International Trade
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : India
Band 2
Contact number
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Provided by Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
India is a major trading partner for countries across the globe. Hence, from time to time there arises, wide range of business and bureaucratic dilemmas. The firm’s team of professionals in the customs and international trade practice cater to WTO and International Trade disputes arising out of or involving India. The firm’s attorneys have handled more than 400 anti-dumping and anti- subsidy investigations initiated by India, EU, USA, Korea, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey. The team also handles wide variety of matters pertaining to HS Classification, Customs Valuation, FTA, safeguards investigations, market access and national treatment.
Chambers Review
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan maintains a respected practice with expertise covering WTO, anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigations. The team is particularly well known for contentious work, representing exporters and domestic producers, as well as foreign governments. The firm is active in trade remedy matters across a variety of industrial sectors, including steel, textiles, petrochemicals and manufacturing. Notable clients includes Tata Motors, Procter & Gamble and the Royal Thai Government.
Work Highlights
- Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan advised Whirlpool of India and Tata Motors on the filing of a questionnaire response in relation to an anti-dumping investigation into imports of electrogalvanised steel from Korea, Japan and Singapore.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan is able to provide an expert solution."
"Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan is able to provide an expert solution."
Notable Practitioners
Ankur Sharma is an up-and-coming lawyer who specialises in acting for importers and exporters, as well as government entities, in response to anti-dumping and countervailing investigations by the Indian authorities.
"Ankur is tireless, sincere and hard-working. He has excellent presentation skills, both verbally and on paper. His ability to strategise the entire process right from the beginning until the very end is formidable."