November 27, 2020
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.
As one of the leading counsels in India in the field of commercial litigation and dispute resolution she has 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, MOFCOM, GAFT. 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 and internal corporate investigations.
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 several years, Shiraz has continued to be recognized across global and regional legal rankings for dispute resolution, international trade practices and corporate advisory work.
In 2026, in the Chambers & Partners Global and Asia-Pacific Guides, Shiraz Patodia was ranked among India’s leading lawyers in Dispute Resolution and International Trade. The India Business Law Journal also named her to its A-List of 2025–26 Icons, a repeat honor for the last 5 years consecutively. She was also honored as among Asia’s Top 30 lawyers by Asian Legal Business in 2025.
She has been recognised among the Top 100 Women in Litigation Asia-Pacific 2025 by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific in Commercial & Transactions and Intellectual Property categories.
She has recently been inducted into The Legal 500 Hall of Fame in the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2026 rankings for outstanding work in WTO/International Trade. Along with this, Legal Era has recognised her as a Leading Lawyers Awards 2025-2026. Ms Shiraz has appeared in Legal Era rankings as a Leading Lawyer Champion and Leading Lawyer in International Trade, Dispute Resolution & White-Collar Crime.
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.
These recurring honors reflect her commitment to excellence across diverse practice areas — both in India and globally.
She is also passionate about issues of diversity and upholding rights of individuals and minorities, for which she has fought several cases pro bono.
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.
