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

Capital Markets

Fund Formation International Tax
Competition Law Fund Investments International Tax-Litigation
Employment and HR Intellectual Property Corporate & Securities
Litigation & Dispute Resolution Mergers & Acquisitions Succession & Estate Planning

Industry Expertise

Banking & Financial Services | IT & Outsourcing | Technology | Media & Telecom | Education | Funds | Infrastructure | Pharma and Life Science | Real Estate | Social Sector | Retail | Microfinance

Recognition

· Chambers & Partners: Ranked no. 1 for Tax, TMT and Real Estate-FDI practices
· 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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Latest Research:
Tax Hotline: India-Singapore Treaty: Royalty Payments not Taxable in India Sans Economic Nexus with Permanent Establishment, July 30, 2010

Article: Indian Takeover Regulations up for Overhaul!, Bar & Bench, Arun Scaria, Sahil Shah & Nishchal Joshipura, July 29, 2010

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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Management by Trust in a Democratic Enterprise: A Law Firm Shapes Organizational Behavior to Create Competitive Advantage, Global Business and Organizational Excellence, Sep 2009


NDA: A different approach, Shyamal Majumdar, Business Standard, July 23, 2009.

A law firm head spends his time studying organisational behavior.


 

 

 

· Chambers & Partners: Ranked no. 1 for Tax, TMT and Real Estate-FDI practices

IFLR : Winner of Indian Law Firm of the Year 2010 for Technology-Media-Telecom (TMT)

Nishith Desai: Voted ‘External Counsel of the Year 2009’ by Asian Counsel

Pacific Business Press: Winner of 'Asian-Counsel’s Social Responsible Deals of the Year 2009'

 

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In the Media

Quotes

New ‘Barbarians at the gate’, Deccan Herald, July 27, 2010

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Articles
Gratuity Amendment, Human Capital, Vikram Shroff and Harshita Srivastava, July 2010
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Hotline

New SMR Ruling: Tax Department Attempts to Deny Treaty Benefits to Mauritius Company, July 29, 2010

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RBI directives for issuance of Short term NCDs, July 09, 2010

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Dispute Resolution Hotline

Your Employee as Arbitrator, May Not be Fair: Supreme Court, July 02, 2010

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M&A Hotline
New Indian Takeover Regulations up for Overhaul!, July 26, 2010
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Pharma Hotline

Probiotic foods market in India soon to be regulated, Dec 26, 2009

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Competition Law Hotline
New competition law finally repeals the old regime, Sep 08, 2009
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HR Hotline

Employees’ State Insurance Act of India: Labour Ministry Issues Draft Rules For Enhancement Of Wage Ceiling, March 20, 2010

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Other Hotlines

M&A Lab
Bharti connects with Zain after two missed calls with MTN, May 17, 2010
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India’s Dispute Resolution Panel Offers Timely Relief For Taxpayers, Tax Notes International, Harshal Shah & Neha Sinha, March 15, 2010

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Video

Nishchal Joshipura on NDTV Profit: New norms to spark hostile takeovers?
Mr. Nishith Desai on CNBC TV18: Taxing capital gains fully a bad move: E&Y
Mr. Nishith Desai on ‘The Firm’ - CNBC TV18: Vodafone V/S Tax Department: Round 4!

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