Asish Philip

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
Partner

Asish is a Partner at the firm and practices in the areas of general
corporate, M&A and regulatory. Based in Mumbai and with more
than 10 years of experience, Asish has rich experience in advising
various domestic and multinational companies in restructuring, M&A,
regulatory, GST and commercial dispute resolution matters. Asish
advises clients on general corporate advisory matters and has worked
on various transactions and matters pertaining to M&A, corporate
restructuring, investment, FEMA, payment regulations and real estate
including carrying out due diligence, drafting and negotiating
transaction documents. He specialises in dealing with clients from digital and e-commerce space and
with the online gaming industry. He has also advised clients in setting up crypto exchanges,
NFT Marketplace, tokenisation.
Asish has been associated with the firm since 2010 and started his career as a litigation lawyer. He
was a part of the knowledge team that worked with Infosys for GST Project. He has assisted various
clients with GST impact assessment and implementation. He has done notable transactions in
relation to transition, supply chain, re-modelling, and business transformation and anti-profiteering
assignments. Asish was initially a part of the service tax team of the firm and advised various leading
companies on issues related to service tax like taxability, classification, exemption, and credit
optimization strategy.
Asish is a dynamic speaker and has conducted several seminars and workshops on indirect taxes for
various industry associations.

Education
• B.A., LL.B. Symbiosis Law School,
• Certificate course on Securities Market conducted by the National Stock Exchange,
• Diploma in Cyber Law from Symbiosis International University,
• Diploma in Law of Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions from Asian Law School,
• Diploma in International Business Laws and Corporate Laws in India from Symbiosis
International University.