The firm came into existence after its predecessor Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co was split into two after a dispute emerged between the two managing partners of firm who were heading the Delhi and Mumbai office separately.

The firm regularly advises some of the largest MNCs, Private Equity Funds and Indian corporate houses.

Before its split, Amarchand Mangaldas was India’s biggest law firm[citation needed] with over 600 lawyers.

[1][2] The firm has 7 offices at New Delhi, Gurugram, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata.

Along with the Shroffs, the management board of the firm includes equity partners Gunjan Shah and Jatin Aneja, and M Damodaran (ex-Chairman SEBI) as an Independent Member and John Handoll, Senior Advisor - European and Competition Law, as an Advisor to the board.