Ms. Pallavi S. Shroff is the Managing Partner of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas with over 37 years of extensive experience. Her broad and varied representation of public and private corporations and other entities before legal institutions has earned her national and international acclaim. Ms. Shroff is also the lead Litigation Partner at the Firm, with an extensive knowledge in matters of dispute resolution and arbitration. She also heads the competition law practice at the Firm.

With regards to Competition Law, Ms. Shroff regularly advises international and national clients on various aspects of the Competition Act 2002. She was a key member of the high-powered SVS Raghavan Committee, which contributed to formulating the legal framework for the new Competition law and a draft of the new Competition Act, besides being part of the Standing Committee of Parliament reviewing the Competition Act 2000. She has also represented several companies including Apollo Tyres, Coal India, ACC Limited, Dr. L. H. Hiranandani Hospital to name a few, in competition law cases before the Competition Commission of India and the Competition Appellate Tribunal.

Ms. Shroff has always been active in public-policy related work. She was a member of the committee set up by the Government of India to advise the Government regarding compliance with article 39.3 of the TRIPS, and also played a pivotal role in formulating and drafting of policy documents necessary for the continuing efforts to establish India’s first ‘Zero Piracy Zone’ for the state of Karnataka, and for developing an anti-piracy advocacy programme for the judiciary. Ms. Shroff is presently a director on the boards of prestigious Indian companies, including Apollo Tyres; Trident Group; GE Capital Services; Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.; and Juniper Hotels Ltd.

Ms. Shroff has also been closely involved with some of the largest and most challenging litigation and arbitration cases in India with regard to energy, infrastructure, natural resources, mergers & acquisitions, legislative and policy related matters. She appears regularly in the Supreme Court and High Courts of India, and in arbitrations, mediations and international legal disputes. Under Ms. Shroff’s lead, the Firm was engaged by FICCI and CII to represent the entire Indian Industry in the Presidential Reference proceedings (Special Reference 1 of 2012) being heard by a five Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court. The Judgment passed by the Constitution Bench is one of the most famous and compelling rulings in India. She acted for Bharat Petroleum in an investigation by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) concerning an alleged cartel in petrol prices.

For her legal acumen and thought leadership, Ms. Shroff is frequently featured by several international publications. Ms. Shroff is rated in Band 1 by Chambers and Partners, one of the most respected evaluator of legal services around the world. According to Chambers and Partners 2015, Pallavi Shroff earns particular accolades for her work on behavioural matters, where she is considered to be "a master in her subject and very much acquainted with the procedure of the law." SAM & Co. is the only law firm ranked in Band 1 in the Competition/Anti-Trust Practice Area in India, a practice area headed by Ms. Shroff.

She has been recognized by international publications like the Asia Legal 500 for her “leading practice in dispute resolution and litigation”. The PLC Which Lawyer? Commends her as one “experienced in corporate disputes and with solid competition law experience primarily in support of a general corporate and commercial practice.” Ms. Shroff has also been rated by the Who’s Who Legal of Commercial Arbitrators, “as one of three leading practitioners involved with arbitration”. She has been recently selected to feature in the inaugural edition of the Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law – the first-ever guide dedicated to the world’s leading female practitioners, under Commercial Arbitration category. She has been recognised for her expertise in competition law by Chambers Asia Pacific 2014 and also features in the Global Competition Review’s International Who’s Who Legal of Competition Lawyers and Economists 2014. Ms. Shroff has been acclaimed in the competition sphere as “a doyenne of Indian competition law” and “a legal luminary with the brilliant acumen necessary to crack the most complex legal cases.”

Her knowledge in competition law is unparalleled”, describes Chambers & Partners. “Pallavi Shroff heads the firm’s competition group and is “spectacular”. She specialises in dispute resolution and is noted for her “expert handling” of arbitration and litigation matters, by Who’s Who Legal 100, 2014. Ms. Shroff has been recognized as one of the Most Powerful Women in Indian Business by Business Today. She has been recognized in the C-SUITE WOMEN edition of BUSINESS WORLD titled ‘The Expert Arbitrator’ and as one amongst “The Professionals – High motivation levels, focus on goals and working for the greater good”. She has been awarded as the Best Lawyer in Dispute Resolution in Asia at the Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Asia Women in Business Law Awards. She was also awarded as a Best Woman Lawyer of the Year 2012 at the Legal Era Law Awards 2011-12. WHO’SWHOLEGAL speaks about her work: “She has successfully litigated some of the most complex commercial litigations, both nationally and internationally, and handled domestic and international arbitrations. She has represented clients in path-breaking cases in disputes pertaining to infrastructure, shareholders disputes, franchise agreements, banking and finance, telecoms, oil and gas, etc.”

CHAMBERS & PARTNERS 2014 ranks her in Band 1 for dispute resolution & arbitration, cites, "she brings to the table not just legal advice but also commercial acumen," adding: "Very few people can compare to her in terms of strategy.”