Advocates & Solicitors

Counsel for business, from boardroom to the Supreme Court.

Harvey Legal LLP advises on corporate, tax and regulatory law, and represents clients before Appellate Tribunals, the High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.

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Sumit KumarPartner · Kolkata

2023Established
4Offices across India
6Practice areas
12+Years of partner experience

The Firm

Harvey Legal LLP is a firm of advocates and solicitors advising businesses, promoters and institutions on corporate and M&A, direct and international tax, GST and customs, FEMA and regulatory matters.

The firm brings advisory work and courtroom practice together. Matters that begin as structuring or compliance questions are carried, where they lead to dispute, through notices, adjudication and appeals before Appellate Tribunals, the High Courts and the Supreme Court.

Headquartered in Kolkata, the firm has associate offices in Vadodara, Bengaluru and New Delhi.

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Areas of practice

Each practice combines advisory and transaction work with representation in the proceedings that follow from it. Select a practice to read more.

CORP
Corporate & M&A

Incorporation and structuring, mergers, acquisitions and restructuring, shareholder and joint venture arrangements, and company law compliance.
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Key lawCompanies Act, 2013 · Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008
TAX
Direct & International Tax

Income tax advisory and planning, assessments and appeals, withholding tax, cross-border transactions and treaty questions.
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Key lawIncome-tax Act, 2025 · Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements
GST
GST, Customs & Indirect Tax

GST advisory, show cause notices, adjudication and appeals, customs valuation and classification, and legacy excise, service tax and VAT matters.
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Key lawCGST Act, 2017 · Customs Act, 1962
FEMA
FEMA & Foreign Investment

Inbound and outbound investment, foreign exchange compliance, reporting to the Reserve Bank of India, and compounding.
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Key lawForeign Exchange Management Act, 1999
REG
Regulatory & Capital Markets

SEBI regulations and capital markets matters, anti-money laundering compliance, and regulatory investigations.
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Key lawSEBI Act, 1992 · Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002
DR
Dispute Resolution & Arbitration

Writ petitions, tax and commercial litigation, and domestic arbitration, from the first notice to the final appellate forum.
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Key lawArbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 · Constitution of India, Article 226

Supreme Court of IndiaAppeals and special leave

High CourtsIncluding the High Court at Calcutta

GSTATGST Appellate Tribunal

CESTATCustoms, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal

AuthoritiesAdjudicating and appellate authorities

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Sumit Kumar

Partner

Sumit Kumar is a Partner at Harvey Legal LLP and an Advocate at the High Court at Calcutta. He advises on corporate, taxation and regulatory matters and appears before Appellate Tribunals, the High Courts and the Supreme Court.

He is also the founder of The Lord’s Consultancy (TLC), a tax and corporate law practice in Kolkata, and has written practitioner books on GST with Team TLC, including a commentary on the GST Appellate Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 2025.

Focus: GST & Customs, Direct Tax, Corporate, FEMA, PMLA, Arbitration
Bar: Advocate, High Court at Calcutta
Writes for: LiveLaw, Bar & Bench, The Bar Bulletin, Taxmann

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