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Mukesh is the Founder and Managing Partner of BMR Legal Advocates, a boutique Indian law firm specialising in International Tax, Transfer Pricing, Tax Disputes and Tax Policy, ranked amongst the Top Tier Law Firms in India in independent surveys by Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation, Chambers and Partners, India Business Law Journal and Asialaw Profiles. With specialisation in corporate international tax and transfer pricing for over three-and-a-half decades, Mukesh has significant experience in advising Fortune 500 multinationals and large Indian business houses on a wide range of matters relating to trade & investment policy, business re-organisations, cross-border tax structuring, corporate international tax, and tax controversy. He co-founded and was the chairman of BMR Advisors, which was amongst India's leading professional services firm with competencies in Tax M&A and Risk Advisory services, until it transitioned into Big 4 firms in 2017. Prior to founding BMR legal Advocates in 2010, Mukesh led the International Tax & Transfer Pricing practice for two of the Big 4 firms and was part of their global leadership teams. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, he spent most of his professional life with Arthur Andersen wherein he became a National Partner in 1995 and a Partner in Andersen Worldwide in 1998. He is an expert in issuing opinions, witness statements, examinations, and cross-examinations before appellate and arbitration forums. He has also deposed as an expert witness on contentious cross-border tax treaties and TP matters in foreign jurisdictions. He has several authorships to his credit, including the Transfer Pricing-The Indian Landscape, Two Decades On (2021), Taxpayer Rights - Deciphering the Indian Charter (2021), and co-editing credits to the General Anti-Avoidance Rules: The Final Tax Frontier (2021). Individual Rankings: › Eminent Practitioner by Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific 2025 › Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation Asia- Pacific 2025 › Leading Individual by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025 › India's Legal Icon by india Business Law Journal 2025 › Recommended by Asialaw Profiles 2025