Zia Mody, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of AZB & Partners received Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 3rd edition of the Economic Times Global Legal Awards 2025-26, held on March 14, 2026, in Mumbai.
“Receiving Lifetime Achievement Awards feels like a sting in the tail, that you are done for, but I refuse to be done for. I am seventy going on fifty,” said Zia Mody in her acceptance speech.
The award, one of the most prestigious in the Special Awards category at the event, was conferred by a Grand Jury that included Justice Dipak Misra (former Chief Justice of India), Justice Uday Umesh Lalit (former Chief Justice of India), Dev Bajpai (Advisor, Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) Formerly, Whole Time Director Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)), Justice B. N. Srikrishna (Former Judge of Supreme Court), Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri (Former Judge of Supreme Court), Justice S. L. Bhayana (former Delhi High Court judge) and Dr. Pinky Anand (Former Additional Solicitor General at the Supreme Court of India). The event brought together general counsels, managing partners, legal tech leaders, and policymakers and served as a platform for recognising transformative work across legal strategy, compliance and AI-driven innovation.
