Associate Partner - Indirect Tax - CA/LLB/LLM - Law Firm

The incumbent will handle engagements related to Indirect Tax Laws: including Tax Restructuring, Tax Advisory and consulting, appeals pertaining to Service Tax, VAT, Excise, Foreign Trade Policy, Octroi (State specific) laws and GST implementation.

In addition, there may be assignments relating to Income tax laws

Assignments will also include litigation related services: drafting replies, appeals, briefing counsels and senior counsels. Rendering strategic advice to the client

Advanced in-depth understanding of multiple aspects related to the legal practice of work and practical knowledge required to provide the solutions. Ability to acquire knowledge on current market trends and understand its future implication and impact on client

Supervises resource planning for joint mandates across multiple practice areas, team deliverables, fee distribution etc

Manage all commercial aspects of client deliverables - beneficial and accurate fee commercials, monitoring deliverables efficiency, billing, recovery etc

Manage financial budgets for the practice area - revenue and profitability

Grow the practice and evaluate new opportunities and cross-sells across practice areas

Team management and team building. Appraisals and review, training and development, etc.

Desired Candidate profile

Qualified CA/LLB/LLM with 9-12 years of work experience. Minimum 10 of years of consulting and Indirect Tax experience.

Experienced candidates with prior experience in Big 4 firms /reputed law firms or CA firms are preferred.

Looking for candidates with the following competencies:

Keeps abreast of latest developments in industry as well as legal practice.

Understands the key business trends and develops a medium term strategy to market the Practice Area/ Firm

Translates high level strategic decisions into clear and achievable goals and targets for teams

Supervise transactions/ mandates and generate more business for the Practice by providing solutions that are legally and commercially viable

Demonstrates an in depth understanding of the client's business, industry dynamics etc.

Invests time in regular client interactions to solicit feedback and takes action to develop long term client relationships

Leverages synergies within the Practices to drive overall Firm objectives and to deliver common goals

Coaches & mentors employees within own Practice Area and creates opportunities for team to learn and grow

Prioritizes effectively and allocates resources in an optimal way, to enable successful completion of the projects.

Candidates residing or willing to relocate to Bangalore may only apply