Kumar Visalaksh

Kumar Visalaksh is a Partner in the Tax practice at ELP and is based in Delhi. An alumnus of National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), University of Law, Hyderabad, Kumar has over a decade of experience in rendering tax advisory, transactional and litigation services to various multinational companies. He regularly advises clients on Goods and Service Tax, Customs Foreign Trade Policy and Export Control related matters.

Kumar specializes in advising domestic and foreign MNCs across various sectors on direct tax issues. He has also been involved in assisting clients in direct tax litigation at various forums. Kumar regularly appears before ITAT and High Court in income tax matters.

Kumar has also assisted companies transition to new tax regimes, including the current GST regime in India. Kumar has represented several multinational companies before different judicial fora such as Supreme Court of India, jurisdictional High Courts, Tribunals across the country.

Kumar is a regular speaker at various conferences. Kumar writes regularly for leading newspapers/magazines such as The Economic Times, The Hindu, The Mint, Financial Express, Economic and Political Weekly, Indirect Taxation Review etc.

Kumar has been ranked as a Highly Regarded Tax Practitioner in International Tax Review’s Tax Controversy Leaders Guide. He has also been recognized as the Next Generation Partner for Tax in the Legal 500 rankings. Kumar has been recognized as Up & Coming for Tax by Chambers Asia-Pacific.  He is also recognized as a Future Star for Tax by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific. Kumar also features as GenNext Leading Lawyer for Tax in Legal Era 2024 rankings.