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Overview

Rohit Jain is the Deputy Managing Partner at ELP and also 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 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 also features amongst the Top 100 lawyers in India by Forbes Legal Powerlist. Rohit also features in the India Business Law Journal’s A List as India’s Top Lawyers. 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.

Thought Leadership

Alerts & Updates 12th Jul 2024

Notifications and Circulars issued by Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (‘CBIC’)

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Alerts & Updates 28th Jun 2024

Circulars issued by CBIC pursuant to 53rd GST Council Meeting

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Alerts & Updates 24th Jun 2024

Key Proposals by the 53rd GST Council

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Alerts & Updates 16th Apr 2024

Export & Import Transactions – Navigating Compliance Challenges of EDPMS/IDPMS

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News & Media 3rd Apr 2024

Riding the waves of change: Challenges in the real estate sector post-GST implementation

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Events 26th Feb 2024

Register for our Webinars on 19 March 2024 : Global Perspectives on Transfer Pricing in the Consumer Goods Industry

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Newsletter/Booklets 1st Feb 2024

Budget Bulletin – Tax

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News & Media 1st Feb 2024

Concessional corporate tax rate of 15% for eligible ‘start-ups’ has not been extended beyond March 31, 2024

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Recognitions

What People Say

I have known Rohit for more than 15 years. He is an excellent trusted adviser, pragmatic, very technical and understands our business well.

AsiaLaw

I have firm belief in his views and knowledge.

Chambers Asia Pacific

For indirect tax, he’s brilliant.

Chambers Asia Pacific

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

RSG India Report

Rohit Jain and [Kumar Visalaksh] have exceptional knowledge in the subject and are able to straddle their tax advisory and litigation roles with finesse

Legal 500

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.”

Chambers Asia Pacific

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