Founder
Nishith Desai Associates
Nishith Desai is the founder of the multi-skilled, researchbased
law firm, Nishith Desai Associates (" NDA "), which has offices in Mumbai, Silicon Valley, Bangalore and Singapore.
Nishith Desai is an international tax and corporate lawyer, researcher, author and lecturer. He has been ranked amongst the eight best Indian tax advisors by Legal 500 and Tax Directors Handbook 2009. In November 2004, Nishith Desai was ranked as No. 28 in a global Top 50 "Gold List" by Tax Business, a UK-based journal for the international tax community, after a worldwide survey of tax professionals who had influenced tax policies. Nishith Desai is also the only law yer to hold a special licence from the State Bar of California to practice Indian law.
Nishith Desai's practice encompasses an extensive range of tax, corporate and technology matters, with a strong emphasis on private equity and venture capital funds. His other areas of practice include corporate globalisation, international listings, M&A transactions, international IPOs, international successions management, corporate governance, e-commerce taxation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, employment and human resource laws, intellectual property rights, media and entertainment laws, complex information technology and business process outsourcing (BPO) transactions and social sector laws.
Practice Areas
Nishith Desai is an international tax and corporate lawyer, researcher, author and lecturer. He has been ranked amongst the eight best Indian tax advisors by Legal 500 and Tax Directors Handbook 2009. In November 2004, Nishith Desai was ranked as No. 28 in a global Top 50 "Gold List" by Tax Business, a UK-based journal for the international tax community, after a worldwide survey of tax professionals who had influenced tax policies. Nishith Desai is also the only law yer to hold a special licence from the State Bar of California to practice Indian law.
Nishith Desai's practice encompasses an extensive range of tax, corporate and technology matters, with a strong emphasis on private equity and venture capital funds. His other areas of practice include corporate globalisation, international listings, M&A transactions, international IPOs, international successions management, corporate governance, e-commerce taxation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, employment and human resource laws, intellectual property rights, media and entertainment laws, complex information technology and business process outsourcing (BPO) transactions and social sector laws.
Practice Areas
- International Taxation
- Cross Border structuring
- International Business Strategy
- International Estate and Succession Management
- M&A