The Surana family, headed by patriarch Mr. P. S. Surana and his wife Mrs. Leelavathi Surana is a well-recognized and highly respected family in South India. The Senior Surana’s are both accomplished lawyers and founded their law practice and law firm in 1971. The firm was ranked among the top 10 law firms in India for the first time in 1998 and since then has been consistently ranked among the top firms in India and the leading law firm in South India.
Dr. Vinod Surana is the current Managing Partner (since 2007) and the son of the founders’ Mr. P S Surana and Mrs. Leelavathi Surana. Dr. Surana, apart from being ranked among the leading lawyers of India has also been playing a significant role in industry bodies where he has held leadership positions at national and regional levels. He has been the Co-Chairman of ASSOCHAM for South India for an unprecedented term of five consecutive years, the Senior Vice Chairman of the All India Manufacturer’s Organization (TN) for three years. He has qualifications and experience in international relations and public international law. He has led 11 high level industry delegations to various countries like Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Israel, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad, Tobacco and Uruguay for promoting economic and cultural relations between India and these nations.
Surana & Surana International Attorneys has been representing and continues to represent many of the significant foreign investors in South India particularly in the State of Tamil Nadu. The firm got their first International assignment and break-through in 1988 in Italy. Some of their international prominent clients include Hyundai, Renault, Nissan, Isuzu, Perfetti VanMelle, SAME Deutz-Fahr, Leitner, BMC Airfilters, Elemaster, Foxconn, Saint Gobain, Merrill Corporation etc. The firm is also the legal advisor to various foreign governments in India such as USA, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, Germany etc. apart from being legal advisors to the Indian Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Information Technology.
Surana & Surana Public Charitable Trust
The Surana family is known for their impactful philanthropy over the decades. Among their work are:
- Organizing, administering and sponsoring the world’s largest Moot Court Competition project (since 1994).
- Sponsoring and running a hostel and a vocational training centre for blind orphan girls.
- Running the South India centre for the world-famous Jaipur Foot Organization, providing custom manufactured artificial limbs free of cost, to the needy.
- Rescuing & sponsoring hundreds of old and destitute cows and care for them till the death (thereby avoiding them to be sold to abattoirs and butchers).
- Providing hundreds of scholarships every year to the needy and deserving students.
- Providing free of cost food and drinking water to hundreds of people every month.
