TLC Legal

TLC Legal is a firm that is solely dedicated to the specialised practice of Indirect taxation. The advent of ‘The Goods and Service Tax’ (GST), a relatively new regulation, created an amplified demand for super specialists. This being our niche, we are exemplary in real time handholding of our clients, amidst the rapidly and ever evolving GST legislation. We have also done some substantial advisory work for our clients on structuring businesses transactions and contracts/agreements, to achieve indirect tax optimization. Apart from this, our core strength continues to lie in our well-knit and result oriented litigation practice. In the past 12 months, the team has handled some very multifaceted and revenue heavy matters.

TLC Legal has a specialized tax team comprising of senior professionals with significant tax experience including many with additional accounting qualification as well. The complexity and quality of our work, both, in the past and at present is a story of our role in moulding indirect tax law and propelling it in the right direction. This is what differentiates us as a law firm from other law firms. It is our vision, in the long term, to maintain the high standards we have set ourselves, in terms of excellence of work, individualised service to our clients, and ethics-based professionalism. We shall always strive to continue to remain at the cutting edge of the development and shaping of indirect tax laws, given the complexity and challenges of the current tax regime.

Our team of Lawyers, Chartered Accountants and Tax Consultants has extensive experience in rendering advisory services, tax litigation services, tax policy formulation and tax administration. The expertise extends to indirect tax laws, specifically, GST, Customs, Central Excise, Service Tax, VAT. We also handle matters related to Export-Import regulations, Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), Foreign Trade Policy, Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), and Special Economic Zones (SEZ).

Our litigation team is widely acclaimed for its expertise, acumen and result-oriented approach. We have successfully handled some of the most complex and demanding litigations in Indirect Taxation before the Supreme Court, High Courts, Tribunals, Advance Ruling Authority and other fora. Our advisory team has the innate ability to assimilate the business and technological processes of our clients, necessary for providing tailored solutions which are practical and effective. It is for these reasons that some of the topmost corporate houses and organisations have consistently reposed their trust in us.

Firm Accolades

• Recognized as 'Highly Recommended' for Tax by Asialaw Profiles 2024
• Recognized as “Band 4” for Tax by Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific 2023 and 2024.
• Recognized as ‘Highly Recommended’ for Tax by Asialaw Profiles, 2023 and 2024
• Recognized as “Tier 4” for Indirect Tax by World Tax Rankings for 2024
• Recognized as ‘Notable’ for Indirect Tax by World Tax Rankings for 2023.
• Recognized as ‘Top Law Firm in India’ for Tax by Forbes Legal Powerlist, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
• Recognized as ‘Tier 2’ for Tax by Benchmark Litigation Asia- Pacific 2021 to 2024.
• Recommended for MumbaiBenchmark Litigation Asia- Pacific 2024.
• Recommended (India – Best Law Firms for Tax Law and Corporate Tax) by Leaders League 2023
• Recognized as 'India Firms to Watch' by Asian Legal Business, 2021.
• Recognized as 'Asia Employer of Choice' by Asian Legal Business, 2021.
• Recognised as a ‘Tier 4’ firm for Tax by Legal500, 2021 to 2024.
• Recognized as a ‘Recommended Firm’ for Tax by Asialaw Profiles,2021 and2022.
• Ranked as a ‘Tier 3’ for Tax by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, 2020
• Ranked as a ‘Notable Firm’ for Commercial and Transaction by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, 2020
• Recognized as a ‘Notable Firm’ for Tax by Asialaw Profiles,2020 (Debut)
• Recognized as a ‘Tier 4’ for Tax by Legal500,2020 (Debut)
• Ranked as a ‘Recommended Firm’ for Tax by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, 2020 (Debut)
• Recognized as ‘Employer of Choice’ (India) by Asian Legal Business,2019(Debut)
• Recognized for Tax by Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific 2023 and 2024
• Recognized as “Tier 4” and “Notable” for Indirect Tax by World Tax Rankings 2024 and 2023 respectively
• Finalist for Tax law firm of the year in the ALB India law firm awards 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024