Mr V Lakshmikumaran > Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan > New Delhi, India > Lawyer Profile

The Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan team specialises in trade investigations, including anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and safeguard inquiries across various sectors like steel, copper, aluminium, and technology. Heading the practice is V. Lakshmikumaran, who is renowned for his expertise in international taxation, transfer pricing, and foreign trade policy. Devinder Bagia takes the lead in managing high-profile cases, successfully representing foreign clients from jurisdictions including Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, the EU, and the US. Moreover, supporting the team, associate partner Ankur Sharma specialises in WTO and trade remedy laws, deftly drafting submissions from investigation to appellate stages; while associate partner Pareesha Gupta brings expertise to trade remedial investigations, handling matters both domestically and cross-border.

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan acts as counsel to Indian and global businesses, with notable capabilities in patents, including drafting patent specifications for complex inventions that can be filed as international and national applications in Europe and the US. Practice head and registered patent agent Malathi Lakshmikumaran specialises in the filing and prosecution of patent applications in the pharmaceutical, chemical and biotech sectors. Her team includes Prashant Phillips, who is a regular fixture on design and patent prosecution matters, in addition to litigation; and founding partner and taxation expert V Lakshmikumaran. All named individuals are based in New Delhi.

The tax practice at Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan is ‘very thorough in their preparation for any given assignment‘ which enables ‘extremely high-grade‘ results for its clients. The team is well-versed in customs advisory and litigation, with a practice dedicated to this area. Income tax is also an area of its expertise as it regularly handles various tax issues for companies, including tax assessments, advisory, structuring and investment strategy and due diligence. On the litigation front, the team represents clients in matters before the High Courts and Supreme Court. The practice is led by founding and managing partner V Lakshmikumaran  who boasts a broad expertise. Charanya Lakshmikumaran is a key member of the practice and handles tax litigation. S. Vasudevan is also a name to note.