J Sagar Associates hires BDO Legal's Manish Mishra as partner

By Joseph Rai

  • 08 Aug 2019
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Law firm J Sagar Associates said on Thursday it has appointed Manish Mishra as partner with immediate effect.

He will be based in the law firm's Gurugram office, J Sagar Associates said in a statement.

Prior to this appointment, Mishra was leading the indirect tax practice at BDO Legal in the national capital region and north India. He had joined BDO Legal on March 2017.

Mishra, a graduate of Chaudhary Charan Singh University, has 20 years of experience in indirect taxation. He has earlier worked with Grant Thornton, Khaitan & Co and KPMG, his LinkedIn profile shows.

J Sagar Associates has over 300 professionals across its eight offices in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi. According to its website, the firm’s management structure comprises a collegial partnership that is led by an elected executive committee. The committee includes two joint managing partners and three other partners.

The firm is led by chairman and founder Jyoti Sagar. The two joint managing partners are Amit Kapur and Vivek Chandy.