Seth Dua & Associates Co-Founder Atul Dua, Partner at Advaita Legal (KPMG advisory firm) set to leave

May 15, 2019:

As per sources, Seth Dua & Associates Co-Founder Atul Dua, who in 2017 became Partner at Advaita Legal - the best-friend law firm of Big 4 consultancy KPMG - is set to leave the firm.

When contacted, Dua confirmed that he was still a Partner at Advaita but refuse to speak on quitting.

Dua had joined Advaita in Oct 2017 with his team of 20 lawyers.

He was dissolved a short while after the death of his Co-Founding Partner Sunil Seth in Feb 2017 following a road accident, leading to mediation between Dua and Seth’s family over the firm’s assets.

Dua had co-founded Seth Dua in 1998.

No confirmation from his side has yet been obtained regarding. Advaita too declined to comment.

The firm’s Co-Founding Partner Sujit Ghosh had left in July 2018 to become an arguing counsel.

After Dua’s departure, Advaita will have three partners in three verticals: partner Shailendra Singh heads up the infrastructure practice, partner Sudipta Bhattacharjee heads up customs and indirect tax, while partner Kamal Sawhney (who had joined in 2016) heads up the direct tax practice.