Career
Shiraz is highly regarded with a proven track record in her practice areas which span across Dispute Resolution-Litigation & Arbitration, International Trade, White Collar Crimes, and Intellectual Property laws. She has worked with clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to closely held Indian and foreign companies, in a broad range of civil and criminal matters.
Shiraz is one of the leading counsels in India in the field of commercial litigation and dispute resolution having represented some of the biggest names in the industry. She also heads the Firm’s International Trade & Customs practice group and is a recognized authority on World Trade Organization agreements, Anti-Dumping and Countervailing duty Investigations. She represents multinational corporations and Governments in trade remedial investigations including the Indian Government. While being regarded for her ‘practical, business-focused advice’ Shiraz is credited with creating a specialist practice group at the firm on Anti-Corruption & White-Collar Crimes, under which she has handled multi-jurisdictional investigations involving bribery and corruption as well as litigation assignments and internal corporate investigations in different parts of India.
As a thought leader, Shiraz frequently contributes articles to various reputed journals. She recently co-authored a by-invitation article on Trade Law published in The International Trade Law Review 8th Edition, a prestigious annual guide on trade law globally.
Over the past few years, Senior Solicitor Shiraz Patodia has continued to be recognized across global and regional legal rankings for their excellence in dispute resolution, international trade, and corporate advisory work.
In 2025, in the Chambers & Partners Global and Asia-Pacific Guides Shiraz Patodia was once again ranked among India’s leading lawyers. The India Business Law Journal also named her to its A-List of 2024–25 Icons, a repeat honor from the previous year.
The Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2025 edition recognized Shiraz Patodia as a Litigation Star. Earlier recognitions include Legal Era’s Leading Lawyers 2024–25, where Ms Patodia was named Leading Lawyer Champion in Dispute Resolution, Arbitration & Litigation and Leading Lawyer in White-Collar Crime; India Awards 2024, which honored her as Lawyer of the Year – Shipping & WTO Practice; Asia Law’s 2024 rankings cited her as a Distinguished Practitioner ; and the Asian Legal Business Super 50 Lawyers 2024 and 2025 list. She was also honored as among Asia Top 30 lawyers by Asian Legal Business in 2025.
From Dispute Resolution to International Trade and Arbitration, these recurring honors reflect her unwavering commitment to excellence and thought leadership across diverse practice areas — both in India and on the global stage.
Professional Memberships
Shiraz holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from The Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Government Law College, University of Bombay. She is an Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court of India and a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Bombay Incorporated Law Society, Bombay Bar Association and is an Associate Member of Delhi High Court Bar Association.
