Shashank Singh

About: With over 16 years of experience in direct tax, general corporate and white collar crime projects, Shashank regularly advises and represents a wide spectrum of clients, including individuals and HNIs, business families, corporates, MNC, medium and large businesses, start-ups across sectors such as infrastructure and real estate, banking, power and energy (including renewable energy), automobiles, railways infra, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, food and beverages, health and fitness, agrochemical manufacturing, logistics, warehousing and storage, and hospitality. He has extensive experience in dispute resolution, wherein Mr. Singh has represented clients in various courts and forums securing interim reliefs, and favourable orders in complex contractual disputes. He is handling matters of several clients before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts and various District Courts, SAT, NCLAT, and National Financial Reporting Authority.

• Civil and Commercial Litigation
• Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Direct Tax Litigation and Advisory
• White Collar Crimes
• Infrastructure and Real Estate
• Company Law and Securities Disputes
• Insolvency Proceedings
• FEMA
• Mergers & Acquisitions and Joint Ventures
• General Corporate Advisory

• In dispute resolution, Mr. Singh has represented clients in various courts and forums securing interim reliefs, and favourable orders in complex contractual disputes. He is handling matters of several clients before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts and various District Courts, SAT, NCLAT, and National Financial Reporting Authority.
• On direct tax, Mr. Singh handles tax litigation before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal and the Income-tax Department, and has advised clients on permanent establishment issues, residency and tax implications, and tax structuring arising from Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAA). His tax advisory work extends to structuring of foreign investment into India, grant of employee stock options, structuring of domestic and cross-border transactions, offshore structures for India-focused funds, succession planning and family settlements, and transfer pricing, including review of intra-group service arrangements.
• In white collar crime, he assists clients on corporate governance and compliance issues, including FCPA, anti-bribery and anti-corruption investigations, and is currently handling a wide range of white-collar matters, including money laundering, benami property transactions, black money and company law violations, before various courts and forums.
• In infrastructure, Shashank advises on the financing of infrastructure projects, including Concession Agreement (public-private partnerships - PPPs), Turnkey Projects, EPC Contracts, Supply Contracts, Installation & Commissioning Contracts, Design & Build Contracts, and Joint Bidding & Joint Venture Agreements.
• In general corporate matters, he advises on inbound and outbound investments, strategic alliances, collaborations and corporate restructurings, guiding clients through mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures. He is also advising clients on setting up residential complexes, restaurants, sports cafés and fitness centres in India and abroad.
• Singh has advised and represented corporates, banks and non-banking financial companies in recovery and insolvency proceedings before NCLAT, NCLT, DRAT and DRT. His banking and finance practice covers external commercial borrowings (ECB), overseas direct investments (ODI), and project financing, along with regulatory advisory under FEMA. He also undertakes due diligence and advisory on the enforceability of loan documents and security interests, and on the implications of RBI guidelines.