Meet our Peoples

Prakul Khurana

prakul@chiramritlaw.com

Mr. Prakul Khurana practices in litigation in various fields like Direct and Indirect Taxation, Constitutional Law, Companies law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Banking and Securitization Laws, Economic offences, Consumer Laws, Labour laws and General Corporate & Commercial Laws.

Mr. Khurana has litigation experience of over 13 years and has also advised various clients in matters involving shareholder disputes and minority actions and has various numbers of reported Judgments in diverse areas of law to his credit.

Mr. Khurana apart from being active in litigation has also represented clients in various domestic commercial arbitration matters and has acted for and on behalf of the clients in various other transactional matters. His practice involves representing clients before various courts, statutory tribunals and regulators including the Supreme Court of India, various state High Courts, National Company Law Tribunals, Income Tax Appellate Tribunals, Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, National Green Tribunal, Electricity Commissions, to name a few.

Mr. Khurana did his graduation from the University of Punjab and Post-Graduation Diploma in Business Administration from Symbiosis Pune.

 

Areas of Expertise

  • Direct & Indirect and International Taxation
  • Alternate Dispute Resolution
  • Economic Offences
  • Consumer laws
  • General Corporate
  • Commercial Laws and Land Acquisition

Vikas Gupta

vikas@chiramritlaw.com

Mr. Vikas Gupta is a Chartered Accountant and a law graduate by profession. He joined Chir Amrit as a Senior Partner after serving as a practising Chartered Accountant over a period of 28 years at Kalani & Co., a leading Chartered Accountant Firm of India.

He is having a vast experience in handling Statutory, Internal, Tax, System and Management audits of Large and medium size companies, organisations, Banks, Large PSU’s etc. He has handled GST consultancy matters, Company law matters, implementation of IFC, work related to document vetting, company incorporation, mergers & acquisitions, de-mergers, winding ups, Corporate restructuring, Fund management, Business Planning, Ind AS implementation, acted as a consultant to various Power sector companies for tariff, accounting, Direct/Indirect tax, Corporate Law & Financial matters etc.

He is having expertise in handling Consultancy assignments of Large Corporates/PSU’s engaged in sectors such as Power, Oil & Gas, Telecom, Insurance, Real Estate, Mining, Cement, NBFC, Dairy, FMCG etc. He has given lectures on subjects related to Corporate Laws, Accounting Standards, Taxation and related areas.

He is regularly appearing before various authorities including Rajasthan Tax Board, ROC MCA, RD MCA, GST, Stamp etc. He also acted as Lenders Financial Advisor for FI’s and Banks. He served as member of AASB, Expert Panels and various study groups constituted by ICAI.

Practice Areas:

  • Corporate Restructuring, Mergers and Acquisitions.
  • Process/System improvement including devising Internal Control Systems.
  • Compounding and Adjudication matters related to Corporate laws.
  • Handling litigations and consultancy related to various actions by Regulators such as RBI, ICAI, NFRA, SEBI, IRDA etc.
  • Handling litigation in Power sector related to Tariff matters.
  • Advisory in sectors like Real Estate, Cement, Insurance, Telecom, Banking etc.
  • Business Advisory and Health Checks.
  • Succession Planning.
  • Consultancy on matters related to GST & other Indirect Taxes.

Varun Bansal

varun@chiramritlaw.com

Mr. Varun Bansal joined as a Senior Partner in Chir Amrit after rendering services as a practising Chartered Accountant over a period of 20 years wherein he had experience in handling consultation related to Direct and Indirect Taxes of various PSUs, listed companies, Nationalised Bank, and other corporate bodies. He has experience of dealing with International Taxation and Transfer pricing cases, and appearing before various appellate authorities including Income Tax Appellate Tribunal.

Mr. Varun is regularly appearing before Rajasthan Real Estate Regulatory Authority and Real Estate Appellate Tribunal, State Government Authorities, Labour Cess adjudicating and appellate Authorities.

He regularly contributes lectures and provides training to Corporates, State PSUs, and Other Bodies on various accounting and taxation (Income Tax and GST) subjects like Accounting Standards, Auditing Standards, TDS issues, Non-Resident Taxation, company law matters, etc. He secured the all India 3rd Rank in DIRM Post Qualification Course of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).

Mr. Bansal is a Qualified Chartered Accountant with experience in the field of Audits and Taxation. He completed his article training from M/s. Kalani & Company and became a partner there since April’2006. He has vast experience in Handling different type of audits such as Statutory Audits internal audits, due- diligence audits, system audits, and concurrent audits of Banks. He has also done Post-qualification Diploma and Certification courses in Information System Audit, Insurance Risk Management, IFRS, MSME, Business Responsibility and Sustainable Reporting and Anti MoneyLaundering Specialist conducted by ICAl.

Practice Areas:

  • Tax consultation and audit advisory work of PSUs, Infocom company, Real Estate Companies, Export houses, Hotels and Restaurants.
  • RERA laws and appearance before the RERA Authorities.
  • Consultation and representation for different benefit Schemes under Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme.
  • MSMED registrations, consultation and litigation.
  • BOCW Cess advisory and litigation.
  • PMLA and Misc. litigation work.

Ritu Soni

ritu@chiramritlaw.com

Ms. Ritu Soni leads the Corporate Team of the firm and has vast experience in the areas of Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Private Equity, Foreign Investments, Real Estate, Competition Law, IPO, Banking, Arbitration matters, Money Recovery matters, Succession Planning, Intellectual Property Rights, Insurance and Consumer Forum matters, stamp duty related queries.

Ms. Soni’s interest areas also include Capital Markets, Banking, Dispute Resolution, Succession Planning and Intellectual Property Rights. Apart from having Corporate edge, she also has litigation experience before various State High Courts and has also appeared before the National Green Tribunal, Arbitration Tribunal, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.

Ms. Soni is gold medalist from MLSU. She has also served as faculty of corporate laws at National Law University, Jodhpur.

 

Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Laws
  • Corporate Restructuring
  • Securities Laws
  • International Arbitration
  • Banking & Finance
  • Real Estate Transactions
  • Stamp & Registration
  • Succession Planning
  • Consumer Laws
  • eCommerce Agreements
  • Transaction Advisory

Kundan Singh Rathore

kundan@chiramritlaw.com

Mr. Kundan Singh Rathore has been associated with the firm since 2011. He is part of the corporate team of the firm. He has undertaken various assignments, including advising clients on issues relating to company law, IPR, labour laws, arbitration, contracts, real estate, partnerships and various other issues in the day to day operation of various business entities. He specializes in drafting and review of commercial agreements relating to variety of commercial transactions, including real estate transactions, acquisitions, employment, IPR, etc.

Since 2014, Mr. Rathore is heading firm’s real estate practice and has been advising clients on real estate laws, government policies, structuring of real estate transactions, drafting and vetting of agreements/documents for real estate transactions, real estate due diligence and assisting clients in contractual negotiations. Apart from heading the real estate practice of the firm, he also handles mergers/amalgamations and demerger assignments of clients.

Mr. Rathore completed his B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) in 2008 from Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur, India. He has a total work experience of over 10 years in the profession. Prior to joining the firm, he was associated with Universal Legal, New Delhi.

Practice Areas:

  • Real Estate
  • General Corporate
  • Mergers and Demergers

Rahul Lakhwani

rahul@chiramritlaw.com

Mr. Rahul Lakhwani practices in the field of taxation. Currently, he is practicing as an advocate and is also a fellow member of ICAI and licentiate member of ICSI. He has also done a Certification Course in Indirect Tax Conducted by ICAI.

Mr. Lakhwani carries an extensive experience in the field of taxation and has been involved in consultancy and advising clients from diverse industries such as manufacturing, banking & finance, real estate, information technology amongst others on tax planning, compliance, departmental litigation, due diligence, etc. As a part of the litigation team at the firm, he regularly appears before various forums including Tribunals and High Courts.

Mr. Lakhwani also undertakes trainings sessions on the intricacies under GST regime for various Government departments, ICAI and ICSI. He is a vivid writer and regularly contributes articles to reputed journals such as STR, Taxindiaonline, ICAI journals, etc. on evolving issues of taxation. He is also a profound speaker and deliver lectures at various conferences conducted by ICAI, ICSI and also for various corporate houses.

 

Areas of Expertise

  • GST & other Indirect Taxes
  • Income Tax
  • Tax advisory on Real Estate Transactions.

Mukesh Soni

mukesh@chiramritlaw.com

Mukesh is registered insolvency professional and fellow chartered accountant and practising advocate. He is all India ranker in ICAI Final examination and Taxmann Award winner. He practise in the filed of direct and allied taxation laws and also rendering service as Insolvency Professional. He is equipped with vast experience before various adjudicating authorities as well as judicial / quasi-judicial appellate authorities [AO/IO, CIT(A), ITAT, ITSC, PB-AT, DRP ]. Mukesh handles Direct Tax litigation and advisory, particularly in search/survey proceedings, search assessments, 148 proceedings, proceedings under Black Money, money laundering and/or Benami Law.

Successfully representing a diverse clientele including the Urban Improvement Trust, various Co-operative Banks, Development Authorities, and public/private companies, Mukesh also advises a large number of multinational companies and corporations on identification and streamlining of corporate taxation issues and their tax-efficient restructuring.

He has also worked on various assignment relating to management consultancy, business process improvement and automation with or without use of artificial intelligence.

Also an accomplished finance and accounting professional, Mukesh is an expert in effective client handling and administrative execution – often visible in his strict adherence to timelines – a reflection of his organisational work ethic.

 

Areas of Expertise

  • Direct Tax Litigation.
  • Faceless Assessment and Appeals.
  • Benami and Black Money Law.
  • Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Resolution Professional Service.
  • Corporate training on data analytics, dashboards and artificial intelligence.

Samay Maheshwari

samay@chiramritlaw.com

Mr. Samay Maheshwari is a part of dispute resolution/litigation team and handles matters pertaining to various aspects of Company law, Arbitration, Money Laundering, Intellectual Property, Economic offences, Stamp law, Insolvency and Bankruptcy law, Matrimonial disputes, Civil and Criminal law etc.

Mr. Maheshwari regularly appears before various High Courts, National Company Law Tribunals, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, District and Sessions Courts, Consumer Courts, Debt Recovery Tribunal, Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal, PMLA Tribunal, Tax Board and other Forums/Tribunals.

Mr. Maheshwari completed his B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from University Five Year Law College, University of Rajasthan in the year 2013. He had also completed two groups of Company Secretary Professional Programme in the year 2013.

 

Areas of Expertise

  • Alternate Dispute Resolution.
  • Civil & Criminal laws.
  • Company law.
  • Consumer law.
  • Economic offences.
  • Insolvency & Bankruptcy.
  • Intellectual Property.
  • Matrimonial disputes.
  • Money Laundering.

Harsha Totuka

harsha@chiramritlaw.com

Mrs. Harsha Totuka practices in the field of corporate commercial laws. She handles an entire gamut of general corporate matters including advisory on day-to-day legal issues concerning commercial & business affairs, corporate legal affairs, corporate transactional matters and governmental & regulatory compliance. She also has the expertise to advise financial institutions, NBFC’s on complex stamp and registration related issues, rules and regulations issued by RBI relating to the operations and management of financial institutions in India.

Mrs. Totuka has extensive experience in legal structuring of diverse types of commercial arrangements and drafting commercial contracts and documentation. She regularly advises clients on legal issues concerning inbound and outbound investments, strategic alliances and collaborations. Her practice also covers conducting legal due diligence, advising investee/issuer companies, finalizing offer document and providing overall transactional support. She has advised clients from diverse sectors ranging from hospitality, health care, manufacturing to banking and finance.

Mrs. Totuka is also a part of intellectual property practice of the firm and provide services relating to intellectual property registration, infringement and passing off, technology transfer, franchising, intellectual property audit etc. She also advises on complex legal and commercial issues related to insurance claims.

Mrs. Totuka is an alumnus of ILS Law College, Pune.

Practice Areas:

  • General Corporate
  • Banking & Finance
  • Private Equity & Capital Markets

Nikhil Totuka

nikhil@chiramritlaw.com

Mr. Nikhil Totuka is a chartered accountant and an advocate by qualification and heads the management consultancy wing of the firm.

Mr. Totuka has deep expertise in corporate financial planning and analysis coupled with strong taxation knowledge. He enjoys transaction advisory and corporate restructuring as his passion and has ability to weigh all pros & cons of various legal structures. He has experience on creation of optimum organization structures, onshore & offshore advisory, and transfer pricing with global clients.

Mr. Totuka has extensive experience in planning the succession of family and businesses. He acts as a management and legal advisor to the family board of various business houses and regularly participates in their board meetings as a consultant.

Mr. Totuka is customer centric and customizes solutions ensuring ease of business & ring fencing of risks. He has ability to pro-actively envisage potential risks for clients & advise them appropriately. Being a prolific speaker, he has delivered lectures and presentations at various platforms on contemporary issues.

Practice Areas:

  • Transaction Advisory
  • Succession Planning
  • International trade & advisory
  • Corporate Restructuring
  • Process improvement

Abhinav Mathur

abhinav@chiramritlaw.com

Mr. Abhinav Mathur practices in litigation in various fields like Direct Taxation, Constitutional Law, Companies law, Arbitration, Banking and Securitization Laws, Economic offences, Consumer Laws, Labour laws and General Corporate & Commercial Laws.

Mr. Mathur has litigation experience of over 9 years and has also advised various clients in matters in the disputes and commercial litigation space including matters relating to EPC contracts, civil, contractual, and commercial disputes, consumer matters, NI Act, developer- landowner disputes, company law matters, taxation. His practice involves representing Clients before Supreme Court, High Court, NCLT and other statutory tribunals.

Mr. Mathur has also represented clients in various Domestic and International arbitration matters and has acted for and on behalf of the clients in various other transactional matters. He leads our Mumbai Office.

Practice Areas:

  • Arbitration.
  • Economic Offences.
  • Consumer laws.
  • Commercial Laws.