MZM Legal LLP

Founding Members

ZULFIQUAR MEMON
Managing Partner
SUZANNE MEMON
Founding Partner

ZULFIQUAR MEMON

Managing Partner

Zulfiquar is a passionate litigator and a dynamic leader, and he leads by example in courtrooms and board rooms alike. While a force to reckon with in challenging court room battles, he tempers such leonine ferocity with true empathy towards his clientele. Most clients he interacts with, look to him as a trusted friend rather than a legal representative. This amalgamation of battle-hardened prowess and client sensitivity, makes Zulfiquar the pole star of the Indian legal firmament. Zulfiquar spearheads the Global Disputes and White-Collar Practice of the firm, advising in complex multi-jurisdictional prosecutions, traversing Fortune 100 and 500 companies, high net-worth individuals, and elite families. As such, he has led mandates involving, inter alia, extraditions, money laundering, anti-corruption compliances, and financial disputes. Zulfiquar is well regarded as a specialist negotiator, trained at the Harvard School of Law, regularly resolving sensitive disputes expeditiously, with pragmatic and holistic solutions. Persistently recognized for his exemplary vision, he takes a keen interest in taking the Firm towards global recognition and acclaim. His compassionate leadership is evidenced by the rapid plaudit MZM continues to achieve from its clients and peers and the prestigious accolades and accreditations he receives from the legal fraternity.

SUZANNE MEMON

Founding Partner

Envisioned as a leading White Collar Crime Firm in 2005, MZM owes its accomplishments to the zeal and dedication of its Founding Partners, Suzanne, and Zulfiquar. A qualified advocate registered with the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa, Suzanne specializes in IPR and matrimonial matters, catering to a selected network of HNIs. Suzanne has been an indispensable asset to the Firm right from its inception in 2005. MZM continues to benefit from her contemporaneous expertise in policy formulation, which ensures a conducive work environment that translates into an integrated workforce. Suzanne plays a key managerial role in hiring the best minds and providing them with umpteen opportunities to deliberate creatively and execute proficiently. A passionate philanthropist, she chairs the MZM Care Foundation, through which she relentlessly works towards the upliftment of the destitute and endeavours to provide them access to adequate healthcare.

Senior Partners

PARVEZ MEMON
JAVED DHORAJIWALA
MUNIR MERCHANT
MRINAL BHARTI
WASEEM PANGARKAR

PARVEZ MEMON

Parvez is a Senior Partner of MZM Legal, a Band One White Collar Crime Law firm in India. He plays a synergistic role in creating the bulwark of a multi-disciplinary team at the Firm while mentoring the team to develop critical skills to contribute efficiently toward positive outcomes. Parvez acted in some of India’s fiercest prosecutorial and governmental investigations and is one of India’s few expert lawyers to have undertaken sensitive trials under India’s anti-terrorism and organized crime laws. He regularly defends and prosecutes on behalf of prominent business houses and high-net-worth individuals in a gamut of matters.

His discernment to navigate challenging mandates enthuses his clients with the confidence to undertake the arduous journey of litigating. Conscious of providing succour to his dedicated clientele in turbulent circumstances, he patiently explains even the most rudimentary aspects, providing holistic, goal-oriented, and practical guidance.

His nuanced understanding of the law, supplemented by unstinted consistent efforts results in excellence and unmatched competence. Parvez ardently believes that judicial forums are a wide canvas to effect social change and he constantly participates in educative seminars to disseminate information to overcome inequities in the legal community.

JAVED DHORAJIWALA

Javed possesses rich banking experience and handsomely contributes to the firm's Banking Litigation and Real Estate Law practice. With more than a decade in the firm, he also spearheads the Negotiable Instruments Act practice for the firm. As such, he represents various corporates and HNIs before various forums, earning national and international acclaim for creative strategies developed and deployed by him. An ace at Real Estate Law and Housing Society disputes, Javed is also highly regarded in Estate Planning and laws governing succession in India. His keen interest in finance translates into much sought-after advice on commercial investments by HNI clients.

MUNIR MERCHANT

Munir specializes in a variety of issues in the sphere of general corporate law and litigation ranging from debt recovery, summary suits, succession-related disputes, and TMT laws. He is a renowned name in the litigation circuit with a distinguished practice traversing a variety of matters involving nuanced constitutional subjects, and contentious commercial matters, along with advice and vetting of commercial agreements and property laws. Munir also handles composite media-related matters and represents the interests of the most reputed media houses in India before various forums. Munir has successfully handled high-profile and complex arbitrations and he is a keen endorser of ADR mechanisms, which ensure the option of expedient and frugal avenues being made available to his clients.

MRINAL BHARTI

Mrinal heads the Delhi MZM team in his capacity as a Senior Partner. He spearheads the White-Collar Crime / Fraud, Criminal, and Civil Litigation practice for the firm. An alumnus of the reputed Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi, he has been practicing since 1998 and enjoys a stellar reputation amongst the Bar. Not one to limit himself, his mandates remain versatile. He often appears in matters pertaining to commercial litigation and corporate practice, competently dealing with Civil laws, Media laws, Domestic and International Arbitrations, Labour Laws, Intellectual Property Laws, Criminal laws including Cyber and White-Collar Crime, Company laws, Legal Compliance, documentation, and Corporate Advisory and his clients have always gained from his wisdom and vast experience.

WASEEM PANGARKAR

Waseem heads the Disputes Resolution, Litigation and Restructuring & Insolvency Practice at MZM Legal. His practice with MZM Legal began over a decade ago with matters related to complex financial and securities fraud, domestic arbitrations and matrimonial briefs. His growing reputation with corporate clients, led to organic growth of this practice to include the high-value commercial arbitrations and complicated white-collar crime matters. Today, he is an esteemed professional in his own right – valued and respected for representing multinational conglomerates and sovereign nation-states in high-value Domestic and International Commercial Arbitrations, as well as, commercial litigation. Waseem also has vast experience in complex cases pertaining to Restructuring & Insolvency ranging from advising, representing and defending various Financial Creditors, Operational Creditors and Corporate Debtors along with representing the IRP/RP in the CIRP & liquidation process etc. Waseem also works closely with Zulfiquar on issues related to Corruption, Fraud, Extradition, Money Laundering, Criminal Disputes, Recovery Actions, etc. and regularly advices prominent national, and multinational corporations in difference parts of the world. Over the years Waseem has acted on complex cross border matters related to these issues. Waseem has completed a comprehensive course in International Commercial Arbitration certified by the Columbia Law School and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. His membership in various International Arbitration Institutions/Centres is a testament to his credentials. He is also a designated Member of CIARB and has been recognized as an Accredited Dispute Resolution Professional (Arbitrator and Mediator) by the Federation of Integrated Conflict Management.

Partners

DINESH KADAM
VIVEK JAIN
MOHAMMAD SHINE

DINESH KADAM

Dinesh leads the trial practice at MZM, spearheading highly contentious and acrimonious mandates. His diverse practice encompasses matters pertaining to blood crimes, serious economic frauds, matrimonial disputes, land/ real estate conflicts, and housing society disputes. His expertise in conducting civil and criminal trials and ensuing appellate proceedings is unparalleled and expansive. A regular at all judicial forums in Maharashtra, his skills have been commended by his clients as also his fiercest opponents. Formulating strategy is his forte and he is supported by a diligent group of lawyers, adept and highly skilled at court craft and on-ground execution. Over the years, Dinesh has trained and built a network of highly-skilled advocates, to ensure stellar legal representation to his clients, even in remotely accessible areas. His expertise, creative solutions, and nuanced understanding of the law provide succour to his clients amidst tumultuous prosecutions and adversarial proceedings.

VIVEK JAIN

A qualified Advocate-on-Record, Vivek brings youth and dynamism to the Delhi Office of the Firm. Specializing in Corporate Litigation, and Insolvency proceedings before the NCLT and Company Law, he displays a keen interest in Arbitration. He is often acknowledged by his peers at the Bar for his impeccable drafting, seamless filings, and persuasive arguments. He is a regular face before the Supreme Court, Delhi High Court, and Tribunals. He enjoys an immaculate reputation with a majority of the designated Senior Advocates in New Delhi and is indispensable in handling highly sensitive and multifaceted litigations for the firm while maintaining uncompromised integrity and incomparable capability.

MOHAMMAD SHINE

Shine is a leading litigation lawyer having diverse experience of over two. He began his career in 2005 in the chamber of the distinguished criminal defence lawyer and parliamentarian Mr. Majeed Memon. His core practice involves handling complex criminal matters and white-collar crimes, especially the ones related to corruption. He has also expanded his practice to contentious civil litigation with a dedicated clientele. He is an ideal choice for most complex disputes involving intricate questions of law and in cases for emergency reliefs where it becomes necessary to make a compelling case for those he represents. Shine provides competent legal advice across jurisdictions and he enjoys accolades from his colleagues and clients before various High Courts. Relentless in expanding his horizons, he holds an MBA and a Diploma in Cyber Laws. Always a proponent of being a student of law, he imparts his passion and wisdom to young minds by regularly conducting guest lectures in reputed colleges across the length of the country.

Associate Partners

Abhishek Gupta
Ravi Mishra

Abhishek Gupta

Abhishek regularly appears before all Criminal Courts in India and also opines on foreign laws in matters related to financial crimes. With a decade’s worth of banking experience, Abhishek is also instrumental in guiding forensic audits, fund tracing and similar exercises, which are an integral part of financial crime prosecution / defence. Abhishek’s first-hand insights into the restructuring and insolvency operations of Banks and decade long experience make him a restructuring and insolvency expert. As such, he represents distressed / insolvent companies, as well as, creditors before quasi-judicial forums like National Company Law Tribunals and Debt Recovery Tribunals, developing innovative, cost effective and practical solutions to address impending or ongoing financial distress. He also participates in various high-value domestic and international commercial arbitration and commercial litigation mandates.

Ravi Mishra

Ravi is a vital part of the MZM team with over a decade of experience at the Firm. His diverse practice encompasses matters pertaining to white-collar crimes, matrimonial disputes, blood crimes, and serious economic frauds. His ability to liaise with an array of prosecuting agencies in high-pressure and politically sensitive mandates is unmatched. Fastidious towards upholding the interests of clients, Ravi provides holistic and coherent advice with end-to-end support. He is the epitome of being an individual contributor and is empowered by his immense knowledge and vast experience to achieve stupendous results for his clients. His dedication to his work makes it incumbent upon the entire team to operate just as meticulously to achieve stellar outcomes.

Principal Associates

Nadiya Sarguroh
CHIRAG NAIK

Nadiya Sarguroh

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CHIRAG NAIK

Senior Associates

SHADAB PEERZADE
MANISH SHEKHARI
Nimeet Sharma
Drishti Singh

SHADAB PEERZADE

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