Vivek is an Advocate with 23 years PQE with broad experience of dealing with Tax, Regulatory and Constitutional disputes.

Independent practitioner focusing on taxation and regulatory disputes.

Strategic legal & business initiatives, Advisory and Counsel to executive management, handling business transations involving revenue, business, and competitive situations. Supporting business and its growth though legal function. Ideating on transations restructuring from regulatory and tax perspective. General counsel and advise to business operations in rapidly changing regulatory and tax enviornment to facilitate smooth business operations.

•Merger Support: Evaluating existing agreements of South Asia & APEC region, ensuring product licensing, assist global technical and manufacturing transition team, etc to ensure smooth transition. Managing restructuring of business in compliance with various laws. •Transactional Support: Preparation, negotiation & review of commercial agreements and contractual communications to include favorable provisions & counsel to various departments.•Litigation Management: Drafting, vetting & reviewing court documents & departmental notices, strategizing litigation, guide outsourced law firms to ensure effective defence to protect business interest and to avoid/minimize financial & penal liabilities.•IPR Management: Support to anti-grey operations through criminal and regulatory route to increase sales and protecting company’s proprietary rights. •Indirect Taxation (Excise, Service Tax & Customs): Counsel on various issues of excise, customs & service tax matters.

Drafting court documents including various petitions for High court, District court, Supreme Court, IPAB and trade mark registry. Advancing submissions before courts and conducting trial, whilemanaging team of junior associates. Counsel and advisory to clients.

Drafting court documents,advancing submissions in the High court, counsel and advisory to the clients. Focused on property law including real estate, tenancy law, public law, public trust law, electricity law, civil law, family law, industrial law, etc.