Nishant Shah PARTNER

Practice Areas

Overview

Nishant Shah Is a partner and co-heads the Tax practice of ELP. Nishant has assisted several Indian and multinational firms across sectors on various tax issues in relation to both direct and indirect taxes applicable in India.

Nishant’s areas of expertise include transaction structuring, both domestic and cross border. He has been involved in various tax-efficient transaction structuring assignment within the complex regulatory framework in India.

Nishant has been actively engaged by Indian and global multinationals for various inbound and outbound investment structuring and transfer pricing related assignments. During the course of his career, Nishant has assisted over 30 companies in their India entry tax strategies.

Additionally, Nishant has been engaged in assisting clients in transitioning to the GST regime and continues to assist these organisations in tax optimization through restructuring of their business’ models and supply chains, cross border structuring as well as on tax litigation. His areas of expertise prior to the introduction of GST covered excise, customs, service tax, central sales tax, state levies as well as regulations under the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP).

Nishant has also worked extensively with various industry associations and has successfully assisted them in representations before the Central Government and State Governments. Nishant has worked with many foreign and domestic multinationals across sectors including Automotive, Engineering, Real Estate, Technology, Communication, Financial Services, Oil and Gas, Transportation, Logistics, e-commerce, etc.

Nishant has been recommended for his expertise in Tax by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, mentioned as a recognized practitioner by Chambers & Partners and has featured in the International Tax Review’s Tax Controversy Leaders Guide & Indirect Tax Leaders Guide. He also features in the Forbes’ list of India’s top 100 lawyers. Nishant is ranked as Litigation Star for tax in the Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific. He has also been recognized as Notable Practitioner for Tax by Asia Law Profiles. Nishant features as Leading Lawyer for Tax in Legal Era 2023 rankings.

A qualified lawyer and a Chartered Accountant, prior to ELP, Nishant served with KPMG and Deloitte.

Recognitions

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

Chambers Asia Pacific
  • “Very helpful, client-centric and always available, with great knowledge and sound advice.”
  • “Considered solid, is well regarded by those who work with him and handles complex matters.”
  • “He is technically one of the best in India for any tax-related matters or litigation.”

 

 

 

 

 

Asia Law Profiles
    • Notable Practitioner for Tax
    • “Customer-centric, quick in responses and professionally updated on tax knowledge.”

Legal 500
  • Recognized as Recommended Lawyer for Tax
  • Nishant Shah is commended for his ‘outstanding knowledge’ and ‘focus’ in all aspects of tax law. One client stated that Nishant is ‘sharp’.

Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2023
    • Litigation Star for Tax

RSG India Report
    • Nishant Shah “understands the [clients] business needs” as well as their challenges.
Forbes Legal Powerlist – India’s Top 100 Lawyers

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