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Biography

Shagoofa has 26 years of professional experience across structuring funds, managed accounts, fund documentation, private equity, acquisitions / exits/ restructuring / joint ventures and strategic initiatives (real estate and infrastructure sectors), international taxation and planning, corporate and commercial laws, business advisory, compliance, governance, ethics advisory, audit and finance. She has led the investment funds practice in leading Indian law firms and her clients included sovereign funds, pension funds and marquee global and domestic fund managers. She has also been in-house counsel for over 12 years and been responsible for legal, compliance, regulatory, governance and corporate affairs in leading Indian fund houses. Having been in the fund industry for more than two decades, she has hands-on experience across the life cycle of a fund from structuring a fund product to winding up. Prior to joining AZB, Shagoofa was Group General Counsel and Head of Corporate Affairs at National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), quasi-sovereign fund of India. She is Senior Partner at AZB & Partners and heads the Investment Funds Practice of the Firm.