Driven by excellence, focused on strategies for the longer term.

This is the crux of who we are. It is an articulation of precision in purpose, from the Firm’s beginnings to where we are today. Our collective eye is unerringly trained on tomorrow.

Deep sectoral expertise across services and industries.

Our insistence on strategic advisory exacts an in-depth understanding of and involvement with our clients’ businesses and industries. We engage not just individual businesses, but also contribute to the country’s legal and regulatory frameworks.

Personal commitment supported by experience and grit.

We commit early. We pull together internally for greater support. Every effort is sincere, every individual deeply dedicated to their task, their role, to the Firm.

Our undertakings for long-term impact are an organic extension of our purpose.

They are to employ our deep knowledge of the law beyond the business, the transaction, the deal. To use the opportunities and skills we possess, to reflect on the culture we’re creating. Individually and collectively, these are our efforts to help shape the thinking of our future generations, and arm them with strategies for true, sustainable growth.

Knowledge-sharing is intrinsic to equity and inclusivity.

This is a repository of thought leadership, deep insights and strong viewpoints, legal and other news and events and how they impact the industry and our clients.

Relevance is critical to growth. It necessitates a firm that is dynamic and responsive.

Amplifying intrinsic talent, sharpening skills, expanding knowledge, is vital to leading. It defines every aspect of how our firm functions and transacts. This is how we create new benchmarks and set industry standards.

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CULTURE

An organisation’s culture combines its values, expectations and best practices; it is a collective of traits that define a firm’s actions and focus. At AZB & Partners, the perspectives are many, but the understanding, beliefs and behaviours are shared.

ON REFLECTION

AZB has a different DNA – as a junior, then as a partner, and now even sometimes as a client, there is a differentiation from other firms. You’re thrown in the deep end as a junior, given a lot of opportunities, and the learning is just that much faster. To build your career and walk away with people whom you think of as family, it doesn’t really get better than that.

Essaji Vahanvati, at AZB from 2003 to 2015

ON HIERARCHY

Comparatively, we’re a young firm. The average age of our lawyers is slightly higher than the average age of young India, around 30 years, which means a youthful, vibrant culture, and a friendly, open atmosphere. It’s also a flat structure, we don’t stand on ceremony – there are no Ma’ams and Sirs here.

Bahram N. Vakil, Co-Founder & Senior Partner

ON ACCOUNTABILITY

The client expectation is responsiveness. What ensures this is a three-tier system: We have a tier of senior partners, tried and tested, with 15+ years’ experience and a strong market standing. Then the junior partners, who are young, hungry, raring to go. This enables us to solve better, the client knows whom they can approach at which level for a quick turnaround, so there’s no backlog. And our clients have learnt that there is accountability at every level, because anyone can and has been called out for not following through. There is no ego. The value-add that each partner brings, at each level, is always recognised.

Zia J. Mody, Co-Founder & Managing Partner