S R Patnaik has more than 25 years of post-qualification experience specializing in various aspects of direct and indirect taxes, such as international tax, transfer pricing, corporate tax and GST. He is qualified both as a chartered accountant and lawyer. He was featured as one of the leading Tax Controversy Leaders in India by the international publication – International Tax Review, in its Tax Controversy Leaders Guide 2014 publication. He has spoken at multiple conferences and seminars, both domestic and international, on various taxation matters. He has written a number of articles on several contentious issues dealing in the subject of taxation.

He has expertise in various aspects of direct tax, such as international tax, transfer pricing, and corporate tax. He also has experience in various in-bound and out-bound M&A transactions. The clients with whom he had worked in the past operate across sectors such as including Aerospace, Automotive, Banking, Defense, Hospitality, Infrastructure, Insurance, ITES, Media & Entertainment, Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceuticals, Private Equity, Real Estate, Retail & Consumer Goods, Roads & Highways, and Telecommunications.

He has represented clients before multiple judicial fora including ITATs, High Courts and the Supreme Court and has also briefed Senior Counsels.  He has received several accolades including being nominated as one of the leading Tax Lawyers for multiple years by Asia Law.

Awards & Recognition

• Ranked ‘Band 3’ at Chambers and Partners, 2023
• ‘Leading Lawyers’ for Legal Era Rankings, 2022 for Tax
• ‘Recommended Lawyer’ for Tax practice, Legal 500, 2022- 2020.
• ‘Leading Individual’ in Taxation practice in India, Chambers 2019 – 2021.
• ‘Tax Lawyer of the Year’ for The Asian Lawyer’s Emerging Markets Awards, 2015

Memberships

• Bar Council of Delhi, India