Amar Gahlot
Consultant, Mumbai
Amar is a diverse professional who excels in handling multitude of legal issues in tax and white-collar crimes. He combines his understanding of businesses with experience in law to curate innovative solutions for his clients and represent them effectively before various forums.
About Amar Gahlot
About Amar
Amar advises and represents clients on legal issues in tax law, white collar crimes, corporate laws, foreign exchange laws and other incidental economic laws. Amar has a specific expertise in searches and seizures across various laws, including other intrusive actions led by statutory authorities. He specializes in handling cases involving multiple enforcement authorities and disputes spanning across various legal forums. He has handled various high-profile cases involving substantial questions in law and facts and having nationwide repercussions.
He has worked with clients from a wide range of industries including technology and e-commerce. His work in the area of technology has extended to legal and regulatory issues in the online domain such as online gaming, cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, fintech, e-commerce, besides others.
The other sectors that Amar works extensively for are banking and financial services, manufacturing, media, telecom, mining, sports and gaming, and investment.
Amar is a regular speaker at various conferences, seminars, corporate meetings, and government events/academies including the Indian Law Institute, the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal, National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur, and the National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics, Faridabad & Mumbai, besides speaking at other colleges and schools.
Past Experience
Amar has earlier served with the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the assessment, investigation and headquarters wings.
Prior to IRS, Amar was the co-founder of a software company based out of Delhi.
Education
Government Law College, Mumbai
LLB
NALSAR, Hyderabad
Master of Taxation and Business Laws (MTBL)
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur
B.Tech (Hons.) in Electronics & Communications Engineering
Amar is enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
Expertise
- Direct Tax
- Income tax, international tax, and transfer pricing
- White collar crimes, including corporate frauds, money laundering, black money, benami, tax evasions
- Foreign Exchange and cross-border investigations
- General corporate advisory
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