Ranjith Pathiyil

Ranjith is a tax professional and an international tax lawyer with over 19 years of experience. Ranjith has worked for tax advisory firms in India and the Middle East region, specializing in foreign direct investment, corporate tax compliance and advisory services, international tax services (inbound and outbound advisory services), mergers and acquisitions (conceptualization and implementation), tax due diligence reviews, and expatriate taxation.

Ranjith was previously involved in advising multinationals and domestic entities with inbound and outbound advisory services. He has also worked on advisory assignments focused on legal and business structuring (including the analysis of incentives regimes, tax treaties, etc.) for proposed investing entities.

He has experience in advising multinational enterprises (MNEs) on business restructurings with conceptualization stage (green field and brown field projects) and tax due diligence reviews. He also has experience implementing tax-effective business restructurings. His specialization in international taxation allows him to gain experience in transfer pricing globally.

He has worked for sectors including engineering, procurement and construction (EPC,) infrastructure, strategic consulting, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, information technology/information technology-enabled service (ITES), retail, and telecom.

Ranjith has co-authored various articles on international tax in India, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. He was also a speaker on corporate tax topics in India, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. He has been actively involved in liaising with the officials at the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority in Kuwait, Ministry of Investment in Saudi Arabia, and income tax authorities.

He is currently managing a portfolio of clients with diversified sectors under the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) regime, international corporate tax law, and Domestic tax laws & regulations in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.