https://www.legallyindia.com/w/index.php?title=Zia_Mody&feed=atom&action=historyZia Mody - Revision history2024-03-28T19:16:38ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.14https://www.legallyindia.com/w/index.php?title=Zia_Mody&diff=3829&oldid=prevMclegally: Kian edits2012-06-15T11:56:13Z<p>Kian edits</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was her childhood dream to become a lawyer and follow her father's footsteps, [[Soli Sorabjee]] India's former Attorney General. She never went through the trauma of choosing a career except for a short period of six months in which she wanted to be an air hostess. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Close your eyes and one can't even imagine </del>the most powerful <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lawyers </del>of the country demonstrating to an audience the safety precautions in an aircraft<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Soli Sorabjee says he wishes she had continued with her litigation practice as she has great argumentative skills. </del><ref> [http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2006/spring/cn_02.php|Passage to India] </ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was her childhood dream to become a lawyer and follow her father's footsteps, [[Soli Sorabjee]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>India's former <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Attorney General<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>. She never went through the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</ins>trauma<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </ins>of choosing a career except for a short period of six months in which she wanted to be an air hostess<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, she's said in interviews</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Try imagining </ins>the most powerful <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lawyer </ins>of the country demonstrating to an audience the safety precautions in an aircraft<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">!</ins><ref> [http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2006/spring/cn_02.php|Passage to India] </ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She pursued her L.L.B at Selwyn College,Cambridge University and then an L.L.M from Harvard. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">After which she </del>joined one of the largest law firms in New York [[Baker & McKenzie]]. In 1984 she moved back to Mumbai and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">got </del>married <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to her </del>childhood <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sweetheart </del>Jaydev Mody. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">She also </del>started her <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>litigation practice under the name Chambers of Zia Mody(CZM)<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. She agrees the Indian market was a different terrain compared to work at a big New York firm. Though she fondly recalls the turning point in her career was when she won her first case. Even with her background she had to work really hard to prove the fact that she was equally good as a woman lawyer compared to any male attorney. Although Zia Mody today is not known for her litigation days but her successful transactional practice</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She pursued her L.L.B at Selwyn College,Cambridge University and then an L.L.M from Harvard. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">She then </ins>joined one of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">world's </ins>largest law firms in New York [[Baker & McKenzie]]. In 1984 she moved back to Mumbai and married<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, literally the </ins>childhood <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"boy next door", </ins>Jaydev Mody<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref>[http://www.legalera.in/In-Conversation/in-conversation-with-mrszia-mody</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">html | Legal Era interview]</ref>. Around then she </ins>started her litigation practice under the name Chambers of Zia Mody (CZM). </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Tagged as a workaholic by her colleagues and even rivals. Clients agreee </del>that the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">quick response time is </del>a big <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">asset of the </del>firm. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Zia is addicted </del>to her <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">blackberry and sends opinions till </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wee hours of </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">morning</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">She's said </ins>that the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Indian market was a different terrain compared to work at </ins>a big <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">New York </ins>firm. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">According </ins>to her<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">turning point in her career was when she won her first case. But even with her background she often says that she's had to work hard to prove </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fact that as a woman lawyer, she was as good as any male attorney</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref>TBC</ref> {{citation}}</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She is also a follower of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Baha</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">i </del>faith <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">by religion </del>and serves as a member on various <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Baha</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">i organizations </del>in the field of education and empowerment of rural women though she <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wishes </del>she could do more for the community.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Nowadays, Zia Mody is less well-known for her litigation days but her successful transactional practice, although her father, Soli Sorabjee, has said that he wishes she had continued with her litigation practice, as she has great argumentative skills.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Zia </del>who turns 56 <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">this </del>July<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(19th) is a mother of </del>three daughters. The second <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">one</del>, Aarti has decided to pursue law while the other two have studied design and mass communication. Zia agrees that work did take a toll on her personal life but she attended every single parent teacher meeting of her children and functions in which they performed. She also adds that she was blessed with an extremely supportive mother-in-law and a best friend for a husband.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mody, </ins>who turns 56 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </ins>July <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2012, has </ins>three daughters. The second, Aarti<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>has decided to pursue law while the other two have studied design and mass communication <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">respectively</ins>. Zia agrees that work did take a toll on her personal life but she attended every single parent teacher meeting of her children and functions in which they performed. She also adds that she was blessed with an extremely supportive mother-in-law and a best friend for a husband.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref>TBC</ref>{{citation}}</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Mclegallyhttps://www.legallyindia.com/w/index.php?title=Zia_Mody&diff=3828&oldid=prevMclegally at 11:31, 15 June 20122012-06-15T11:31:02Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was her childhood dream to become a lawyer and follow her father's footsteps, [[Soli Sorabjee]] India's former Attorney General. She never went through the trauma of choosing a career except for a short period of six months in which she wanted to be an air hostess. Close your eyes and one can't even imagine the most powerful lawyers of the country demonstrating to an audience the safety precautions in an aircraft. Soli Sorabjee says he wishes she had continued with her litigation practice as she has great argumentative skills. <ref> [http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2006/spring/cn_02.php|Passage to India] </ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was her childhood dream to become a lawyer and follow her father's footsteps, [[Soli Sorabjee]] India's former Attorney General. She never went through the trauma of choosing a career except for a short period of six months in which she wanted to be an air hostess. Close your eyes and one can't even imagine the most powerful lawyers of the country demonstrating to an audience the safety precautions in an aircraft. Soli Sorabjee says he wishes she had continued with her litigation practice as she has great argumentative skills. <ref> [http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2006/spring/cn_02.php|Passage to India] </ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She pursued her L.L.B at Selwyn College,Cambridge University and then an L.L.M from Harvard. After which she joined one of the largest law firms in New York [[Baker & McKenzie]]. In 1984 she moved back to Mumbai and got married to her childhood sweetheart Jaydev Mody. She also started her litigation practice under the name Chambers of Zia Mody(CZM). She agrees the Indian market was a different terrain compared to work at a big New York firm. Though she fondly recalls the turning point in her career was when she won her first case. Even with her background she really <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">had </del>to prove the fact that she was equally good as a woman lawyer compared to any male attorney. Although Zia Mody today is not known for her litigation days but her successful transactional practice.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She pursued her L.L.B at Selwyn College,Cambridge University and then an L.L.M from Harvard. After which she joined one of the largest law firms in New York [[Baker & McKenzie]]. In 1984 she moved back to Mumbai and got married to her childhood sweetheart Jaydev Mody. She also started her litigation practice under the name Chambers of Zia Mody(CZM). She agrees the Indian market was a different terrain compared to work at a big New York firm. Though she fondly recalls the turning point in her career was when she won her first case. Even with her background she <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">had to work </ins>really <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">hard </ins>to prove the fact that she was equally good as a woman lawyer compared to any male attorney. Although Zia Mody today is not known for her litigation days but her successful transactional practice.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tagged as a workaholic by her colleagues and even rivals. Clients agreee that the quick response time is a big asset of the firm. Zia is addicted to her blackberry and sends opinions till the wee hours of the morning.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tagged as a workaholic by her colleagues and even rivals. Clients agreee that the quick response time is a big asset of the firm. Zia is addicted to her blackberry and sends opinions till the wee hours of the morning.</div></td></tr>
</table>Mclegallyhttps://www.legallyindia.com/w/index.php?title=Zia_Mody&diff=3827&oldid=prevMclegally: /* Personal Life */2012-06-15T11:11:05Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Personal Life</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zia who turns 56 this July(19th) is a mother of three daughters. The second one, Aarti has decided to pursue law while the other two have studied design and mass communication. Zia agrees that work did take a toll on her personal life but she attended every single parent teacher meeting of her children and functions in which they performed. She also adds that she was blessed with an extremely supportive mother-in-law and a best friend for a husband.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zia who turns 56 this July(19th) is a mother of three daughters. The second one, Aarti has decided to pursue law while the other two have studied design and mass communication. Zia agrees that work did take a toll on her personal life but she attended every single parent teacher meeting of her children and functions in which they performed. She also adds that she was blessed with an extremely supportive mother-in-law and a best friend for a husband.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Mclegallyhttps://www.legallyindia.com/w/index.php?title=Zia_Mody&diff=3826&oldid=prevMclegally at 11:07, 15 June 20122012-06-15T11:07:27Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zia Mody is one of the founding partners of [[AZB & Partners]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zia Mody is one of the founding partners of [[AZB & Partners]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was her childhood dream to become a lawyer and follow her father's footsteps, [[Soli Sorabjee]] India's former Attorney General. She never went through the trauma of choosing a career except for a short period of six months in which she wanted to be an air hostess. Close your eyes and one can't even imagine the most powerful lawyers of the country demonstrating to an audience the safety precautions <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ina na </del>aircraft. Soli Sorabjee says he wishes she had continued with her litigation practice as she has great argumentative skills. <ref> [http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2006/spring/cn_02.php|Passage to India] </ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was her childhood dream to become a lawyer and follow her father's footsteps, [[Soli Sorabjee]] India's former Attorney General. She never went through the trauma of choosing a career except for a short period of six months in which she wanted to be an air hostess. Close your eyes and one can't even imagine the most powerful lawyers of the country demonstrating to an audience the safety precautions <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in an </ins>aircraft. Soli Sorabjee says he wishes she had continued with her litigation practice as she has great argumentative skills. <ref> [http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2006/spring/cn_02.php|Passage to India] </ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She pursued her L.L.B at Selwyn College,Cambridge University and then an L.L.M from Harvard. After which she joined one of the largest law firms in New York [[Baker & McKenzie]]. In 1984 she moved back to Mumbai and got married to her childhood sweetheart Jaydev Mody. She also started her litigation practice under the name Chambers of Zia Mody(CZM). She agrees the Indian market was a different terrain compared to work at a big New York firm. Though she fondly recalls the turning point in her career was when she won her first case. Even with her background she really had to prove the fact that she was equally good as a woman lawyer compared to any male attorney. Although Zia Mody today is not known for her litigation days but her successful transactional practice.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She pursued her L.L.B at Selwyn College,Cambridge University and then an L.L.M from Harvard. After which she joined one of the largest law firms in New York [[Baker & McKenzie]]. In 1984 she moved back to Mumbai and got married to her childhood sweetheart Jaydev Mody. She also started her litigation practice under the name Chambers of Zia Mody(CZM). She agrees the Indian market was a different terrain compared to work at a big New York firm. Though she fondly recalls the turning point in her career was when she won her first case. Even with her background she really had to prove the fact that she was equally good as a woman lawyer compared to any male attorney. Although Zia Mody today is not known for her litigation days but her successful transactional practice.</div></td></tr>
</table>Mclegallyhttps://www.legallyindia.com/w/index.php?title=Zia_Mody&diff=3825&oldid=prevMclegally at 11:06, 15 June 20122012-06-15T11:06:30Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zia who turns 56 this July(19th) is a mother of three daughters. The second one, Aarti has decided to pursue law while the other two have studied design and mass communication. Zia agrees that work did take a toll on her personal life but she attended every single parent teacher meeting of her children and functions in which they performed. She also adds that she was blessed with an extremely supportive mother-in-law and a best friend for a husband.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zia who turns 56 this July(19th) is a mother of three daughters. The second one, Aarti has decided to pursue law while the other two have studied design and mass communication. Zia agrees that work did take a toll on her personal life but she attended every single parent teacher meeting of her children and functions in which they performed. She also adds that she was blessed with an extremely supportive mother-in-law and a best friend for a husband.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Mclegallyhttps://www.legallyindia.com/w/index.php?title=Zia_Mody&diff=3824&oldid=prevMclegally at 11:02, 15 June 20122012-06-15T11:02:25Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was her childhood dream to become a lawyer and follow her father's footsteps, [[Soli Sorabjee]] India's former Attorney General. She never went through the trauma of choosing a career. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Few know that she plays the piano </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">has also achieved a distinction from </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Royal School </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Music</del>.<ref> [http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2006/spring/cn_02.php|Passage to India] </ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was her childhood dream to become a lawyer and follow her father's footsteps, [[Soli Sorabjee]] India's former Attorney General. She never went through the trauma of choosing a career <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">except for a short period of six months in which she wanted to be an air hostess</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Close your eyes </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">one can't even imagine </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">most powerful lawyers </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the country demonstrating to an audience the safety precautions ina na aircraft. Soli Sorabjee says he wishes she had continued with her litigation practice as she has great argumentative skills</ins>. <ref> [http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2006/spring/cn_02.php|Passage to India] </ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She pursued her L.L.B at Cambridge University and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </del>an L.L.M from Harvard. After which she joined one of the largest law firms in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the world </del>[[Baker & McKenzie]]. In 1984 she moved back to Mumbai and got married to her childhood sweetheart Jaydev Mody. She also started her litigation practice under the name Chambers of Zia Mody(CZM). She agrees the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Inidan </del>market was a different terrain compared to work at a big New York firm. Though she fondly recalls the turning point in her career was when she won her first case. Even with her background she really had to prove the fact that she was equally good as a woman lawyer <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">than </del>any male attorney. Although Zia Mody today is not known for her litigation days but her successful <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">M& A </del>practice.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She pursued her L.L.B at <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Selwyn College,</ins>Cambridge University and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">then </ins>an L.L.M from Harvard. After which she joined one of the largest law firms in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">New York </ins>[[Baker & McKenzie]]. In 1984 she moved back to Mumbai and got married to her childhood sweetheart Jaydev Mody. She also started her litigation practice under the name Chambers of Zia Mody(CZM). She agrees the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Indian </ins>market was a different terrain compared to work at a big New York firm. Though she fondly recalls the turning point in her career was when she won her first case. Even with her background she really had to prove the fact that she was equally good as a woman lawyer <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">compared to </ins>any male attorney. Although Zia Mody today is not known for her litigation days but her successful <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">transactional </ins>practice.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tagged as a workaholic by her colleagues and even rivals. Clients agreee that the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">great </del>response time is a big asset of the firm. Zia is addicted to her blackberry and sends opinions till the wee hours of the morning.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tagged as a workaholic by her colleagues and even rivals. Clients agreee that the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">quick </ins>response time is a big asset of the firm. Zia is addicted to her blackberry and sends opinions till the wee hours of the morning.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Mclegallyhttps://www.legallyindia.com/w/index.php?title=Zia_Mody&diff=3823&oldid=prevMclegally at 10:43, 15 June 20122012-06-15T10:43:08Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She pursued her L.L.B at Cambridge University and the an L.L.M from Harvard. After which she joined one of the largest law firms in the world [[Baker & McKenzie]]. In 1984 she moved back to Mumbai and got married to her childhood sweetheart Jaydev Mody. She also started her litigation practice under the name Chambers of Zia Mody(CZM). She agrees the Inidan market was a different terrain compared to work at a big New York firm. Though she fondly recalls the turning point in her career was when she won her first case. Even with her background she really had to prove the fact that she was equally good as a woman lawyer than any male attorney. Although Zia Mody today is not known for her litigation days but her successful M& A practice.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She pursued her L.L.B at Cambridge University and the an L.L.M from Harvard. After which she joined one of the largest law firms in the world [[Baker & McKenzie]]. In 1984 she moved back to Mumbai and got married to her childhood sweetheart Jaydev Mody. She also started her litigation practice under the name Chambers of Zia Mody(CZM). She agrees the Inidan market was a different terrain compared to work at a big New York firm. Though she fondly recalls the turning point in her career was when she won her first case. Even with her background she really had to prove the fact that she was equally good as a woman lawyer than any male attorney. Although Zia Mody today is not known for her litigation days but her successful M& A practice.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Zia who turns 56 this July(19th) is a mother of three daughters. The second one, Aarti has decided to pursue law while the other two have studied design and mass communication. Zia agrees that work did take a toll on her personal life but she attended every single parent teacher meeting of her children and functions in which they performed. She also adds that she was blessed with an extremely supportive mother-in-law and a best friend for a husband.</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Mclegallyhttps://www.legallyindia.com/w/index.php?title=Zia_Mody&diff=3822&oldid=prevMclegally at 10:10, 15 June 20122012-06-15T10:10:03Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was her childhood dream to become a lawyer and follow her father's footsteps, [[Soli Sorabjee]] India's former Attorney General. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Born in Bombay, as </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">oldest child and only daughter </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Soli Sorabjee, India's former attorney general, Mody always knew she wanted to be </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lawyer</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">She felt </del>she <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"got </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bit lucky" when her mother, whom she describes as </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">decision-maker, insisted her younger brother become a doctor</del>.<ref> [http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2006/spring/cn_02.php|Passage to India] </ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was her childhood dream to become a lawyer and follow her father's footsteps, [[Soli Sorabjee]] India's former Attorney General. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">She never went through </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">trauma </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">choosing </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">career</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Few know that </ins>she <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">plays the piano and has also achieved </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">distinction from </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Royal School of Music</ins>.<ref> [http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2006/spring/cn_02.php|Passage to India] </ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Rebellious and argumentative, only Zia followed </del>her <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">father’s footsteps</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“She was hard working</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Always a topper,” says Hormazd, eight years her junior. After a law degree from the </del>University <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of Cambridge </del>and an <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LLM </del>from <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </del>Harvard <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Law School in 1978, Zia worked with </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">world’s </del>largest law <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">firm, </del>Baker & McKenzie<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, in New York until 1983</del>. In 1984<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>she <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">returned </del>to Mumbai<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>married <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">neighbour and long-time beau </del>Jaydev <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(a realtor and owner of Delta Corp) and </del>started her <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">own law firm — grandiosely named </del>Chambers of Zia Mody (CZM)<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref>[http://www</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">businessworld</del>.in<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/businessworld/businessworld/content/Art-Deal</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">html?hopping=4|Businessworld: Art of </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Deal]</ref></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">She pursued </ins>her <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">L</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">L</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">B at Cambridge </ins>University and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </ins>an <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">L.L.M </ins>from Harvard<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. After which she joined one of </ins>the largest law <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">firms in the world [[</ins>Baker & McKenzie<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>. In 1984 she <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">moved back </ins>to Mumbai <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and got </ins>married <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to her childhood sweetheart </ins>Jaydev <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mody. She also </ins>started her <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> litigation practice under the name </ins>Chambers of Zia Mody(CZM). <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">She agrees the Inidan market was a different terrain compared to work at a big New York firm</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Though she fondly recalls the turning point </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">her career was when she won her first case</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Even with her background she really had to prove </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fact that she was equally good as a woman lawyer than any male attorney. Although Zia Mody today is not known for her litigation days but her successful M& A practice.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">How Zia’s CZM and Ajay’s ABC became AZB is </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tale driven </del>by <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">circumstances, the need to expand, and fate. The three of them — Ajay, Zia and Bahram — had all earned their spurs in their respective capacities. </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Tagged as </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">workaholic </ins>by her colleagues and even rivals. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Clients agreee that teh great response time is a big asset </ins>of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">firm</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Zia is known tp </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Zia Mody's primary practice consists of M&A, Private Equity, Securities Laws, BPO related work and Litigation. She has practiced in the Indian Courts for over 15 years as Counsel. She has also advised several International and Indian clients in significant M&A transactions.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Zia is a bit of a super woman, agree </del>her colleagues<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, clients </del>and even rivals. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Her drive and attention to detail have played no small part in propelling AZB to the top </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">charts in the rarefied world of corporate M&As</del>.</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Apart from her commitment to the legal practice Mrs. Mody is also a committed Baha'i by religion and serves as a member on various Baha'i organizations and Baha'i sponsored NGOs in the field of education and empowerment of rural women.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Apart from her commitment to the legal practice Mrs. Mody is also a committed Baha'i by religion and serves as a member on various Baha'i organizations and Baha'i sponsored NGOs in the field of education and empowerment of rural women.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Born in Bombay, as the oldest child and only daughter of Soli Sorabjee, India's former attorney general, Mody always knew she wanted to be a lawyer. She felt she "got a bit lucky" when her mother, whom she describes as the decision-maker, insisted her younger brother become a doctor.<ref> [http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2006/spring/cn_02.php|Passage to India] </ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It was her childhood dream to become a lawyer and follow her father's footsteps, [[Soli Sorabjee]] India's former Attorney General. </ins>Born in Bombay, as the oldest child and only daughter of Soli Sorabjee, India's former attorney general, Mody always knew she wanted to be a lawyer. She felt she "got a bit lucky" when her mother, whom she describes as the decision-maker, insisted her younger brother become a doctor.<ref> [http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/2006/spring/cn_02.php|Passage to India] </ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Rebellious and argumentative, only Zia followed her father’s footsteps. “She was hard working. Always a topper,” says Hormazd, eight years her junior. After a law degree from the University of Cambridge and an LLM from the Harvard Law School in 1978, Zia worked with the world’s largest law firm, Baker & McKenzie, in New York until 1983. In 1984, she returned to Mumbai, married neighbour and long-time beau Jaydev (a realtor and owner of Delta Corp) and started her own law firm — grandiosely named Chambers of Zia Mody (CZM)<ref>[http://www.businessworld.in/businessworld/businessworld/content/Art-Deal.html?hopping=4|Businessworld: Art of the Deal]</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Rebellious and argumentative, only Zia followed her father’s footsteps. “She was hard working. Always a topper,” says Hormazd, eight years her junior. After a law degree from the University of Cambridge and an LLM from the Harvard Law School in 1978, Zia worked with the world’s largest law firm, Baker & McKenzie, in New York until 1983. In 1984, she returned to Mumbai, married neighbour and long-time beau Jaydev (a realtor and owner of Delta Corp) and started her own law firm — grandiosely named Chambers of Zia Mody (CZM)<ref>[http://www.businessworld.in/businessworld/businessworld/content/Art-Deal.html?hopping=4|Businessworld: Art of the Deal]</ref></div></td></tr>
</table>Mclegallyhttps://www.legallyindia.com/w/index.php?title=Zia_Mody&diff=3816&oldid=prevMclegally at 07:06, 15 June 20122012-06-15T07:06:51Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Rebellious and argumentative, only Zia followed her father’s footsteps. “She was hard working. Always a topper,” says Hormazd, eight years her junior. After a law degree from the University of Cambridge and an LLM from the Harvard Law School in 1978, Zia worked with the world’s largest law firm, Baker & McKenzie, in New York until 1983. In 1984, she returned to Mumbai, married neighbour and long-time beau Jaydev (a realtor and owner of Delta Corp) and started her own law firm — grandiosely named Chambers of Zia Mody (CZM)<ref>[http://www.businessworld.in/businessworld/businessworld/content/Art-Deal.html?hopping=4|Businessworld: Art of the Deal]</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Rebellious and argumentative, only Zia followed her father’s footsteps. “She was hard working. Always a topper,” says Hormazd, eight years her junior. After a law degree from the University of Cambridge and an LLM from the Harvard Law School in 1978, Zia worked with the world’s largest law firm, Baker & McKenzie, in New York until 1983. In 1984, she returned to Mumbai, married neighbour and long-time beau Jaydev (a realtor and owner of Delta Corp) and started her own law firm — grandiosely named Chambers of Zia Mody (CZM)<ref>[http://www.businessworld.in/businessworld/businessworld/content/Art-Deal.html?hopping=4|Businessworld: Art of the Deal]</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>How Zia’s CZM and Ajay’s ABC became AZB is a tale driven by circumstances, the need to expand, and fate. The three of them — Ajay, Zia and Bahram — had all earned their spurs in their respective capacities<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Bahram is the second generation in a family of lawyers. His father Naval, who was senior partner of India’s oldest law firm Little & Co., died early but he gave Zia’s father Soli his first brief. A project finance specialist, Bahram had been with Little & Co. for 20 years before joining hands with CZM. “When I joined, naturally I said CZM should become CZB,” says Bahram, who studied with Zia in nursery before heading for Doon School</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>How Zia’s CZM and Ajay’s ABC became AZB is a tale driven by circumstances, the need to expand, and fate. The three of them — Ajay, Zia and Bahram — had all earned their spurs in their respective capacities. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zia Mody's primary practice consists of M&A, Private Equity, Securities Laws, BPO related work and Litigation. She has practiced in the Indian Courts for over 15 years as Counsel. She has also advised several International and Indian clients in significant M&A transactions.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Zia Mody's primary practice consists of M&A, Private Equity, Securities Laws, BPO related work and Litigation. She has practiced in the Indian Courts for over 15 years as Counsel. She has also advised several International and Indian clients in significant M&A transactions.</div></td></tr>
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