Jimmy Bhatt is a Partner in the Direct Tax practice at Khaitan & Co, Mumbai. He is a Chartered Accountant and lawyer with over 14 years of experience advising corporate income tax and regulatory matters, including M&A tax, inbound investment structuring and entry strategies, cross-border transactions, transfer pricing, tax treaty interpretation, litigation, trust taxation, and expatriate taxation. Jimmy primarily focuses on M&A tax negotiations, corporate restructuring, international tax (including POEM, PE, GAAR and MFN), transfer pricing, and tax litigation.
Prior to joining Khaitan & Co, Jimmy has worked with PwC and extensively advised clients on corporate taxation, cross border transactions, setting up businesses in India in a tax efficient manner, expatriate taxation and on tax litigation matters.
Direct Tax
Advised on relation to their tax litigation before the Supreme Court of India on matters pertaining to permanent establishment and profit attribution
Advised on the United Kingdom on evaluating its taxability in India and providing assistance on its ongoing litigation in India
Advised on relation to merger of Motilal Oswal Securities Limited with its 100% parent entity, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited and slump sale of Lending Business of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited to its wholly owned subsidiary pursuant to a business transfer agreement
