Who is the richest lawyer of India?

Answer 1

Zia Mody (Partner, AZB & Partners) has been consistently featured in the list of highest tax-payers in India for the last 4-5 years. Although she is the highest tax-paying lawyer in the country, it is doubtful whether she would actually be the richest lawyer in India. This is because corporate law firms in India are tight-lipped about their annual revenues and profits-per-partner information is not publicly made available like the law firms in USA or UK. However, top corporate lawyers such as Cyril Shroff (Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.), Rajiv Luthra (Luthra & Luthra), Jyoti Sagar (J. Sagar & Associates), Nishith Desai (Nishith Desai Associates) and others earn substantial amounts every year, but it is not yet public information as to how much really the top 10 corporate lawyers of India earn.

Although it is common belief that successful litigating lawyers earn huge amounts of money, the truth is that only a handful can match up to the earnings of the top corporate lawyers in the country, and they are Harish Salve, Abhishek Singhvi, K.K. Venugopal, Kapil Sibal, Mukul Rohtagi and a few others.