Gaurav Singhal
Partner
Professional Qualification – Gaurav is a Law Graduate as well as a Chartered Accountant
Professional Experience – Gaurav’s post-qualification experience began from 2002, in the field of corporate and international taxes.
Background
Gaurav has an experience of 22+ years in advising clients, as well as representing them before courts / authorities, in the domain of corporate and international taxation, transaction taxes, and regulatory services. He is an Advocate and a Chartered Accountant.
He has worked in past with organizations such as KPMG India, BMR & Associates, and Ernst & Young, as a part of their tax and regulatory practice.
Professional experience
Gaurav has worked on a range of corporate tax, international taxation, transfer pricing and regulatory matters, including overseeing of litigation and compliances for multinational clients, large Indian corporates and new age start-ups.
He has represented clients in the course of various tax proceedings, including proceedings before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR), the Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP), and for the purpose of Advance Pricing Arrangement (APA).
He has advised clients on tax implications – both under domestic as well as international tax laws – of various transactions, arrangements, remittances and business proposals.
Gaurav has undertaken several impact assessment studies of developments in tax domain, such as the Multi-Lateral Instrument (MLI), Country-by-Country reporting (CbCR), other changes introduced by virtue of OECD / G20 BEPS Project, Equalization Levy w.r.t. e-commerce transactions, Place of Effective Management (POEM) regulations, General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR), rules for attribution of profits to Permanent Establishments, etc.
He has conducted tax diagnostic reviews and health-checks to determine tax exposures and suggesting measures for optimizing their risks.
He has helped clients in establishing their business presence in India, by obtaining approvals and / or registrations from Indian tax and regulatory authorities.
Gaurav has advised extensively on outbound and inbound investments structures in diverse sectors, entity and jurisdiction structuring, and Intermediate Holding Company structures.
He has advised clients on key transaction aspects throughout a deal cycle, including conceptualization and development of capital / business restructuring initiatives, as well as re-alignment of transactions to optimize tax benefits and to ensure adherence to tax and regulatory laws.
He has advised a range of companies doing business in / with the UAE, on applicability of UAE Economic Substance Regulations and / or UAE Corporate Tax laws, and handheld them in transition to a tax efficient yet compliant regime.
Gaurav has been nominated as a Special Invitee of the Committee on International Taxation of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, for year 2023-24.
He is a regular speaker in various seminars organized by various forums, both national and international, such as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the International Fiscal Association, PHD Chambers, Chambers of Tax Consultants, British Chamber of Commerce (Abu Dhabi branch), Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority (DAFZA), Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), ICAI Dubai, etc. He is frequently invited by Public Sector Companies, Law firms, Accounting firms and other enterprises to train their teams on recent developments in corporate and international taxation.