Ketan Kothari

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Ketan Kothari

, Mumbai

Executive Director | Corporate and Commercial, Direct Tax

T: +91 22 6636 5000
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education

Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (1986)
Bachelor of Commerce, University of Mumbai (1985)

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Expertise

Corporate and Commercial

Direct Tax

Professional Affiliations

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Recognitions and Accomplishments

Ketan has been ranked amongst India’s leading individuals for Tax by Tax Directors Handbook 2010 published by Legalease. He has also been recommended as one of the Leaders in the field by Chambers of Asia 2010 in the practice area of Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions.

Representative Matters

Ketan Kothari has represented and advised the following clients

Louis Vuitton, Dior, Tods, SHV, Solvay, Pfizer, Soc Gen, etc

Advisory on foreign direct investments in India including exchange control issues with emphasis on evolving optimal structure for the investment plan and co-coordinating the regulatory approvals required, from the FIPB, RBI, etc.

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Bank Sarasin, Credit Suisse, etc.

Advisory with regard to cross border investment in entities listed on the Indian stock exchanges, involving FII, Sub-account structures, registration processes and requirements, etc. This also involved advice with regard to ‘off-shore derivative instruments’, etc.

Bank Sarasin, Alpen Capital, Julius Baer, Credit Suisse, Mizohu Bank, Cisco Capital, HP Finance, etc

Advisory in respect of banking and finance services, especially setting up NBFC presence in India in fields such as investment banking, leasing and finance, portfolio management, setting up an AMC, etc.