Robin Sojrani

About Robin Sojrani

I am tax professional with over 11 years of post qualification work experience in Big 4 tax firm and an overall 12 years of working experience. I have dealt with versatile industries such as Technology, eCommerce, Hospitality, Telecom, Entertainment & Media, and services with a proven track record of developing business and leading multi-disciplinary teams. My areas of specialisation include international tax, cross border transactions, tax advisory, compliance and litigation and have also worked on tax technology and tax transformation / Tax function effectiveness assignments.

Experience

1. Associate Director

   PwC India

   Feb 2010 — Present · IN

   Joined PwC India in 2010 as an Associate in the TMT (Technology, eCommerce, Entertainment & Media and Telecommunications) tax practice and got promoted as an Associate Director in 2018. During the period 2013-14, I was also sent on strategic deployment secondment to PwC UK office to work as a India business desk.\\\\n\\\\nKey highlights at PwC include –\\\\n\\\\n- Worked with several Indian as well as US, Europe, Singapore and other MNC groups\\\\n- Good understanding of the functioning of the TMT sectors and the Tax challenges companies face\\\\n- Handled project dealing with tax technology, transformation and tax risk process review engagements which included review of work performed by tax teams handling APAC, Europe, America’s & India region\\\\n- Suggested solutions to tax team of the client on challenges faced by them as part of tax planning, compliance, advisory, litigation, including day-to-day interactions with internal teams (FRC, FP & A, treasury, finance, etc.) and external parties (revenue and other regulatory authorities, advisors, vendors, customers, etc.)\\\\n- Part of the tax team handling Vodafone Tax litigation matter involving US$ 2.2 billion of tax liability in India\\\\n- Extensively advised on inbound investment structuring, foreign collaborations and JV’s.\\\\n- Advised clients on permanent establishment issues and developing defense strategies for tax audits\\\\n- Represented clients before Indian Revenue Authorities for tax assessment and litigation.\\\\n- Working experience on transfer pricing and indirect tax matters.\\\\n\\\\n

Education

• The Institute of Company Secretaries of India

  Company Secretary, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law

  2007 — 2010

• Dyanmata High School

  Secondary school (SSC)

• Bharti Vidyapeth, Amravati University

  Bachelor's Degree, Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)

  2004 — 2007

• Indira Gandhi National Open University

  Master's Degree, Master of Commerce

  2007 — 2009

• Manibai College

  High School, Commerce

  2002 — 2005

• The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  Chartered Accountant, Taxation, Accounting,Audit, Corporate Law

  2004 — 2009