
Bhupender Singh
Bhupender Singh is tthe Founder and Managing Partner of Artham Law Chambers (ALC). He is an alumnus of National Law University – a premier institution in the field of law in India. He has advised MNCs and domestic clients (including SMEs) in the fields of taxation, international customs & trade, and commercial laws. His expertise is spread over a period of 18 years, during which he has advised clients in transport & logistics, TMT, FMCG and Pharma, oil & gas, chemicals sector.
Bhupender's practice covers the full spectrum of India's indirect tax and trade landscape: customs valuation and classification, related-party import transactions (SVB), Goods and Services Tax (GST), foreign trade policy and DGFT matters, and international trade remedy measures including anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard investigations. He has represented Indian pharmaceutical companies before the European Court of Justice and the United States Trade Representative (USTR), and regularly appears before Indian judicial and quasi-judicial forums up to the Supreme Court of India. He has also defended multinational and Indian promoter clients before customs investigative authorities, including in white-collar matters.
Before founding Artham Law Chambers, Bhupender worked with leading Indian law firms and a Big 4 consulting firm, an experience that shapes the firm's blend of legal rigour and commercial pragmatism. He has been instrumental in making policy representations to the Government of India (Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Commerce) on customs, international trade and GST issues, and works closely with industry and trade associations on India's bilateral trade relationships, including the India–EU and India–Germany corridors.
M: +91 99 876 86976
E: bhupendra@alclaw.in, info@alclaw.in
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India-UK CETA and its rules of origin: a new chapter in India’s preferential trade architecture
Editorial note: With the EU-India FTA near conclusion and the UK-India CETA entering into force on 15 July 2026, exporters to India face a market that is liberalising at the border while tightening on origin. Using the newly notified UK-India rules of origin as a working template for how India...
Proposed changes in Indian Customs Law: Key areas to keep an eye on!
On February 1, 2022, the Government of India announced its Union Budget for the period April 2022 to March 2023 (the ‘Budget’). While the Budget has introduced many legislative changes pertaining to Indian taxes, this article captures the key proposed changes in Indian Customs laws which can have an impact...
Returned goods: conditions for re-import of goods under Indian laws
The current article delves into the legislative and practical framework of returned goods relief in India. It is in continuation of the article "Returned goods relief: requirements in various countries" (CCRM Issue 10, 2021).
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India-UK CETA and its rules of origin: a new chapter in India’s preferential trade architecture
Editorial note: With the EU-India FTA near conclusion and the UK-India CETA entering into force on 15 July 2026, exporters to India face a market that is liberalising at the border while tightening on origin. Using the newly notified UK-India rules of origin as a working template for how India...
Proposed changes in Indian Customs Law: Key areas to keep an eye on!
On February 1, 2022, the Government of India announced its Union Budget for the period April 2022 to March 2023 (the ‘Budget’). While the Budget has introduced many legislative changes pertaining to Indian taxes, this article captures the key proposed changes in Indian Customs laws which can have an impact...
Returned goods: conditions for re-import of goods under Indian laws
The current article delves into the legislative and practical framework of returned goods relief in India. It is in continuation of the article "Returned goods relief: requirements in various countries" (CCRM Issue 10, 2021).