词条 | Zia Mody |
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| name = Zia Mody | image = Zia Mody at WEF.png | caption = Mody at the World Economic Forum | image_size = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|07|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Mumbai, India | occupation = Managing Partner of AZB & Partners | organization = AZB & Partners (Founder & Managing Partner) | spouse = Jaydev Mody (Chairman of Delta Corp Limited) | father = Soli Sorabjee | alma_mater = Cambridge University Harvard Law School }} Zia Mody (born 19 July 1956) is an Indian corporate lawyer and businesswoman. She is considered an authority on corporate merger and acquisition law, securities law, private equity and project finance.[1] Zia is the daughter of Soli Sorabjee, a former Attorney General of India and a Bahá'í by religion. A founding partner of AZB & Partners, one of India's leading law firms,[2] Zia is one of India's foremost corporate attorneys. She has been recognised for her contribution to the legal world, both in India and internationally. She has worked with G.E., Tata Group, Reliance Industries, Aditya Birla Group and the Vedanta Group. She also advises large private equity houses including KKR, Bain Capital and Warburg Pincus. BiographyMody's initial education was at Elphinstone College, Mumbai.[3] She studied law at Selwyn College, Cambridge, followed by a master's degree from Harvard Law School in 1979.[4] She passed the New York State Bar examination, and qualified as an attorney in the State of New York. She worked for five years with Baker & McKenzie in New York City, before returning to India.[3] Her husband, a business tycoon Jaydev Mody, is the chairman of Delta Corp. They live in Mumbai, Maharashtra and have three daughters, Anjali, Aarti and Aditi. She started her own practice in Mumbai in 1984, which she merged twice with other firms to form AZB & Partners,[3] one of India's largest law firms, where she is the managing partner.[1] She has featured in the Forbes list of "Power Women in Business"[5] and in the Top 50 Most Powerful Women list published by Fortune India.[6] AchievementsZia is recommended for M&A, Securities Law, Private Equity and Project Finance in the RSG India Report, 2017. Clients commended Zia as "one of India's foremost corporate attorneys",[7] "problem solver", "meticulous", "thorough", "result oriented", and having a "quick grasp". Clients also commented that she is easily 'accessible'. She was recognised as a Top 13 female Acritas Star globally by Acritas Star 2018[7] and recognised as "Leading Lawyer", one of the 300 leading female transactional experts by IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2018.[8] Zia Mody is classified as a 'Leading Individual' for Banking & Finance, Corporate and M&A and Investment Funds in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2018.[9] She won “Professional of the Year - 2017” at the inaugural UK India Awards.[7] Also, termed “Market Leader” for Mergers & Acquisitions by IFLR1000 Financial & Corporate Guide 2018[10] and “Market Leading Lawyer” for Corporate/M&A by AsiaLaw Profiles 2016 to 2018.[11] Her other awards include: “India Managing Partner of the Year – 2016” by Asian Legal Business (Thomson Reuters);[7] Leading Individual for Banking, Finance, Corporate and M&A and Investment Funds in the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2016; Star Individual for Corporate / M&A; Band 1 lawyer for Banking & Finance 2012 to 2016; Band 1 lawyer for Private Equity 2012 to 2015 by Chambers Global. She won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2015. Business Today listed Mody as one of the 25 most powerful business women in India several times from September 2004[12][13] through 2011.[14] She is a recipient of the Financial Express Knowledge Professional of the Year Award. She was also named one of India's 100 Most Powerful CEOs by The Economic Times in 2004 and 2006. She is also the recipient of the Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence as the Businesswoman of the Year, 2010. The awards are given out every year and are seen as the foremost authority in recognizing excellence in the Indian corporate market.[15][16]Memberships and AffiliationsZia Mody serves as the Deputy Chairman and Director of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hong Kong. She is also a Member of the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA).[7] She is a designated Foreign Arbitrator in the Panel of Arbitrators of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC)[7] and also a member of the CII National Council. Zia was also on the panel of the expert committee set up by the Law Commission of India on ‘Amendment to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996’ to review the provisions of the Act in view of the several inadequacies observed in the functioning of the Act (2014) and a member of the Reserve Bank of India Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low-Income Households (chaired by Dr. Nachiket Mor – 2013). Her other memberships include the Godrej Committee on Corporate Governance set up by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (2012) and the World Bank Administrative Tribunal, Washington D.C. (2008-2013).[7] She also served as the Vice President and Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) (2010 -2013) and as the Deputy Chairman and Non-executive Director of HSBC Asia-Pacific Board.[7] Charitable WorkZia has contributed to various charities including Jai Vakeel Foundation.[17] Quotes on ZiaMukesh Ambani: “She’s much more than just a lawyer,” Ambani told Fortune India, adding that he has dealt with Mody for at least 20 years now. She has, he adds, “the ability to distil a business issue and offer an integrated global, social, and sustainable view. And she’s blunt about it.”[18]Cyrus Mistry: Mody’s accessibility round the clock is “a huge value-add—and something that no one should ever take for granted from their lawyers."[18]References1. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.chambersandpartners.com/Asia/person/31640/zia-mody|title=Chambers & Partners - Zia Profile|last=|first=|date=|website=Chambers & Partners|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-06-13}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2010}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mody, Zia}}2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://rsg-india.com/rankings|title=RSG India - Law Firm Rankings|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 3. ^1 2 {{Citation|title=The Voyage To Excellence: The Ascent of 21 Women Leaders of India Inc|first=Nichinta|last=Amarnath|first2=Debashish|last2=Ghosh|location=Delhi|publisher=Pustak Mahal|year=2005 | isbn=81-223-0904-6|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=WjFR5qWYhMwC | chapter=A Mind of Intellect | chapterurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=WjFR5qWYhMwC&lpg=PT402&vq=Zia&pg=PT400#v=onepage&q&f=false}} 4. ^{{cite journal |last=Perkins|first=Christine|title=Profile: A Passage in India |journal=Harvard Law Bulletin| date=Spring 2006|url=http://www.law.harvard.edu/alumni/bulletin/2006/spring/cn_02.php | accessdate=26 May 2012}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/fdgk45gm/zia-mody-55/#7968fa247119|title=Forbes - Power Women|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.fortuneindia.com/mpw/zia-mody?year=2017|title=Fortune India - Most Powerful Women (2017)|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 7. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{Cite web|url=http://whoswholegal.com/profiles/23752/0/mody/zia-mody/|title=Who's Who Legal - Zia Mody Profile|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.iflr1000.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Welcome-to-IFLR1000-Women-Leaders/Index/8381|title=IFLR1000 -Women Leaders|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.legal500.com/firms/32059-azb-partners/32309-mumbai-india|title=Legal 500 - AZB Firm Profile|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.iflr1000.com/Lawyer/Zia-Mody/Profile/4129#profile|title=Zia Mody Profile - IFLR1000|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 11. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.asialaw.com/firms/azb-and-partners/f1920#/lawyers|title=Asialaw - Leading Lawyers - AZB|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/street-legal-zia-mody/1/10256.html|title=Street legal: Zia Mody|last=Layak|first=Suman|date=28 November 2010|publisher=Living Media India Limited|accessdate=26 May 2012}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.itechlaw-india.com/2008/Zia_Mody.htm|title=Zia Mody Profile|date=|work=Profiles|publisher=AZB & Partners - Mumbai|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130103095654/http://www.itechlaw-india.com/2008/Zia_Mody.htm|archivedate=3 January 2013|deadurl=yes|accessdate=27 September 2010|df=dmy-all}} 14. ^{{cite web | last =Layak | first = Suman | title =Legal titan - Zia Mody | publisher = Living Media India Limited | date=18 September 2011 | url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/most-powerful-in-business-2011-zia-mody%0C/1/18299.html | accessdate = }} 15. ^{{cite journal | title =ET Awards 2010: Zia Mody, AZB & Partners - Business Woman of the Year | journal =The Economic Times | publisher =Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. | date =21 January 2011 | url =http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-01-21/news/28424394_1_azb-partners-law-firms-zia-mody | accessdate = 2012-05-26}} 16. ^LegalEra Awards 2014 : Corporate Lawyer of the Year - Zia Mody {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408222226/http://www.legaleraawards.com/Winners-2014/legalera-awards-winners-2014.html |date=8 April 2014 }} 17. ^{{Cite web|url=http://jaivakeel.org/supporters|title=Supporters - Jai Vakeel Foundation|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 18. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.fortuneindia.com/people/zia-mody-the-law-is-a-lady/100360|title=Fortune India - The Law is a Lady.|last=|first=|date=|website=Fortune India|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 16 : Living people|Parsi people from Mumbai|Businesspeople from Mumbai|Indian Bahá'ís|1956 births|21st-century Bahá'ís|Harvard Law School alumni|Businesswomen from Maharashtra|Indian women lawyers|20th-century Indian lawyers|Scholars from Mumbai|Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge|20th-century Indian businesswomen|20th-century Indian businesspeople|21st-century Indian businesswomen|21st-century Indian businesspeople |
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