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ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHIES ASIA PACIFIC
I N D I A
J A PA N
Dinesh Kanabar
Dhruva Advisors
1101 & 1102, One Indiabulls Centre,
11th Floor, Tower 2B, 841, Senapati
Bapat Marg, Elphinstone Road (West),
400 013 Mumbai, India
Tel: (91) 22 6147 1000 1900
Email: dinesh.kanabar@dhruvaadvisors.com
Website: www.dhruvaadvisors.com
Dinesh is a stalwart in the industry and has over the decades been
recognised by his peers as amongst the top tax advisors in India. His
ability to relate the business strategies of clients to the tax and
regulatory environment has been recognised as unique and has played
a critical role in developing solutions for clients.
Prior to founding Dhruva, he held a series of leadership positions
across several large professional service organisations in India. He was
the Deputy CEO of KPMG India, Chairman of KPMG’s tax practice,
Deputy CEO of RSM & Co and Head Tax and Regulatory at
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
He is a member of the National Executive Committee of FICCI and is
the former Chairman of its Taxation Committee. Dinesh is currently a
mentor to the Taxation Committee of FICCI. He has also worked with
the Government of India on several policy committees. He was a
member of the Rangachary Committee constituted by the Prime
Minister of India to deal with tax reforms in the IT/ITES sector and for
evolving Safe Harbour Rules.
Eric N Roose
Withers
12F, Toranomon Kotohira Tower
1-2-8 Toranomon, Minato-Ku
Tokyo 105-000
Japan
Tel: (81) 3 3500 3752
Email: eric.roose@withersworldwide.com
Website: www.withersworldwide.com
Eric is a partner in the private client and tax team and focuses on
international corporate tax.
His practice involves advising clients on a broad range of international
tax planning and corporate tax advisory matters including investment
funds, M&A, cross-border transactions, real estate investments and
technology matters. He specializes in structuring investment funds
focusing on the Asia-Pacific region, and has significant experience in
structuring funds using a Singapore treaty platform to invest into the
Asia Pacific region. Eric has advised clients in over $50 billion of
international corporate, real estate and private equity transactions.
In addition, he regularly advises ultra-high-net-worth individuals
on Japan income and inheritance tax planning and is particularly
knowledgeable in the taxation of and use of foreign trusts in regards
to Japan.
His clients include leading investment funds in the Asia region, MNCs,
technology companies, and ultra-high-net-worth Japanese and foreign
individuals.
Having worked in Asia for over 20 years, he is well-versed in the
taxation of cross-border transactions across the Asia-Pacific region,
involving the US, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Australia, Indonesia,
Philippines, Vietnam and China.
Chambers’ Asia-Pacific guide says about him, Eric is the “well known”
leader of the tax practice who is highly proficient in dealing with crossborder
tax matters including tax planning. Chambers ranks him in
Band 1 and Euromoney has listed him in its World Leading Tax
Advisors experts guide.
Eric is a founding member of ALTA, Asia-Pacific’s Leading Tax Advisors.
Singapore office:
80 Raffles Place
#25-01 UOB Plaza 1
Singapore 048624
Tel: (65) 6922 3726
Email: eric.roose@witherskhattarwong.com
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