Harsh Bhuta
Managing Partner
Professional role and expertise
- Harsh, as a Partner at Bhuta Shah & Co LLP, is the Managing Partner of the firm in addition to his active involvement in the firm’s Transaction advisory and Tax service lines.
- He started his career in 2008 with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and then moved to a boutique investment bank. Subsequently, Harsh was an integral part of the transaction advisory practice at Ernst & Young in India where he was at the forefront of several large deal closures. He joined Bhuta Shah & Co LLP in 2015 and has since then advised a number of private equity investors, multinational companies, high net worth individuals and limited companies with their transaction tax and advisory matters.
His areas of expertise include the following:
- Transaction Tax Advisory
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Due Diligence
- Representation with Indian Revenue Authorities
- International Tax Advisory
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Law
- As a specialist in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and tax restructuring deals, his strengths lie in negotiation and structuring transaction documents and understanding and applying principles of tax law and exchange control regulations.
- At Bhuta Shah & Co LLP, he is responsible for leading the firm level strategy, overseeing key client relationships, and driving business development initiatives. Harsh has advised on one of the largest cross border acquisitions in the FMCG industry in India. Has experience of over 120 cross border projects providing transaction tax advisory and fund raising assistance to large corporates, private equity firms, banks, etc. in context of M&A, cross-border investments, private equity, joint ventures, restructuring and financing transactions in the technology, infrastructure, manufacturing, oil & gas and pharmaceutical sectors with deal sizes ranging from US$ 10M to US$ 500M.
- Harsh has been instrumental in driving the growth of Bhuta Shah & Co LLP and expanding presence from one office to six offices in India, increased its employee strength from 60 to 350+ employees in the last 10 years.
Education and qualifications
- Harsh is qualified as a Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants in India) and is an All India Rank Holder (Rank 30).
- He holds a Bachelors of Law from Mumbai University.
- He is also a CFA Charterholder from the CFA Institute, USA.
- Harsh is certified as a Registered Valuer under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India.