Atul Dua, Born: 1964; Admitted: 1988, New Delhi, Education: B.Com (Hons); LL.B; C.A.

Atul’s professional experience spans more than 21 years with leading law firms and multinational accounting & consulting firms. Before joining Seth Dua as a partner in 1998, he has headed the New Delhi tax and legal practice of KPMG and thereafter of Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Atul’s forte is international trade & taxation and transaction structuring. During his professional career, Atul has gained extensive experience in advising multinational and Indian corporates in cross border trade and structuring their investments in India. Atul specializes in tax and legal aspects of financial and technical joint ventures and M&A transactions. He has extensive experience in structuring various income streams in and out of India.

In the TMT space, Atul has assisted leading TMT companies in setting-up operations in India; seeking foreign investment approvals from the Government, processing licence applications with the Ministry of Communications etc. He has also assisted companies in routing investments and technology from jurisdictions which confer maximum tax benefits. He has assisted strategic investors in investing in TMT companies in India; in conducting legal and tax due diligence on the investee companies and also assisted in drafting of various commercial documents for such investments.

Atul has also assisted large consulting enterprises, in the areas of engineering, environment, real estate, recruitment, management, information technology, law etc. in setting up operations in India, providing ongoing corporate, commercial and other legal services.