Ritu Shaktawat

Ritu Shaktawat is a Partner in the Direct Tax Practice Group in the Mumbai office. With over a decade in the profession, Ritu has advised clients in the areas of corporate taxation and international taxation including bilateral tax treaties and transfer pricing.   

She focusses on matters involving transaction tax advisory, structuring and documentation of domestic, cross-border and global M&A deals having an India leg; complex interpretational issues pertaining to income characterisation and permanent establishment (Indian taxable presence of foreign entities) aspects; taxation of EPC contracts; domestic business restructurings; taxability of the ever-evolving e-commerce business models; and funds taxation and documentation.

Ritu has been advising clients on recent additions to Indian tax law such as General Anti Avoidance Rules and Place of Effective Management which are new age issues and are becoming critical across jurisdictions. Over the years, Ritu has developed a deep understanding of transactional tax issues, which she supplements with cutting edge practical inputs. She was part of the team advising NTT Docomo INC in relation to its dispute with Tata. She advised Docomo on the taxability of the amount receivable under the arbitration award, assisted them in their negotiations with Tata and obtaining a favourable withholding tax certificate from the tax authorities.