Rohit Jain PARTNER

Practice Areas

Overview

Rohit Jain is a Partner at ELP and co-heads the Tax practice of the firm focusing on indirect taxes, direct tax and transfer pricing and customs laws. His areas of expertise prior to the introduction of GST covered customs, excise, service tax, central sales tax, state Value Added Tax (VAT) laws and Foreign Trade Policy (FTP).

Rohit has been with ELP since its inception and has over two decades of experience in handling matters related to tax, in both, advisory and litigation matters.  He has advised various Fortune 500 Companies and Indian conglomerates in sectors including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunication, oil and gas, petroleum and infrastructure projects. He has also been involved in making representations to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Commerce in relation to various tax policy matters on behalf of numerous industry associations.

Rohit is a member of the TAXAND network (the largest international network of taxation firms across the world) and is regularly invited to speak on various tax and foreign trade policy issues at various international conferences.

Rohit has been ranked as an Elite Practitioner by AsiaLaw Profile 2020-23 and has been recognized for his expertise in Tax by Chambers Asia-Pacific, recommended by the Tax Director’s Handbook and has also featured in World Transfer Pricing guide. Rohit has also been recognized in the Benchmark Leading Lawyers Guide as the “Dispute Resolution Star for Tax” and has featured in International Tax Review’s Tax Controversy Leaders Guide & Indirect Tax Leaders GuideRohit has also been ranked as a Legal Individual for Tax in the Legal 500 rankings. He is also recognized as Leading Lawyer for Tax by Legal Era rankings.

Prior to ELP, Rohit was part of the Tax team at RSM & Co.

Recognitions

Asia Law Profiles
    • Elite Practitioner for Tax
    • “He understands our business well, is very technical and practical in relation to advice.  He is approachable.”
    • Excellent delivery of service, technically very good and has great knowledge of our industry.”
    • I have known Rohit for more than 15 years. He is an excellent trusted adviser, pragmatic, very technical and understands our business well. 

International Tax Review’s (ITR) World Tax Leaders
    • Highly Regarded – Indirect Tax & Tax Controversy

Legal 500
  • Ranked as a Leading Individual in Tax
  • “Rohit Jain and [Harsh Shah] stand out for their delivery of service, knowledge of our industry and excellent technical skills”.
  • “Rohit Jain and [Kumar Visalaksh] have exceptional knowledge in the subject and are able to straddle their tax advisory and litigation roles with finesse
  • ‘We have been working with Rohit Jain and his team for past couple of years and the relationship is of mutual respect. To me, they are all just a call away.‘

 

Chambers Asia Pacific
    • Rohit is generally very knowledgeable and able to quickly grasp the matters
    • One client comments: “I have firm belief in his views and knowledge.”

Forbes Legal Powerlist – India’s Top 100 Lawyers

Chambers and Partners
  • “For indirect tax, he’s brilliant.”
  • “Rohit is good, well recognised,”
  • He is described knowledgeable qualified,” and is complimented on his logical thinking and analytical capability. Peers endorse him as “excellent” and “very well regarded in the tax space.”
Benchmark Litigation's Asia Pacific 2023
  • Litigation Star for Tax 

RSG India Report
  • Clients noted Rohit’s “excellent technical skills” stating that he is “commercially very savvy and he takes time to understand [their] business.” Rohit has excellent ‘technical, commercial and practical skills’. With an ‘understanding’ in all aspects of his practice areas.

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Key Recommendations of the 50th GST Council Meeting

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Indirect Tax Newsletter – December Edition

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ELP Tax Update – Clarifications & Amendments pursuant to the 48th GST Council Meeting

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45th GST Council Meeting Highlights

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Production Linked Incentive Scheme

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Budget 2021: Finance Minister offers stability in tax regime even as India hunts for growth

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Rohit Jain on Union Budget 2021

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Higher capital spends and no change in status quo for tax

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India: Untangling the Supply Chain

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Managing GST 2.0 – Issue 6

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ELP – Tax Update (February 25 – March 10, 2020)

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ELP- Tax Update

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Tax Audits for enterprises that claim GST refunds illicitly

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ELP – Knowledge Series – India Update – Part 3 of 2019

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