Sumit Jain is a highly experienced tax professional with over 13 years of expertise spanning Direct and Indirect Taxation, including Corporate Tax, International Tax, Transfer Pricing, GST, and Customs. Before DSMS & Co LLP, Sumit held key tax leadership roles at Danaher, Trafigura, and Tata Cummins, where he gained deep exposure to tax challenges across industries such as Life Science and Bio-technology, manufacturing, commodities, automotive, and technology.
His background enables him to offer commercially sound, technically strong, and industry-aligned tax strategies which make him a trusted advisor to both domestic enterprises and multinational corporations. Sumit has led and advised on a wide range of strategic tax matters such as Tax planning, Business structuring, Slump/Assets sale, holding structure review, Indirect transfer case, PE risk advisory and mitigation, Transfer pricing set-up, GST review with impact assessment and Customs SVB assessments.
He brings significant experience in litigation management, having represented industry at various stages of tax proceedings and prepared comprehensive litigation memorandums and strategy notes. Sumit also advises on business entry and expansion strategies (FTWZ/SEZ/EOU/Custom license), helping global companies structure their Indian presence efficiently and in full compliance with regulatory frameworks.