BMR Legal’s Sujit Ghosh and KPMG’s Sunil Moti Lala set up Advaita Legal

Sujit Ghosh, who resigned from BMR Legal in September has set up a tax litigation firm called ‘Advaita Legal’ along with former KPMG Partner Sunil Moti Lala. It is understood that the firm works closely with KPMG. The firm specializes in both direct and indirect tax practice and has a presence in Delhi and Mumbai. The firm has about 30 lawyers across its Mumbai and Delhi offices, according to sources. However, when contacted both Sujit and Sunil declined to comment.

Sujit is based in Delhi and heads the firm’s indirect tax litigation while Sunil heads the corporate tax litigation.

Sujit started his practice with Arthur Andersen and then joined Ernst & Young in 2002, prior to being one of the 12 founding members of BMR, in 2004. He has been part of BMR since 2004 and has over 18 years of experience. He is a graduate of National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

Sunil joined KPMG in 2010 prior to which he was working with PWC. He has more than 18 years of experience practicing as a tax counsel before the Bombay High Court and the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal.

Bharat Raichandani, who was working with Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, recently resigned to join Advaita Legal and will be part of the firm’s indirect tax practice team in its Mumbai office.