Zia Mody
Zia Jaydev Mody is an Indian corporate lawyer and businesswoman. Zia is one of the founding partners of AZB & Partners, an Indian premier law firms. She advises large private equity houses such as KKR, Bain Capital, and Warburg Pincus.
Early life and Education
Zia belongs to Baháʼí family. and was born to Zoroastrian. She was born to mother Zena Sorabjee and father Soli Sorabjee, a former Attorney General of India. Mody's initial education was at Elphinstone College, Mumbai. She studied law at Selwyn College, Cambridge, in 1978 and was enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa in 1978. She earned a master's degree from Harvard Law School.Career
After completing masters from Law school she later got admitted as a member of the New York [State Bar Association|New York State Bar] in 1980.She practices law in India and the United States and has got the license to do so. She worked for five years with Baker McKenzie in New York City before returning to India. She started her own practice, Chambers of Zia Mody, in Mumbai in 1984. She has practiced in the Indian courts for over 10 years as a counsel. She later merged with other firms to form AZB & Partners.Personal life
She has three younger brothers, Jehangir, Jamshed, and Hormazd. Her husband, is a influential business man, Jaydev Mody, the chairman of the casino company Delta Corp. They live in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and have three daughters, Anjali, Aarti, and Aditi.Memberships and affiliations
She is an Independent Director, Member of Audit & Risk Committee, and Member of Investment Committee of Ascendas Property Fund Trustee Pte. Ltd.She has been or is a member of the Reserve Bank of India, the Confederation of Indian Industry National Council, the Committee on Corporate Governance formed by SEBI, and Maharashtra's Economic Advisory Council. She was the Vice President and member of the London Court of International Arbitration.