-of-the-year-2012-in-the-whos-who-legal-awards-2012|access-date=15 February 2013|newspaper=Legal Era|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412225919/http://www.legalera.in/news-deals/within-the-circle/item/6235-amarchand-mangaldas-receives-indian-law-firm-of-the-year-2012-in-the-whos-who-legal-awards-2012|archive-date=2013-04-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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