AZB & PARTNERS

AZB & Partners, one of India’s premier law firms was founded in 2004 with a clear purpose to provide reliable, practical and full–service advice to clients, across all sectors.  The firm brought together the practices of CZB & Partners in Mumbai and Bangalore and Ajay Bahl & Company in Delhi.  Having grown steadily since its inception, AZB & Partners now has offices across Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, and Pune.

We have an accomplished and driven team of 450+ lawyers committed to delivering best–in–class legal solutions to help clients achieve their objectives.

Our greatest strength is an in–depth understanding of legal, regulatory and commercial environments, in India and elsewhere.  This strength enables us to provide bespoke counsel to help our diverse clients negotiate any dynamic or volatile business environment.  At AZB & Partners, collaboration is an everyday reality – we combine individual and mutual strengths to achieve collective growth.

Our purpose is to be excellent lawyers, working as a team.  To deliver creative solutions to problems, timely execution and seasoned judgment.  To focus relentlessly on the interests of our clients as their business partners.

The firm’s clients include an array of domestic and international companies.  These range from privately owned to publicly listed companies, including Fortune 500 entities, multinational companies (MNCs), investment banks and private equity firms.  The firm has also built, through its many professional engagements, strong relationships with specialists, regulatory authorities and several international law firms.

AZB & Partners is proud of the quality of professional talent it fosters.  Every lawyer is firmly dedicated to serving clients and delivering effective counsel at all times.  Though our lawyers represent a diverse mix of backgrounds, they each share a proven record of academic and professional excellence.  Several professionals in the firm are graduates from premier global universities, including Harvard, Columbia, Cambridge, Oxford and the London School of Economics, among others.  Several partners are members of international bar associations, notably New York.

Besides a law degree, some partners hold professional accounting qualifications, ideally placing the firm to address complex finance and tax matters.  AZB & Partners lays significant emphasis on continual development for its people.  Besides one–on–one mentoring from partners, we ensure periodic and comprehensive professional training for all our associates.

The firm has received wide national and international acclaim within the legal sphere, some of which include “Rank No.1”  by RSG Top 40 India law firm ranking 2019, “Band 1 Firm” for Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Competition/Antitrust, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Life Sciences, Private Equity, Real Estate, Restructuring & Insolvency, Tax and White–Collar Crime & Corporate Investigations by Chambers Asia–Pacific Rankings 2022, “Outstanding Firm” for Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Competition/Antitrust, Corporate/M&A; Dispute Resolution, Private Equity, Restructuring & Insolvency and Real Estate by Asialaw Profiles 2022, and “Tier 1 Firm” for Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, M&A, Private Equity and Restructuring & Insolvency by IFLR1000 2022.