Managing partner Mukesh Butani leads BMR Legal‘s tax team, offering clients a boutique ability in international tax, transfer pricing, GST matters and tax litigation. Butani, a veteran practitioner with nearly four decades of experience, specialises in tax litigation in high-stakes disputes before tribunals, the High Courts, the Supreme Court and arbitration courts and tribunals. Seema Kejriwal Jariwala, a Chartered Accountant, deepens the team’s transfer pricing and tax litigation abilities.
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‘This is a very reactive and proactive team and process with a high quality, giving the client the state of the jurisprudence currently in force and great advice.'
‘Mukesh Butani is a great leader.'
'Seema Kejriwal and Shruti Agarwal are very professional with timely and high quality advice.’
Key clients
- Societe De Participations financiers Et Industrielles SPAFI/Schneider Electic
- Canon India Private Limited
- Skoda-Volkswagen Auto India Private Limited
- CLSA India (P.) Ltd.
- Aptiv Components India Pvt. Ltd.
- Eaton Technology Pvt. Ltd.
- Go Daddy India Domains and Hosting Services Pvt. Ltd.
- GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Pvt. Ltd
- 3M India Limited
- International Tractors Limited
- Shapoorji Pallonji & Company Private Limited
- Goodpack IBC Singapore Ltd.
Work highlights
Representing Skoda-Volkswagen before the Supreme Court in complex and high-stakes Central Excise litigation.
Representing Aptiv Global Operations Limited before the Delhi High Court in a key dispute on taxability of fees under the Income Tax Act 1961 and applicable tax treaty.
Representing Shapoorji Pallonji Energy Private Limite before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal in a multi-issue tax dispute.
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Practice head
Mukesh Butani
Other key lawyers
Shruti Agarwal; Seema Kejriwal Jariwala