Family Roots and Values

From Baker to Liberalization

Father’s Influence and Choices

Mentors and Building AZB

Foreign Firms in India

Geopolitics and Deal Flow

AI and the Future of Law

 Women Lawyers and Careers

Succession Legacy and Closing

She walked into the courtroom with no playbook and built an empire anyway. Host Maulik Vyas talks to one of India's most formidable legal minds Co-Founder & Managing Partner of AZB & Partners, Zia Mody, who reflects on four decades at the forefront of corporate law, from the chaos of early liberalization to billion-dollar cross-border deals. She opens up about the cautious mood on deal street amid global uncertainty, why women in law still have ground to cover, the very real pressures of succession at a firm she helped build from 12 lawyers to over 700, and the one thing she believes separates good lawyers from great ones.

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She walked into the courtroom with no playbook and built an empire anyway. Host Maulik Vyas talks to one of India's most formidable legal minds Co-Founder &amp; Managing Partner of AZB &amp; Partners, Zia Mody, who reflects on four decades at the forefront of corporate law, from the chaos of early liberalization to billion-dollar cross-border deals. She opens up about the cautious mood on deal street amid global uncertainty, why women in law still have ground to cover, the very real pressures of succession at a firm she helped build from 12 lawyers to over 700, and the one thing she believes separates good lawyers from great ones. You can follow Maulik Vyas&nbsp; on his social media:<a href="https://x.com/MaulikVyas"> X</a> or<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vyasmaulik/"> Linkedin</a>&nbsp; Check out other interesting episodes like:<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/et-deep-dive-swipe-left-on-reality/id1568661777?i=1000763614435&amp;l=te">ET Deep Dive: Swipe Left on Reality</a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/india-wants-manufacturing-at-25-of-gdp-will-ai-in/id1568661777?i=1000760758322">India wants manufacturing at 25% of GDP &mdash; will AI in factories help?</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tanay-kothari-wants-to-kill-the-keyboard/id1568661777?i=1000758892178">Tanay Kothari Wants To Kill The Keyboard</a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-morning-brief/id1568661777?i=1000738205536"> </a><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/from-doer-to-director-the-linkedin-playbook-for-the-ai-age/id1568661777?i=1000756242616">From Doer to Director: The LinkedIn Playbook for the AI Agea</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-morning-brief/id1568661777?i=1000756051799">Semaglutide Goes Generic: Big Pharma&rsquo;s Moat Breaks</a>&nbsp; and<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-morning-brief/id1568661777"> much more</a>.
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