LawSikho

Deadline 30-10-2026

Location Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Details of the Organization

Founded by Shri V. Lakshmikumaran and Shri V. Sridharan, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan attorneys, has been a leading law firm in India since 1985.

With 14 offices and over 400+ professionals specializing in corporate & commercial laws, dispute resolution, taxation, and intellectual property, LKS is well-known for its high ethical standards, quality work, and transparency in all its business dealings.

We hold a very high reputation for successfully arguing many landmark cases from quasi-judicial authorities to the Supreme Court of India. We have 40+ years of experience representing clients’ interests in over 50,000 tax disputes before various forums like appellate bodies, DGFT, Tribunals, High Courts, and over 2000 cases before the Supreme Court of India.

Few of our practice areas are:

The Tax Division advises companies in all areas of tax, including direct and indirect tax. We offer consulting, advisory, litigation, and compliance services. We handle cases in all areas of taxation – GST, Customs, Income-tax, Special Economic Zones, Foreign Trade Policy, Transfer Pricing, and International Trade.

The General Corporate practice handles a company's entire life cycle, from advice on inception, incorporation and structuring, contracts, and regulatory compliances to corporate governance and mechanisms for transparency and accountability. The multidisciplinary team ensures our clients are compliant legally and commercially.

The Intellectual Property Team serves global businesses to hold and enforce intellectual property rights by assisting in filing, prosecution, registration, licensing, valuation, and defending rights against infringement. We offer opining on patentability, patenting, filing, prosecution, pre and post-grant opposition, freedom-to-operate, due diligence, patent watch, evolving effective patent strategy, trademark registration and protection, anti-trust, plant variety protection (PVP) and licensing of copyright to name a few.

Details of the Job/Internship

Hiring for an Associate in Indirect Tax - Customs Litigation at Mumbai location

Key Accountabilities:

The incumbent will handle regular advisory and litigation engagements pertaining to Customs, Foreign Trade Policy, Special Economic Zones and related subjects.
Briefing and assistance to seniors in appearances before different forums including tax officers, Tribunal, High Court/Supreme Court, etc.
Drafting legal documents such as legal opinions, replies and tax appeals to ensure consistency, clarity and keeping in mind client’s interests
Stay updated on legal development and contribute actively towards firm’s initiatives for knowledge building and enhancement like case law digest, litigation meetings, article writing, assistance in conferences, chorus calls

Client service delivery/execution:

Ability to proactively identify and discuss technical issues with clients while being mindful of firm risk issues
Handle tax matters with regard to preparation of submissions, replies to notices, appeals etc., representation during appeals along with managers etc.
Executes the work on a multiple client base. Assumes near independent responsibility for smaller clients
Develops rapport with middle layers of client management

Develops commercial acumen:

Stays abreast of firm wide and competitor activities and general business trends
Brings value to the client and manager by applying this knowledge in delivering solutions to clients

Networking & Identification of opportunities:

Begins to identify new opportunities for existing clients and communicates to Seniors
Networks internally within the peer group and other levels in the firm in order to gain understanding of issues that may impact his clients.

Develops Strong knowledge base:

Stay abreast of the latest development in tax and other laws.
Contributes to the knowledge management activities of the firm.

Eligibility

Excellent Communication and Drafting Skills.
Strong Analytical and Research skills
Proactive, reliable and with an attention to details
Law Graduate from a known Law School with a strong academic track record
6 Months to 2 years of post-qualification experience in Indirect tax customs
Prior experience in Indirect Tax would be preferred i. e. Customs, Foreign Trade Policy, Special Economic Zone, etc