About Us
Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) is a research based international law
firm with offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Basel
and New Delhi. We specialize in strategic legal, regulatory and tax
advice coupled with industry expertise in an integrated manner. We focus
on niche areas in which we provide significant value and are invariably
involved in select highly complex, innovative transactions.
Core Practice Areas
Industry Expertise
Banking & Financial Services | IT & Outsourcing
| Technology | Media &
Telecom | Education | Funds | Infrastructure | Pharma and Life Science |
Real Estate | Social Sector | Retail | Microfinance
Recognition
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Chambers & Partners: Ranked no. 1 for Tax, TMT and Real Estate-FDI
practices |
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IFLR : Winner of Indian Law Firm of the Year 2010 for
Technology-Media-Telecom (TMT) |
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Nishith Desai: Voted ‘External Counsel of the Year 2009’ by Asian
Counsel
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Pacific Business Press: Winner of 'Asian-Counsel’s Social Responsible
Deals of the Year 2009'
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Nishith Desai Associates has been ranked # 1 in Tax,
Investment Funds and TMT practices by Legal 500 (Asia-Pacific)
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Awarded by Indian Business Law Journal - India
Law Firm Award 2009 for Tax, PE & VC and Telecom-Media-Technology
practices
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Listed in Practical Law Company’s (PLC) Which
Lawyer? Yearbook 2009 as the leading firm in Taxation, and IT &
e-Commerce
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Among PLC’s recommended firms for Capital
Markets, Corporate Real Estate, M&A, IP, Outsourcing, Private Equity,
Venture Capital and Telecom
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Listed in the Asian Legal Business Watchlist of
‘Top 10 Firms to Watch in 2009’
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Nishith
Desai, Founder, ranked No. 28 in a global Top 50 "Gold List" by Tax
Business, a UK-based international tax journal
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Recognized by Chambers and Partners as the ‘Most
In-Demand Practitioners’
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Ranked No. 1 by Asia Pacific Legal 500 in
International Tax, Fund Investments, Technology Law, Media Law and
Telecom Law
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Within a decade of setting up, NDA was honored
with the ‘Indian Law Firm of the Year’ and in the next year, with ‘Asian
Law Firm of the Year (Pro Bono)’ awards by the International
Financial Law Review, a Euromoney publication
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Tax Hotline:
India-Singapore Treaty: Royalty Payments not Taxable in India Sans
Economic Nexus with Permanent Establishment, July 30, 2010 |
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Article:
Indian Takeover Regulations up for Overhaul!, Bar & Bench, Arun
Scaria, Sahil Shah & Nishchal Joshipura, July 29, 2010
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Contributed
chapter:
Common Issues Involving Indian Acquisitions, Dispositions, and Spinoffs,
Tax Notes International, John D. McDonald, Parul Jain and Shreya Rao,
May 17, 2010
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Chambers & Partners: Ranked no. 1 for Tax, TMT and Real
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IFLR : Winner of Indian Law Firm of the Year 2010 for
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Nishith Desai: Voted ‘External Counsel of the Year 2009’ by Asian Counsel
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Pacific Business Press: Winner of 'Asian-Counsel’s Social Responsible Deals of the Year 2009'
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