Khaitan & Co.

Khaitan & Co LLP fields a sizeable taxation team with strength across the full range of transactional, contentious, and advisory matters, both concerning indirect and direct tax. On the direct taxation front, key names include Sanjay Sanghvi and Bijal Ajinkya; Sanghvi handles contentious matters before tax and transfer pricing authorities, in addition to advising on the tax aspects of corporate M&A, while Ajinkya specialises in international tax advisory and cross-border litigation. Key names for indirect tax include Dinesh Agrawal, who focuses on customs valuation, classification, and GST, supply chain tax specialist Arvind Baheti and Ayush Mehrotra, a key contact for tax controversies. Indruj Rai left the team in March 2024.