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{{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 [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry|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 [[Securities and Exchange Board of India|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 [[Bollywood|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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