Associate - Indirect Tax with Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan

Deadline Open Deadline

Location 2nd Floor, Kanak Building 41, Chowringhee Road Kolkata –700 071

Salary The salary will be discussed with the candidate itself.

Details of the Organization

Founded by Shri V. Lakshmikumaran and Shri V. Sridharan, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan has been a leading law firm in India since 1985.

A few of their practice areas are:

The Tax Division advises companies in all areas of tax, including direct and indirect tax. They offer consulting, advisory, litigation, and compliance services. They handle cases in all areas of taxation – GST, Customs, Income-tax, Special Economic Zones, Foreign Trade Policy, Transfer Pricing, and International Trade.

The General Corporate practice handles a company's entire life cycle, from advice on inception, incorporation and structuring, contracts, and regulatory compliances to corporate governance and mechanisms for transparency and accountability. The multidisciplinary team ensures our clients are compliant legally and commercially.

The Intellectual Property Team serves global businesses to hold and enforce intellectual property rights by assisting in filing, prosecution, registration, licensing, valuation, and defending rights against infringement. They offer opening on patentability, patenting, filing, prosecution, pre and post-grant opposition, freedom-to-operate, due diligence, patent watch, evolving effective patent strategy, trademark registration and protection, anti-trust, plant variety protection (PVP) and licensing of copyright to name a few.

Details of the Job/Internship

Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan are inviting applications for Associate - Indirect Tax for their Kolkata office.

Role and Responsibilities

Job Profile:

Preparing reply to Show cause notice.
Preparing tax appeals to be filed at the Commissioner (Appeals).
Preparing tax appeals to be filed at the Court (i.e., Tribunal, High Court/Supreme Court).
Briefing and assistance of seniors in appearances before different forums including tax officers, Tribunals, High Court/Supreme Court, etc.
Stay updated on legal development and participate actively in the firm’s initiatives for knowledge building and enhancement like case law digest, litigation meetings, article writing, etc.
Client service delivery/execution
Ability to pro-actively identify and discuss technical issues with clients while being mindful of firm risk issues.
Handle tax matters about the preparation of submissions, replies to notices, appeals etc., representation during appeals along with managers etc.
Executes the work on a multiple-client base. Assumes near-independent responsibility for smaller clients.
Develops rapport with middle layers of client management.

Develops commercial acumen

Stays abreast of firm-wide and competitor activities and general business trends
Brings value to the client and manager by applying this knowledge in delivering solutions to clients.

Networking & Identification of Opportunities:

Begins to identify new opportunities for existing clients and communicates with the manager.
Networks internally within the peer group and other levels in the firm in order to gain an understanding of issues that may impact issues with his clients.

Eligibility

Qualification:

LLB from a known Law School with a strong academic track record.
Prior experience in Indirect Tax would be preferred i. e. Customs, Foreign Trade Policy, Special Economic Zone, etc.
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal in English) and a well-rounded personality.

Experience: 0-2 years of experience