Delivering Strategic, Tax-Efficient Structuring to Maximize Value Across the M&A Lifecycle
We support clients through the entire transaction lifecycle — from deal structuring to post-deal integration. Our tax experts advise on mergers, acquisitions, private equity deals, hive-offs, and restructurings, helping protect value, manage risk, and align tax outcomes with commercial objectives. In today’s fast-changing business environment, we provide the agility and insight to navigate complex tax implications and deliver sustainable value. Leveraging deep transactional experience and a commercially focused approach, we tailor solutions that enable informed decision-making, smooth execution, and measurable results.
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Vishal Hakani
Managing Director
Mumbai India
Vishal Hakani
Managing Director
Mumbai
- 22+ years of post-qualification experience
- Specializes in M&A tax and private equity
- Cross-border M&A, restructuring, and deal advisory
Vishal Hakani is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Mumbai. He also leads the Global Transaction Tax Private Equity team.
Mr. Hakani specializes in M&A tax and private equity. His primary areas of concentration are cross-border M&A, tax structuring, due diligence, transaction tax advisory, navigating complex tax negotiations, corporate structuring, and private equity transactions.
Mr. Hakani brings over two decades of expertise in transaction tax across sectors, including focus on technology, media, and telecommunications, financial services, consumer, and infrastructure.
Mr. Hakani has been involved in various high-profile tax diligences and inbound and outbound transactions, including advising on entry strategy, investments through tax-optimal jurisdictions and exit considerations, fund structuring, and carry and co-investment advisory.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Hakani spent over 16 years with Deloitte India’s M&A Tax department, where he most notably served as Partner. Mr. Hakani previously led Deloitte’s Private Equity Tax Initiative, where he played a pivotal role in high-profile transactions and worked very closely with the larger M&A team. His leadership and technical acumen have consistently added value to marquee clients and transactions.
Mr. Hakani earned a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Mumbai University. He is also a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
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