Zia Modi is an Indian corporate lawyer and businesswoman, she is one of the most powerful women entrepreneurs in India, listed by Fortune India in 2018 and 2019. She is the daughter of former Attorney General of India, Sauli Sorabjee.
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Zia Modi was born on Thursday, July 19, 1956 (67 years old in 2023) in Mumbai. Her zodiac sign is Cancer. Zia Modi received her initial education at Elphinstone College in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She studied law at Selwyn College, Cambridge, England, and received her Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School in Massachusetts in 1978.
Zia Mody Harvard Law School, Massachusetts, USA
Zia passed the New York State Bar Examination and was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1979, shortly after completing college in the United States. She is the founder and partner of a legal firm, AZB & Partners.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 4″
Hair color: gray and white
Eye color: dark brown
Religion and caste
Zia Modi is a Baha’i. In an interview, when talking about her religious beliefs, she said: “I believe in the Baha’i Faith (a monotheistic religion that emphasizes the spiritual unity of all humanity), which was founded by our prophet Baha’u’llah more than 150 years ago. Besides the irrefutable principle that men and women are absolutely equal in the eyes of God (which is very attractive to me!), it is also a religion of voluntary choice.”
However, Zia’s father was a Zoroastrian, while her husband was a Hindu.
Parents and siblings
Zia’s father was Soli Sorabjee (former Attorney General of India) and his mother’s name was Zeena.
Zia Mody and her father Soli Sorabjee
She has three brothers.
Husband and children
Zia Mody is married to Jaydev Mody, Chairman of Delta Corporation Limited. She has three daughters – Aditi Mody is a furniture designer in Mumbai, Aarti Mody is a lawyer in Mumbai and Anjali Mody works at the Wildlife Conservation Trust.
Zia Mody and Jaydev Mody’s wedding photos
Zia with her daughter Anjali Mody
Zia Mody and her three daughters
Profession
Founder and Managing Partner
Zia Mody is the founder of AZB & Partners in Mumbai.
Areas of Practice
Arbitration Law
member
organize
- Securities and Exchange Board of India Standing Committee on Mutual Funds
- Capital Markets Committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
- Vice Chairman and Director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
- International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Council
- Reserve Bank of India Committee on Integrated Financial Services for Small Enterprises and Low-Income Households, 2013
- Godrej Corporate Governance Committee established by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (2012)
- World Bank Administrative Tribunal, Washington, DC (2008-2013)
- Vice-President and Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) (2010-2013)
- Vice Chairman and Non-Executive Director, HSBC Bank Asia Pacific
- New Era High School, Panchgani, Maharashtra
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Zia was a member of the Expert Committee on “Amendment of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996” sponsored by the Law Commission of India. The committee was formed to review the provisions of the Act as there were several shortcomings in its implementation (2014).
Legal Advisor
After completing her education in 1979, Zia started working at Baker & McKenzie in New York City. She worked at Baker & McKenzie for three years and returned to India in 1982. In India, Tata Group, Reliance Industries, Aditya Birla Group, Vedanta Group and General Electric are some of the top Indian corporates for whom Zia has served as counsel. Major private equity firms such as Bain Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Warburg Pincus have also taken advice from Zia Mody. Zia has provided legal services to both domestic and international clients.
Founder, AZB & Partners, Mumbai
After returning to India in 1984, Zia Modi founded her own sole proprietorship law firm, Zia Modi Law Firm. She practiced law in Mumbai. She merged her law firm with other reputed law firms and formed AZB & Partners. Zia Modi, Ajay Bahl and Bahram Vakil are partners in AZB & Partners. AZB & Partners was established in 2004 with just 12 lawyers. It is considered one of the largest law firms in India with 400 legal professionals and multiple offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune.
Zia Mody and AZB & Partners (Ajay Bahl and Bahram Vakil)
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