Sumit Khadaria launches finance-focused firm Fiscal Law Chambers

Sumit Khadaria has launched Fiscal Law Chambers, a specialist law office based out of New Delhi, offering unique expertise in Tax controversies, Financial litigations and disputes in niche areas of law that require a blend of both business and legal acumen.

The name ‘Fiscal’ is derived from the Latin word 'fiscus', meaning treasury or state revenue. The word encapsulates the essence of the practice that Fiscal Law Chambers has committed itself to.

Focus Areas of Practice:

• Goods and Services Tax (GST) Litigations: Representing clients in disputes related to GST, from adjudications level to the highest court, including representations before Authority and Appellate authority of Advance Ruling (AAR).

• GST/DGGI Investigations: Constant support in every step of investigations and advising on search, seizure, summons, and departmental handholding.

• GST Offences & Prosecutions: Providing effective defense for clients facing GST-related offences and prosecutions.

• Foreign Trade Policy, Customs, Government Incentives and erstwhile Indirect taxes: Assisting businesses in entire gamut on Indirect tax disputes including erstwhile laws (CST, VAT, Service Tax and Excise laws).

• Direct Taxation: Appellate litigations on direct tax matters including Income tax, International tax and transfer pricing.

• Private Client Practice: Advising on Wills, formations of Trusts, Succession, and Estate Planning.

• Family Business Disputes: Handling and providing and effective resolution strategies for disputes within family-owned businesses.

• Financial & Accounting Disputes: Representing in financial and accounting matters involving deep understanding of financial reports of the business, along with representing clients in disputes before the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA).

The Founder, Sumit Khadaria is an alumnus of Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi.

He has half a decade of experience, before the Supreme Court, High Court and Tribunals in India. He has advised and represented a wide array of clients in online gaming, e-commerce, Logistics, Fintech, Banking, manufacturers, exporters and trading concerns, real estate and industry associations in some high stake and contentious matters predominantly in taxation and allied areas. He also advised senior management/CXOs in investigations, search and seizure conducted by DGGI/GST authorities.

Khadaria also acts as a trusted counsel to various family businesses on family settlements, minimizing business conflicts, induction of next generation in the business, exits of family members, strategizing finances in matrimonial breakdown etc.

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