Detailed Job Description

Project & Engagement Management
• Scope and structure engagements rigorously from the outset defining the mandate, work plan, team composition, deliverable schedule, and fee structure; ensure alignment with client expectations and firm economics before engagement commencement • Manage concurrent deal mandates often across multiple live transactions simultaneously with disciplined prioritisation, transparent delegation, and proactive risk management to ensure no engagement is compromised
• Drive deal timelines actively maintaining pressure on internal teams and external advisors to meet deal milestones, flagging delays early, and re-planning where required to protect deal outcomes
• Enforce quality control and risk management protocols across all deliverables conducting technical reviews, stress-testing advice positions, and escalating novel or high-risk issues to firm leadership appropriately
• Manage engagement economics proactively including fee discussions, scope creep management, WIP tracking, billing,



and client-level profitability ensuring the practice remains commercially healthy
• Maintain deal documentation discipline ensuring matter files, advice trails, conflict checks, and engagement letters are current and in line with firm risk management protocols
• Coordinate cross-functional deal teams acting as the orchestrating senior advisor across internal practice groups (TP, Indirect Tax, Regulatory, Employment Tax) and external advisors on integrated deal mandates
Technical Advisory & Transaction Execution
• Lead buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence across domestic and cross-border transactions identifying,quantifying, and clearly communicating tax exposures, contingent liabilities, and structural risks to deal teams and investment committees
• Design and advise on optimal deal structures share vs. asset acquisitions, slump sales, itemised transfers, demergers, NCLT merger schemes, and business transfers with a sharp focus on tax effic

📌 Associate Partner – M&A (Bengaluru)
🏢 SyncUp
📍 Bengaluru