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India
Pranav N Sayta
Ernst & Young
Express Towers, 18th Floor
Nariman Point
Mumbai 400 021
India
Tel: (91) 22 6665 5480
Fax: (91) 22 2282 0000
Email: pranav.sayta@in.ey.com
Website: www.ey.com
Pranav Sayta is a partner with Ernst & Young India, and is based in Mumbai where he
leads the transaction tax practice and the media and entertainment industry tax practice.
Previously, he was national head of the tax litigation and controversy practice in Ernst &
Young India, and has also been a part of the knowledge and solutions team.
Pranav is a gold-medallist chartered accountant attaining the first rank at an all-India
level. He was also awarded the prize for the best paper on direct tax laws by the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of India.
Pranav has more than 20 years of experience in direct tax law. He has a wide range of
experience in advising various large multinationals and leading Indian corporates,
including many Fortune 500 companies on international and corporate tax matters.
He specializes in advising on complex inbound and outbound transactions and
investments, cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, group financial and
corporate restructuring and international tax planning.
Pranav is also well known as an active academic, having been a part-time lecturer for
the final CA paper on direct tax laws for almost 15 years. He is a regular contributor
of articles and features on diverse tax and regulatory issues in leading publications and
professional journals. He co-authored the Transfer Pricing Manual published by the
Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Society and is also on the editorial board of the
International Fiscal Association’s (IFA) India newsletter.
Pranav has addressed and presented papers at a range of seminars and conferences
organised by various professional bodies including the IFA, the Confederation of
Indian Industry, the Indian Merchants’ Chamber (IMC), the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India, Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Society and the Chamber of
Income Tax Consultants.
He is presently a member of the executive committee of the IFA India branch and a
member of the managing committee of the western region chapter of IFA India. He is
also a member of the direct taxation committee of the IMC and a member of the
international taxation committee of the Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Society.
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