Zia Mody explains how different clients require different doses of fear

She's notorious for being a merciless task master and AZB is known for being one of the toughest law firms to cut one's teeth at

So, who have you signed on recently?” I ask of Zia Mody, founding partner of law firm AZB & Partners. After all, at this stage of her career, Mody, who needs no introduction, has represented most captains of industry that include Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani and Anand Mahindra. There are several others that we don’t know about — and Mody makes it emphatically clear it’s going to stay that way. 

We’re catching up for dinner and instead of meeting at a restaurant, we have decided to order in at AZB’s corporate office at Peninsula Corporate Park in Lower Parel, Mumbai. We