Our Team

Sushil Lakhani

Founder & Managing Partner

SUSHIL LAKHANI is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India with forty three years of experience in the field of taxation. He had a bright academic career and was a rank holder in both -the Intermediate & the Final - C.A. examinations.

He has vast experience in the field of taxation including International Tax and has been involved in advising in structuring of a variety of domestic & cross border transactions and succession planning . He has authored a publication titled "TDS on Payments to Non-Residents & Foreign Companies" for The Chamber of Income Tax Consultants, Mumbai. He has also co-authored a publication titled "EPC Contracts-A Monogram" for the Bombay Chartered Accountants' Society. He co-authored the India Country Report on “Taxation of Investment Funds†for the 2019 London Congress of International Fiscal Association, Netherlands.

He is presently the Co-Chairman of Direct Tax Committee of Indian Merchant Chambers, a member of the Executive Committee of IFA-India Branch and an active member of International Taxation Committee of Bombay Chartered Accountants Society. He was Chairman of International Fiscal Association - India Branch for six consecutive years. He was appointed in September,2011 as the sole representative of India Branch on the Executive Board of Central IFA, Netherlands.

He has been a faculty at various courses & seminars in India and abroad of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (WIRC), Bombay Chartered Accountants Society, International Fiscal Association, Chamber of Income Tax Consultants and National Academy of Direct Taxation. He was a panelist at the IFA Basel Congress in 2015 .

CA Chirag Wadhwa

• A qualified Chartered Accountant, lawyer possessing varied and diversified experience in the verticals of Direct taxation, International taxation, Indirect taxation, FEMA, Corporate Law, Auditing and assurance, Charitable trusts etc.
• Served as Vice Chairman of Direct tax committee of Chambers of Tax Consultants and Core Committee member of Bombay Chartered Accountants Society.
• Engaged in deal and transaction advisory including Due diligences, valuations, drafting of relevant agreements and term sheets.
• Made deposition before parliamentary Standing Committee on Income Tax Bill, 2025.
• Contributor to the publication - Demystifying Section 194R – published by Taxsutra and Chambers of Tax Consultants.
• Have been contributor and associated with the publication of MASTER GUIDE TO INCOME TAX ACT, 2017, 2018, 2019,2020,2021,2022,2023 and 2024.
• Have been associated with the publication of Taxmann’s “GUIDE TO LONG TERM EQUITY SHARES (2018)”.
• Written articles for Economic Times, Mint and other publications.
• Assisted and contributed in various publications issued and published by professional bodies such Bombay Chartered Accountants Society, Chambers of Tax Consultant, Western Indian Region of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
• Conducting lectures for reputed institutes and universities such as NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.
• Representing before Appellate Authorities – ITAT, CESTAT, CIT(A).
• Have assisted in making representation before Governments, committees formed by the Governments for Direct tax, indirect tax, international tax and law pertaining to charities.
• Author of several articles on topics of professional interest which have been published by various leading websites such as itatonline.org, taxmann, taxguru etc.
• Have successfully co-ordinated, interacted, represented with regulators of Labour law; tax laws such as IRS with respect to various issues, suggestions, litigation for clients in US:- negotiating and helping in collective bargaining agreements for Hoteliers, interpretation of statue with respect to state specific labour law, liasoning with IRS for benefits such as Employee Retention Credits etc.
• Have been actively associated in delivering as well as attending study circle and study group meetings, training sessions for discussing controversies, representations and suggestions, issues, updates affecting regulatory and professional front.
• Rich experience in searching for relevant case law, summarizing case law, analysing the impact of amendments/case laws etc.
• Conducting research on topics of professional interest in tax – specially pertaining to international taxation, charities tax etc.
• Engaged in maintaining and updating of online knowledge and solution oriented databases.
• Have been actively advising clients on transactions, structuring and compliances. ? Helping clients develop SOPs, guidelines, checklists and steps which are to be followed for running of business, perpetrating controls.

Phone: +91-9167389639

Email: w.chiragwadhwa@gmail.com

Linkedin Id: CA CHIRAG WADHWA

CA. Parag Kiri

Diploma in International Tax (DIIT), Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com.)

BACKGROUND

• Parag is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com.) from University of Mumbai;
• He has secured All India Rank 1st in Diploma in International Tax (DIIT) course conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI);
• He has worked with Transaction Square LLP (Pune) as a tax structuring consultant and Sushil Lakhani & Associates (Mumbai) as an international tax advisor;
• He has been an active contributor in building internal knowledge sharing sessions in his previous organisations and has also conducted sessions on various tax & regulatory issues.

SKILLS

• Tax efficient structuring, regulatory advisory, fundraising, transfer pricing planning, international tax implications on cross-border transactions and litigations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Parag has been part of internal & external structuring of various Indian promoter groups, analysing implications under various laws such as Income-tax, GST, FEMA and stamp duty laws;
• He has been part of advising individuals & entities on Income-tax & FEMA residency planning, applicability of withholding tax under local laws and DTAAs, and efficient tax planning on cross-border transactions;
• He has been part of advising & assisting in implementation of setting-up overseas holding companies, overseas trading companies and other cross-border structuring for clients of various industries such as IT/ITeS, automobiles, facility management, financial services & inclusion, manufacturing industry, etc.;
• He has been part of assisting various Indian-promoted start-ups in pre-investor activities, raising funds from Angel Investors, HNIs, family office and venture capital firms from India;
• He also advised multinational groups on applicability of transfer pricing provisions, transfer pricing planning, and undertaking necessary compliances as per the provisions of Indian Income-tax law;
• He has been part of business negotiations from buyer & seller side, undertaking pre-acquisition activities and tax-efficient planning on eventual exit;
• He has also been part of representations of appeals before Commissioner of Income-tax (CIT), Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) and Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP).

Phone: +91 7977253474

Email: parag.kiri@transedge.in