Bio

Statira Ranina began working whilst she was perusing her law degree since 1996. During her initial years in practice she gained experience in a variety of fields including corporate commercial law, intellectual property and information technology law. Statira has been associated with ALMT since December 2003 and now specialises in M&A, private equity transactions and tax. Statira’s tax experience includes advising on cross border tax issues such as withholding tax, permenant establishment, transfer pricing, characterisation of software payments etc for various international clients. She also advises on indirect tax issues with a focus on service tax. Statira is also involved in advising on tax related dispute resolution proceedings before various authorities. Statira’s corporate practice is mainly focused on transactional corporate work and includes advising on joint ventures, asset transfers, mergers, slump sales and private equity transactions. Statira has also been on the editorial board of a legal newsletter for over 5 years and has several published articles to her credit. She has also authored articles for international publications and been a panelist at various international tax seminars. Statira has been selected as one of India’s leading lawyers for general corporate practice by Asia Law and Practice in their publications “Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2006”, “Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2007” “Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2008” and “Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2009” and recommended as “Leaders in their Field" "Chambers Asia Pacific 2013" for tax practice. In 2015, the Tax Directores Handbook 2015 highly recommended Statira for her tax practice and she was awarded the "Most Outstanding Private Equity Lawyer – India" 2015 by CorporateLivewire, UK. Statira is also recommended for her practice in private equity, tax, telecom, media and technology by Asia Pacific Legal 500 for 2015 and 2016 and for corporate / M&A, private equity and tax for 2017. She has also been recognised as a leading lawyer by ILFR 1000 for private equity and M&A in 2017.