M.V. Kini & Co. has recently hired Shrikant Kamat as Tax Partner in its Mumbai office and re-hired Ram Varma as Corporate Partner for its Hyderabad and Bangalore offices. Ram Varma will be heading both Hyderabad and Bangalore offices of the Firm..M.V. Kini & Co. has recently hired Shrikant Kamat as Tax Partner in its Mumbai office and re-hired Ram Varma as Corporate Partner for its Hyderabad and Bangalore offices. Varma will be heading up both the Hyderabad and the Bangalore offices of the Firm..Shrikant, a Ph.D in WTO and Customs Law from the University of Mumbai, also holds a LL.M in Business Law from University of Mumbai and MBA in Finance from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. Shrikant is also a faculty member at the Mumbai University and teaches LL.M students..Before joining Kini, Shrikant was working with Chambers for World Trade Laws, a start up firm providing solutions on Trade Laws. Shrikant has previously worked at BMR Advisors and Ernst & Young..Speaking to Bar & Bench Shrikant said, “I see my association with M.V. Kini & Co. as a great opportunity for budding tax lawyers to come together to add value to clients’ businesses by providing reasoned and innovative solutions and committed representation at all forums at a nominal cost”..Srikanth added, “Our endeavour would be to become a centre of excellence across India for businesses requiring support on Corporate Tax, International Tax, Transfer Pricing, Indirect Taxes, WTO Measures and Free Trade Agreements”..Shrikant’s tax and international trade law practice covers a wide spectrum of sectors including Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics, Infrastructure & Engineering, Conventional & Renewable Energy, Retail, Technology and Media, with a strong emphasis on litigation, structuring and review of positions, processes, compliances and contracts..Ram has more than 15 years of experience and has previously worked with Fox Mandal (for more than 4 years) and M.V. Kini & Co. (for more than 7 years) as well as at Shaw Wallace in Mumbai. This is his second stint with Kini. Before joining Kini, he was heading the Legal Department of Jumbo Group – India..Ram specializes in Corporate and Commercial Laws, M&A, Telecommunication and Information Technology Laws, Investment, Banking and Finance, Real Property law, TM registration and Copy rights and has assisted renowned companies on their businesses and ventures in India..Speaking to Bar & Bench on his decision to move back to Hyderabad and re-join Kini, Ram said, “I wanted to move back to Hyderabad for personal reasons and also wanted to get back into the mainstream at the earliest. I got in touch with my peers in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai and realized that South India as a whole is far away from Mumbai and Delhi in terms of penetration of law firms and areas of practice. During my preliminary meeting with Ravi Kini, we discussed this issue and I learned that Ravi Kini is quite keen on building a team in the South. That apart Kini & Co. has over the years developed niche in the South handling Banking, Infrastructure, Real Property Law and Litigation and I thought it was a great opportunity for me to develop the Corporate advisory and Taxation Law practice of the firm in South India”..“Above all it is the relationship that I had with Kini that convinced me to take the plunge”, said Ram..This takes the total partners at the firm to 7..Follow Bar and Bench channel on WhatsAppDownload the Bar and Bench Mobile app for instant access to the latest legal news.
