We are pleased to announce that Ajinkya Gunjan Mishra has joined S&R Associates as a partner based in the Firm’s New Delhi office, and is joined by associates Avani Tewari and Tarusha Airan.
Ajinkya Gunjan Mishra’s practice focuses on indirect tax and trade law. Ajinkya advises global and Indian clients on indirect tax, including GST, VAT, service tax, central and state excise, sales tax and customs matters, in relation to domestic and cross-border acquisitions and an array of complex operational matters, including tax planning strategy, supply chain structuring for products and services, tax assessment, audit and controversy and tax restructuring and compliance. Ajinkya also advises multinational companies on various regulatory matters, including trade incentives under foreign trade policy, free trade agreements and export/fiscal incentive schemes, such as Special Economic Zones, Export Oriented Units and Software Technology Parks of India, as well as market entry analysis and structuring. He has represented clients before various tax tribunals and adjudicating authorities, including the Authority for Advance Rulings, the Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, the Directorate General of Trade Remedies and the National Anti-Profiteering Authority. Ajinkya received a B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from National Law Institute University, Bhopal in 2007, and an MBA (International Business) from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi in 2013. His prior experience includes working with Luthra and Luthra Law Offices, where he was a partner, and EY in New Delhi.
S&R Associates has offices in New Delhi and Mumbai with approximately 120 lawyers, including 35 partners and counsel. The Firm’s practices include mergers and acquisitions; capital markets; private equity; investment funds; litigation and arbitration; anti-corruption, fraud and investigations; banking and finance; restructuring and insolvency; corporate governance and ESG; competition/antitrust; real estate; tax; employment; regulatory; general corporate and data privacy and intellectual property.