DMD Advocates is a full-service firm that is heralded for its strong tax expertise. The other core areas of the firm are dispute resolution, corporate, regulatory, competition and IP rights. The pan-India firm houses more than 120 lawyers, including 26 partners, across its principal offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, and associate offices in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Kolkata and Bhubaneswar. Founders Anuradha Dutt, Fereshte Sethna and Vijayalakshmi Menon are the key contacts for transactional work. Other names to note in the tax department include senior director Rupak Saha, and partners Shashank Shekhar and Tushar Jarwal.
Work highlights
Successfully assisted a payment service in obtaining a crucial stay on a goods and services tax demand related to mismatches between form GSTR-2A and form GSTR-3B. The firm is challenging the constitutional validity of key provisions of the CGST Act in this ongoing matter.
Represented a domestic technology solutions provider in a significant tax dispute involving a massive demand from the tax department regarding a recharacterised share buyback transaction.
Work highlights
Advised a tractor manufacturer on competition law aspects during its transaction involving the sale of its railway equipment division, focusing on structuring clean-team arrangements to mitigate potential antitrust concerns.
Acted for an Indian multinational tire maker before the Competition Commission of India, handling an investigation into alleged cartelisation, advising on depositions and cross-examinations.
