Global Indian Family Enterprises:

Faizal is a UK qualified lawyer and for many years has worked and advised, and is a trusted advisor to institutions, corporates and families across the Middle East, Africa and India. Faizal specialises in banking and finance and has advised corporates, family offices and families including on their international investment and holding structures.

Saahil is a global citizen, a serial entrepreneur with businesses across two continents, an author, keynote speaker, success coach for leaders and a passionate mountaineer. As an Entrepreneur and CEO juggling multiple roles, family and passions Saahil is the quintessential leadership voice today who shows fellow Entrepreneurs and CEOs how to do it all with ease for the ultimate peace within! Saahil’s unique brand of conscious leadership wisdom inspires ambitious leaders of the world to aspire for holistic success-one which has an optimal balance of scaling your summits faster, leading an uber healthy lifestyle and enjoying wonderful personal and professional relationships while doing so-that often feels like distant luxury. He loves to coach and enable conscious capitalist leaders to navigate their health, wealth, relationships, career and life with a set of proven tools + rituals to experience the ultimate peace, freedom and abundance every day.

Mr. Nirav Shah is an expert Chartered Accountant, having his beginnings in the vibrant state of Gujarat, India.
Being an excellent academic, he marked his achievement by scoring Ranks in both Inter CA and CA Finals.
His journey encompasses a pivotal stint at KPMG in Mumbai, where he occupied the position of International Tax and Finance Specialist. Throughout his professional expedition, he emerged as a master advisor in cross-border transactions from International and Domestic Tax and Regulatory perspectives.
CA Nirav Shah embarked on another journey and started FAME Advisory DMCC in 2014. With his extensive skills and decades of experience, he played a pivotal role in helping several companies from different sectors by setting up the right corporate holding structure for the group, evaluating new businesses/investment opportunities, suitable family structures for asset protection, strategising inputs/reviews for businesses, and managing compliance issues.

Cyril Shroff has over 42 years of experience in a wide range of practices areas, including corporate and securities law, disputes, banking, bankruptcy, infrastructure and private client. Mr. Shroff has consistently been ranked as “eminent practitioner” in India by Chambers & Partners and is often regarded as the “M&A King of India”. A thought leader and a visionary, Mr. Shroff is known for advising on many first of their kind transactions in India. He regularly gets recognised as an award-winning professional across practices.
Mr. Shroff is Chairman of FICCI’s Corporate Laws Committee and CII’s Financial Regulatory Committee. He is a member of the RBI’s Fintech committee, a member on the Board of Singapore International Arbitration Centre, a member of the IMC International ADR Centre and a Task force member of the Society of Insolvency Practitioners of India. He also serves on the board of number of educational institutions as member of governance committees.

Rishabh Shroff is Co-Head of the Private Client practice and Head of International Business Development at the Firm, specialising in family constitutions and settlements, trusts, wills and succession planning. He provides related advice to trustees and other private client service providers, such as family offices and institutional / corporate trustees.
In Corporate Law, he specialises in foreign investments into India, private mergers & acquisitions and joint venture transactions.
Rishabh is regularly recognized as an award-winning professional in private client practice. He was featured in the ’40 under 40′ list as published by Fortune India in 2023 & 2024, he was also featured in the ‘The Economic Times 40 under Forty: India Inc’s Top Young Leaders 2021’ list as published by The Economic Times and Spencer Stuart and is recognised in ‘IBLJ’s A- List Lawyers’ in 2022-2023.

Mr. Chirag Vora son of Mr. Ramesh Vora joined his family business in 2008 and since then he hasn’t looked back. He is a 24% Shareholder in the company and looks in the daily management of the company with the post of a Managing Director. Mr. Chirag holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management from the American University of Sharjah. He is also appointed as the committee member of the Gold and Jewellery group Dubai since 2010. Established in the year 1992 by Mr. Ramesh Vora and Mr. Quwaider Abubacker Baflah, ‘Bafleh Jewellery’ is one of the leading wholesale Jewellery company in Dubai, dealing in eighteen, twenty-one and twenty-two carat (18K, 21K, 22K) gold jewellery. Since inception, with over 25 years of operations, Bafleh Jewellery has emerged from being a mere wholesaler to an icon in the jewellery market.

Ridhiima Kapoor is a managing associate in Ogier's Investment Funds and Corporate teams in Dubai with a practice covering Cayman Islands law. She advises on the establishment, launch and maintenance of investment funds including hedge funds and private equity funds. Ridhiima also provides advice on corporate matters and has in-depth experience with the migration of vehicles into and out of the Cayman Islands, terminations and licensing. She is also part of Ogier's Technology and Web3 sector group with experience in the set-up, launch and termination of digital asset funds. She regularly works with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority with regards to funds registration/deregistration and has experience advising on securities registration and licensing. Ridhiima also advises on general corporate and commercial matters.

Leevyn is a professional who specializes in helping businesses and high net worth individuals to establish their operations and legal structures in the UAE. With over 20 years of experience, in finance, corporate and fiduciary services, Leevyn has built a reputation for providing transparent and practical solutions, that help clients navigate through the complex business and legal landscape of the UAE. Leevyn was Head of Fund Administration for a Mauritian-based investment company before moving to UAE to assist with the setting up of the UAE operations in 2011. He has an in-depth understanding of the local business environment and legal structures, and his expertise and extensive network have proven invaluable to his clients. Leevyn is a member of both the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and of the Chartered Governance Institute (ex-ICSA) and sits on several boards of companies and councils of family foundations.

FAME Advisory DMCC is a boutique firm specializing in tax advisory services and recognized as amongst the top corporate structuring, international tax, strategic and financial advisory and compliance experts in the UAE and other countries.

With over ten years of market presence, FAME Advisory has remained the UAE’s most trusted advisory firm to serve and assist clients with a holistic and cross-disciplinary combination of market-leading advisory, financial resource management, and regulatory and compliance services practice, all through one single platform.

As pioneers of strategic & multi-service business solutions in the region, we are committed to making advisory simple and accessible through highly bespoke services, industry-leading expertise, and cutting-edge technologies. Our core emphasis is educating clients, thereby empowering them to make informed decisions.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) is India’s leading law firm with a global reputation of being trusted advisers to its clients. The Firm advises a large and diverse set of clients, including domestic and foreign commercial enterprises, financial institutions, private equity and venture capital funds, start-ups, government and regulatory bodies. The Firm’s generalists, specialists and senior ex-regulators expertly guide clients across a spectrum of transactions, sectors and regulations. The Firm has over 1000+ lawyers including 180 Partners and offices in key business centres at Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, GIFT City, Singapore and Abu Dhabi.

The Firm received “National Law Firm of the Year: India” at the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards for the second consecutive year in 2022 and 2023 and “Innovation in Advancing Markets” award at the FT Innovative Lawyers Asia Pacific 2022 Awards.