comes from a family of engineers, doctors and lawyers. Following an itinerant schooling (Queen’s College, London; United World College of S.E. Asia and Raffles Junior College, Singapore), she returned to London to read Law at the LSE and stayed on to complete her Masters.

She was called to the Bar in 1994 and came to Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers as a pupil. During her pupillage, she spent extensive periods with Andrew Park QC (Sir Andrew Park) and David Goldberg QC, from whom she learnt the importance of giving clear and commercially sound tax advice. She became a member in 1996.

She undertakes all aspects of revenue work, but regards Tax Planning for High Net Worth Individuals, Non-Domiciliaries, Company/Commerical work and litigation as her particular specialities.

She co-authored McCutcheon on Inheritance Tax (5th ed.) with Marika Lemos and Withers. She contributes to Mellows: Taxation of Executors and Trustees (chapter on “Trusts with a Foreign Element”). Aparna also co-authored the 8th edition of “Offshore Business Centres” with Milton Grundy, which was published in 2008. She is also a regular contributor to technical journals and lectures extensively to professionals.

She is a member of two CIOT Sub-Committees and is on the committee of the Addington Society. She became a member of the Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers in 2008.

She has been called a “feisty cross-examiner” by Chambers and Partners and as someone who fights points “fearlessly and fluently” by the Legal 500.

For several years Aparna taught tax and insolvency law to University of London post-graduates.

Away from Chambers, she takes a keen interest in Indian Classical Music and Dance, having been trained in the latter discipline for 6 years. She is on the Education Committee of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Institute of Indian Culture).

She is fluent in Hindi and Tamil.