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Rachit Agarwal

Principal Economist
London
About

Rachit Agarwal is a Partner in the Tax group and practices in transfer pricing with a focus on Asset Management, Financial Services, and Real Estate sectors. He advises clients on a broad spectrum of issues covering operating model and policy design, intra-group financing, valuations, business restructuring and tax risk mitigation. He is also involved in developing the firm's transfer pricing offering in the Middle East.

He is an instructor for executive level transfer pricing courses conducted at International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) and Lausanne University. He has worked with the World Bank in the past to conduct transfer pricing training for tax authorities from Estonia, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Uganda, and Tanzania.

He has authored a chapter in the 2023 Wolters Kluwer's book ‘Applying the arm’s length principle to intra group financial transactions: A Reference Guide’.

Areas of FocusTaxTransfer Pricing and ValuationFinancial ServicesInvestment Management and FundsReal Estate

EXPERIENCE

  • Transfer pricing analyses related to acquisition of 30+ real estate properties for a leading global investment manager.
  • Designed a group-wide intra-group financing policy for a global educational institution.
  • Developed a global transfer pricing policy for a French Asset Manager.
  • Valuation of various legal entities and business segments in the context of a corporate reorganisation for a digital learning and talent management company.
  • Valuation of intangible assets as part of a business structuring for a major industrial conglomerate.
  • Review of intra-group financing arrangements for a major banking group in relation to fraud investigation by the regulators.
Languages
  • Hindi
  • English
Education
  • CFA Institute, CFA Level II
  • University of Amsterdam, Masters of Science, Economics, 2010
  • University of Delhi, Bachelor of Arts (H), Economics, 2006

Publications

  • Wrote a chapter named "Using the Market Approach to Price Guarantees: A Case Study" in 2023 Wolters Kluwer's book ‘Applying the arm’s length principle to intra group financial transactions: A Reference Guide’.

My latest insights

Publication

Unlocking the Key Transfer Pricing Aspects in Asset Management

12 September 2024 .6 minute read

Past event

Webinar: Unpacking UAE's New Transfer Pricing Guidelines

8 November 2023 .3 minute read

Publication

Exploring Amount B: Can it Deliver Tax Certainty?

4 August 2023 .8 minute read

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+44 (0)20 7153 7167
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