Sunit Chhabra is Co-Head of the Firm’s Tax Practice Group. He specialises in tax and revenue law and has advised extensively on income tax, stamp duty and goods and services tax (GST) matters, including tax implications in relation to mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, structuring of offshore investments in a tax-efficient manner and seeking advance rulings and/or clearances from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) in relation to proposed schemes or transactions to be undertaken.

Sunit also assists corporate and individual clients in replying to queries raised by IRAS, seeking resolution and settlement of disputes between them and IRAS and in representing clients in tax hearings before the Board of Review and the appellate courts.

Some of the recent publicly-announced transactions which Sunit has advised on include:

Sunit is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). He is also a member of the Income Tax Board of Review and a member of the Ministry of Finance's Tax Advisory Committee.

Sunit graduated from the University of London with an LLB (Hons) degree in 1995 and has been called to the English Bar and Singapore Bar. He obtained an LLM degree from the University of London in 1999.

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