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Ajay Bahl

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AZB & Partners


AZB House
Plot No. A8, Sector 4
Noida – 201 301
India

Tel: (91 120) 4179 999
Fax: (91 120) 4179 900
ajay.bahl@azbpartners.com


Co-founding and senior partner of AZB & Partners, Ajay Bahl is one of India’s foremost corporate attorneys. In addition to being a lawyer, he is a qualified accountant and prior to setting up his own firm, he practised in the areas of direct tax as an accountant. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1979 and as a lawyer in 1985. He has been associated with various important leading tax rulings, including a recent widely reported one, involving a US satellite company, in which the Indo-US double taxation avoidance agreement was analysed in detail and distinguished from domestic law. Ajay’s areas of expertise include Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Regulations, Foreign Exchange related advisory work and Taxation including Taxation Litigation.

Ajay has also served as an independent expert on behalf of the Government of India, on matters of accounting and tax issues, before the International Court of Justice at the Hague. The Chambers Asia: Asia’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2008 edition, has mentioned Ajay Bahl as a Band One individual for Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions practice. Asia Pacific Legal 500 and Chambers have named Ajay a leading attorney in the fields of Taxation and Mergers & Acquisitions.