Vishwas Panjiar

Vishwas Panjiar has considerable expertise in corporate & international taxation, company law and exchange control matters and has been involved in providing advisory services on taxation and structuring for various Indian and foreign companies. He has a extensive and varied experience of over 16 years to the Indian tax and regulatory system. Before joining the firm, Vishwas worked for a large international accounting firm. Prior to this role, he worked as a senior associate at one of India’s biggest and oldest law firm in their tax and Advisory practice. His experience includes several restructuring, mergers, demergers and business modelling exercises including transactional tax advisory; structuring of an investment pooling vehicle; advisory to facilitate private equity investments, etc. As a part of the Tax and Regulatory Services practice, Vishwas has also helped several foreign corporations establish their presence in India. In his previous roles, Vishwas has held several positions including national leader for regulatory services and direct tax lead for the Real Estate & Industrial practice in North India. Vishwas manages key accounts of the firm and his body of work includes clients in realty, aviation, infrastructure, manufacturing, IT/ITES and services. Vishwas is a regular speaker at professional forums and business associations. He has also imparted several trainings/lectures outside India in his earlier role of designated faculty for Grant Thornton International tax courses. Vishwas is an honorary member/volunteer with Round Table India (part of Round Table International), a not for profit organization focused on providing education to the underprivileged. He has been involved in several facets with Round Table India, including improving infrastructure of about 10 schools in Noida. He has led several initiatives and has held honorary positions at the National Board, Area Board as well as local chapter of Round Table India.