Empanelments
President Of INDIA has Appointed Mr. K.K. Sharma as special Counsel for complex tax matters of Govt. of India
National Fertilizer's Ltd. approached and appointed Mr. K.K. Sharma on its panel of Sole arbitrators. In addition, a number of enterprises like ONGC and National Insurance Company have him on their panel
ACHIEVEMENTS
'KK Sharma Law Offices' celebrated as a poineer in the field of competition law in the December, 2014 issue of silicon India with Mr. KK sharma, The Chairperson, being recognized as one of the top 25 lawyers of the country.
K.K. Sharma was nominated by peers as the leading Antitrust and Competition Law expert in Asia Pacific by Expert Guide Edition 2014 & 2018
KK Sharma holds the exclusive position of Merger Control Expert in India by Global Legal Experts(GLE)
HONORY MEMEBERSHIPS
Global Competition Law Advisory Board of Bloomberg
Research project partnership platform of Competition Law and Policy branch of UNCTAD
Merger Working Group of International Competition network
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ith a long regulatory stint behind him, Mr K. K. Sharma started a law firm, KK Sharma Law Offices (KK), whose counsels, in addition to India, are also stationed in Brasilia, Ottawa, UAE, Brussels, UK, Netherlands and Washington DC-as a part of Team KK.
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fter an accomplished career of more than two decades as a Commissioner in IRS of India - wherein, inter alia, more than $ One Billion was brought in to tax net in one single investigation initiated solely by him - Mr Sharma was the first Director General & Head of Merger Control of the functional Competition Commission of India (CCI). Having established the competition law investigation framework in India, he also prepared the Merger Review Format for the country which has won worldwide accolades. As the head of Antitrust Division, he ensured that CCI quickly came up with its very first affirmative actions against the anticompetitive practices in stock exchange and real estate sectors in the country.
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eing the only civil servant who was not just a member of the initial core team which laid the foundation of competition law in India but also made it fully functional by being on the top position of each division
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he procedures, formats, protocols designed by him survive to this day and form the backbone of the competition law framework & enforcement, in India
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e it the first few investigation reports or first penalties orders by Antitrust Division or the merger approvals, his stamp is everywhere in the initial footprints of competition law in India
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Ph.D. fellow in competition law from Bangor University, UK, he did masters in engineering from IIT, Roorkee, before doing graduation in law. Later, he completed PG Diplomas in Economics for Competition Law from King's College, London, and IPR Laws from NLSU, Bangalore, respectively after doing Masters in Economics. He was also awarded MA in Competition Law Economics by King's College, UK.
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 ithin a couple of days of KK commencing its operations, it got a global media attention including being featured in the world edition of Global Competition Review of Oct 22, 2012. International bodies, Fortune 5oo companies such as Reliance and International Associations of Business and Industry and Sovereign Governments were the first clients of the Firm. KK offers a varied fare to its clients which include consulting in the following areas:
  • Competition law
  • Enforcement & Investigation
  • Tax
  • International Trade & Investment Laws
  • Governance, Regulation & Risk
  • Public Affairs and Policy
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 ver the years, the Firm has successfully dealt with matters in diverse sectors such as automobiles, real estate, insurance, liquor, manufacturing and trading, shipping, manufacturing, oil & chemicals, bulk road transportation, future trading of agricultural commodities, power generation and transmission to name a few.
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 r. Sharma has written "Guide to Competition Law" , published by Thomson Reuters after earlier having written a 'first of its kind' book, 'Competition Commission Cases: A compendium of CCI cases from 2009 to 2014' published by LexisNexis. In addition, another book 'Indian Philosophy and Walt Whitman' has also been written by him.

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Automobile

Having got one of the global automobiles giants imposed with a fine of Rs. 87 crores amongst other instances, our grip on this sector is complete. KK Sharma Law Offices ('Firm') has dealt with the procurement of services of Car Carrier Trucks by market leader in automobile sector in India and brought the anti-competitive practices to the fore.

Banking And Finance

The very first investigation in the country into competition law violations was made which resulted in a cascading effect of company after company giving up the claims of loan foreclosure charges in home and car loans across the country, amongst others, were under taken.

Bulk Transportation

When the allegations of cartel were brought before the enforcement machinery against the flexible conveyor belt manufacturers they were clear in their mind that only KKSLO can deal it successfully and, accordingly, they availed our services.

Film

The very first successful instance of cartelisation dealt by the competition agency in the case of Ficci Multiplex Association was very successfully dealt with by the competition agency under the overall supervision of Mr. Sharma.

Future Trading of Agriculture Commodities

The very first penalty on the leading stock exchange of the country exceeding Rs.50 Crores was based on the investigation done by the Mr. Sharma. Subsequently, when there were allegations of future trading and guar gum and other similar commodities, for saving the enterprises from huge fines, the Firm was the natural choice for representing these companies.

It may not be that well known no manufactured vehicle can leave the premises of the manufacturer except without being loaded on to the car carrier trucks. When the instances of anti competitive practices came to the fore, the Firm was the first choice to taken services from.