Zia J. Mody
Zia J. Mody, Co–Founder and Managing Partner of AZB & Partners, is one of India’s foremost corporate attorneys. She has a B.A. (Law) from Cambridge, an LLM from Harvard Law School, and is a member of the New York State Bar. She began her career as a corporate associate in the New York office of Baker & McKenzie, where she worked for 5 years before moving to India to establish the Chambers of Zia Mody, which became AZB & Partners in 2004.
Zia is widely acknowledged for her expertise, ranking No. 1 in Fortune India’s ‘India’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business’ list in 2018 & 2019 and has also been a member of various regulatory and advisory committees , both domestic and international.
Her abilities are recognized globally when it comes to acquisitions, joint ventures, company restructuring, foreign inward investment related practice and corporate law,
Recommended for any complex legal matter (2019); and for M&A, Securities Law, Private Equity and Project Finance (2017) by the RSG India Report
Recognized as a ‘Star Individual’ for Corporate / M&A by Chambers Global (2012 – 2021)
Recognized as a ‘Star Individual’ (2015 – 2021) for Corporate / M&A and an Eminent Practitioner (2018 – 2021) for Private Equity by Chambers Asia–Pacific
Inducted into the ‘Hall of Fame’ for Corporate and M&A by Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2021)
Recognized as an ‘Elite Practitioner’ for Corporate / M&A and Private Equity by Asialaw Profiles (2021)
