Gagan Kumar
B. Com (H), FCA, LL.B..
Gagan Kumar is a commerce graduate from Delhi University and a member of Bar Council of Delhi and a fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.Prior to setting up Krishnomics Legal, Gagan was Principal Associate with Amarchand & Mangaldas. Gagan has also worked with KPMG and brings with him over 17 years of experience.
He has extensive experience in litigation and advisory aspects of the tax practice. He has successfully represented various corporates before Supreme Court, High Court and Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ('ITAT') and Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals).Gagan has been recognised as the India's leading Corporate tax lawyer by
The Internanational Who's Who Legal in 2012 and one of the Tax Controversy Leader by International Tax Review, London in 2015, 2014 and 2013.
He has been a regular speaker on various national and international forums. Gagan is a member of Delhi High Court Bar Association and of American Bar Association. He contributed articles to various national and international journals.
Over the years, Gagan has advised a number of domestic and international companies on tax issues relating to Corporate Tax, Transfer Pricing, Mergers and Restructurings, Value Added Tax, Central Excise, Custom, Service Tax etc. He has advised on structuring options to various Private Equity funds.Gagan has represented various companies before Supreme Court and Delhi High Court including Housing and Urban Development Corporation ('HUDCO'), Sino Steel India Ltd, Sagar Ratna Hotels Pvt. Ltd. etc.
He has also represented/advised following companies:.
LG Electronics and its group companies, MMTC Ltd., MakemyTrip India Pvt. Ltd., Osram India Ltd., Sanyo India Pvt. Ltd., Tecpro Systems Ltd., Iffco Tokio General Insurance Co. Ltd, Delphi Automotive India Pvt. Ltd. Telecommunication Consultants India Ltd., Unitech Ltd., Olympus India Pvt. Ltd. Avigo Capital Partners, Mayfield Fund and Azure Fund, Motorola India Pvt. Ltd., Volvo Auto India Pvt. Ltd., American Express, Tecpro Systems Ltd, William E. Connor and Associates Ltd. Det Norske Veritas ('DNV'), Tata Realty Ltd, Asian Hotels Limited etc. Group 4 Securities and its group companies, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and its subsidiary companies, IRCON International Ltd., Osram India Ltd., Credit Suisse Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Deutsch Bank, Coca Cola, Huawei Telecom, GMR, Royal Brunei Airlines, Spice Nepal, Research in Motion, Eros Multimedia, Jubilant Foods, Axiss Dental Pvt. Ltd. Olympus India Pvt. Ltd. Alpha Coal, Axiss Dental, Unitech Ltd. Medecins Sans Frontiers, Maspar Group of Companies, Sesame Street, Vision Spring, Xerox India Pvt. Ltd. etc.
Gagan has advised many not for profit organisations from a tax and regulatory laws perspective including Foreign Contribution Regulations Act. He has advised leading multinational charities functioning in India. He has helped in setting up public charitable trusts for the welfare of destitute lawyers. He has been actively associated with platform helping not for profit organisations on pro bono basis.