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Ravish Bhatt

Managing Partner, R & D Law Chambers LLP | Dual-qualified lawyer (India and England & Wales) | ADIT, Chartered Institute of Taxation, London

Ravish Bhatt is the Managing Partner of R & D Law Chambers LLP, Ahmedabad. He is an Advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of Gujarat and a dual-qualified lawyer admitted in England and Wales, and holds the Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (ADIT) from the Chartered Institute of Taxation, London. He advises exclusively on Indian law, for businesses in the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Australia, the Middle East and elsewhere, wherever a matter has an India connection.

Practice

His practice covers international taxation and cross-border tax disputes, international and domestic commercial arbitration, EPC and FIDIC-form contracts, corporate and company law, insolvency proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal, and commercial litigation before the High Court of Gujarat and other forums.

The combination of Indian and English qualification is directly relevant to the work. Cross-border matters frequently pair an English or foreign-law contract with Indian assets, Indian counterparties and Indian enforcement. Advising on how an Indian court or tribunal will treat that structure requires command of the Indian statutory framework and a working understanding of the foreign instrument that produced it.

He read instrumentation and control engineering before law, and applies that systems training to contract architecture, technical evidence in EPC and infrastructure disputes, and the construction of legal argument.

Qualifications and registrations

  • Advocate, Bar Council of Gujarat, Enrolment No. G/504/2008

  • Solicitors Regulation Authority, England and Wales (non-practising), Registration No. 492 477

  • ADIT (Advanced Diploma in International Taxation), Chartered Institute of Taxation, London

  • B.E. (Instrumentation and Control), LL.B.

Selected areas of work

  • International taxation: treaty interpretation, permanent establishment and profit attribution, transfer pricing, withholding tax on non-resident payments, Mutual Agreement Procedure and Advance Pricing Agreements

  • International arbitration: arbitration clause drafting, seat and enforceability strategy, interim relief over Indian assets, and enforcement of foreign awards in India

  • EPC and FIDIC contracts: delay and disruption, liquidated damages, variations, and contractual claims

  • Corporate and company law: foreign direct investment, acquisitions, shareholder and joint-venture disputes, and oppression and mismanagement proceedings

  • Insolvency: creditor and debtor representation under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code before the NCLT

Writing and speaking

He writes regularly on Indian tax and arbitration law for international professional publications, including International Tax Review, Mondaq and Lexology, and has presented on cross-border taxation for the Chartered Institute of Taxation’s ADIT India Network. A consolidated list appears on the Recognition, Publications and Speaking page.

Contact

ravish@rdlawchambers.com | R & D Law Chambers LLP, 604, Entice, Ambali Bopal Road, Ahmedabad 380058, Gujarat, India

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