Sandeep Sehgal a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
As Tax Partner at AKM Global, Sandeep is responsible for managing international tax and advisory projects.
Sandeep has over 13 years of experience handling cross-border tax and exchange control matters, covering
cross-border Esops, withholding tax obligations, analysis of treaty benefits, etc.
Sandeep possesses extensive expertise in alternative investments, high-net-worth individuals, closely-held
businesses, start-up ventures, and multinational companies spanning various industries, including real
estate, healthcare, construction, and numerous other private sectors.
His deep understanding of the intricate relationship between businesses and their owners/investors positions
him uniquely to deliver innovative tax planning and advisory services. Sandeep specializes in tax-efficient
entity structuring, executive compensation planning involving stocks and equity interests, complex wealth
transfer strategies, business consulting, management advisory, and tax minimization techniques.
Moreover, he has provided strategic guidance to high-net-worth individuals on income tax planning, wealth
transfer/estate planning, retirement, and business succession planning, further solidifying his reputation as
a trusted advisor in the field.
He is also a registered valuer under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India. Sandeep has spearheaded
valuation projects for equities and other financial instruments, including CCPS and CCD. Additionally, he
has conducted valuations for ESOPs for numerous multinational companies,
Besides giving expert advice, Sandeep also contributes to media and finance publications including HT
Mint, Business Standard, The Financial Express, The Hindu Business Line, Moneycontrol, Business Today,
NDTV Profit, Zee News, ETCFO, etc. He has also written and assisted in a few articles in these
publications, including Taxsutra.
Professional Background
▪ Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
▪ Certified as a Registered Valuer by the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India.
▪ Completed Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Delhi, India.
▪ Working with AKM Global since 2014.
▪ Promoted as a Tax Partner in 2022.
Maulik heads the Direct Tax, Regulatory and Payroll services at Nexdigm. With experience of nearly
two decades and deep technical skills, he has been advising companies from a wide range of
industries on tax strategies, international tax, M&A tax and transfer pricing related matters. He
ensures high-quality service delivery for the overall tax practices. Maulik is a qualified Chartered
Accountant. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce with a specialization in Economics.
Maulik has been internationally recognized as a Highly Ranked Practitioner by Euromoney’s Transfer
Pricing – Expert Guides. He also has been nominated as Asia Pacific Transfer pricing leader by
International Tax Review for 2023.
Maulik has been regularly invited to train Indian tax officials and also actively participates in
conferences on latest developments in the sphere of international tax and transfer pricing. He also
delivered lectures at the Frankfurt School of Finance as a part of their LLM Curriculum.
Maulik has authored various thought leadership pieces and articles in Indian as well as international
print media on a wide range of tax related topics. He serves as a mentor to his diverse team
comprising of Chartered Accountants, Lawyers, MBAs, and Economists.
Maulik is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAI) and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce with a
specialization in Economics.
Tarun is a Partner in Tax practice with over 20 years’ experience and is based in Gurgaon. He leads the Transfer Pricing practice for Deloitte India.
He has experience in advising clients on various TP issues, tax planning and optimisation opportunities across a wide spectrum of industries. His areas of expertise include planning and implementing complex profit splits, value chain transformation & supply chain management, intellectual property valuation and migration, TP litigation.
He was part of the team that was set-up by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for assisting the institute in drafting the rules relating to the TP legislation in India. He has been regularly interacting with the Indian Government officials on various TP issues and has contributed articles to both national and international journals.
He has served a broad range of international and Indian clients across industries, like technology, telecom, retail, automobile, on all aspects of Indian TP issues including planning, compliances, audits and dispute resolution.
He is a Commerce graduate and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Ajay Rotti is the Founder of the Company. Prior to founding Tax Compaas, Ajay was Co-founder of Dhruva Advisors LLP and prior to that Ajay was a Partner – International taxation at KPMG. He has also previously worked with BMR Advisors and Ernst & Young. Ajay has more than 20 years of experience in the tax and regulatory arena.
Ajay has considerable experience in international tax, corporate tax, transfer pricing areas. He has advised a number of large multinational and large Indian companies on a range of direct tax and regulatory issues. He has served clients primarily in the information technology and real estate sector. He has also represented various multinational and Indian companies before the regulatory authorities on corporate tax and transfer pricing assessments. He has also advised several technology companies on strategies around setting up Special Economic Zones units. He has also worked with various SEZ developers on their strategy and approvals, advised various realty funds on matters such as entry strategy, FDI in real estate, investment structuring and exit strategies.
Rohinton is a Partner in the Tax practice, based in Delhi, with over 20 years of experience. He leads the Global Business Tax practice for Deloitte India. His industry specialisation is Technology, Media and Telecommunications.
Rohinton works extensively with inbound and outbound clients, specifically in the media and consumer business industry. He has also served clients in the technology, manufacturing and energy and resources industries. He specialises in assisting clients with international tax planning studies and implementing advantageous tax structures for the conduct of business. He also advises clients on restructuring their operations to minimise local and foreign income taxes and managing audit defenses.
Rohinton has managed several large international projects and has assisted in implementing FAS109/FIN48 and IAS12 compliances for multinational entities. Additionally, he has worked with Deloitte US where he served at the India tax desk for the US member firm.
Rohinton is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Science graduate from the University of Mumbai.
Sanjay Tolia is a Chartered Accountant and a Partner with Price Waterhouse & Co LLP.
Sanjay joined PwC India’s tax practice in 1998 and has served in several leadership positions.
In his last role as the Markets Leader of PwC India, Sanjay was responsible for driving the firm’s Clients & Industries programme. Sanjay has nearly three decades of cross-sectoral experience and has worked with both national and international clients. Sanjay co-led the BEPS Advocacy group in India that provided inputs to the Indian Government for developing a sound tax policy framework. He is also a lecturer at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Rohit Jain is a Partner at ELP and co-heads the Tax practice of the firm focusing on indirect taxes, direct tax and transfer pricing and customs laws. His areas of expertise prior to the introduction of GST covered customs, excise, service tax, central sales tax, state Value Added Tax (VAT) laws and Foreign Trade Policy (FTP).
Rohit has been with ELP since its inception and has over two decades of experience in handling matters related to tax, in both, advisory and litigation matters. He has advised various Fortune 500 Companies and Indian conglomerates in sectors including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunication, oil and gas, petroleum and infrastructure projects. He has also been involved in making representations to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Commerce in relation to various tax policy matters on behalf of numerous industry associations.
Rohit is a member of the TAXAND network (the largest international network of taxation firms across the world) and is regularly invited to speak on various tax and foreign trade policy issues at various international conferences.
Rohit has been ranked as an Elite Practitioner by AsiaLaw Profile 2020-23 and has been recognized for his expertise in Tax by Chambers Asia-Pacific, recommended by the Tax Director’s Handbook and has also featured in World Transfer Pricing guide. Rohit has also been recognized in the Benchmark Leading Lawyers Guide as the “Dispute Resolution Star for Tax” and has featured in International Tax Review’s Tax Controversy Leaders Guide & Indirect Tax Leaders Guide. Rohit has also been ranked as a Legal Individual for Tax in the Legal 500 rankings.
Prior to ELP, Rohit was part of the Tax team at RSM & Co.
Jitendra Jain is Partner with Price Waterhouse & Co LLP.
Jitendra has over 20 years of experience in Transfer Pricing both in industry as well as consulting. He has hands on experience in managing Transfer Pricing compliance for more than 50 countries. Jitendra is a frequent speaker at leading Transfer Pricing conferences in India and internationally and also contributes frequently to thought leadership articles on Transfer Pricing and digital tax developments in various publications such as Taxsutra, MNETax, Economic Times, Financial Express, Tax Notes, etc.
Partner of Sastakar Vaidya & Co. Chartered Accountants since 1998.
