Siddharth Gupta

Siddharth Gupta is a Partner – White-Collar Crime at Trilegal and a Partner in the white-collar crimes practice, focusing on White Collar Crime. His practice covers investigations, financial and statutory audit, and remediation strategies.

Siddharth has significant experience leading complex cross-border and internal investigations related to bribery and corruption, financial statements fraud, accounting and procurement frauds, data theft and code of conduct violations. With expertise in forensic accounting and forensic technology, he has led notable investigations involving the US Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission, multilateral development banks including the Integrity Vice Presidency of the World Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Asian Development Bank, as well as the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the Department of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption.

As a lawyer and Chartered Accountant, Siddharth works closely with the audit and ethics committees of companies to provide guidance on financial and statutory audit aspects, associated reporting and disclosure obligations, and remediation strategies in fraud and corruption investigations. He regularly advises companies on data privacy in internal investigations, as well as anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and sanctions-related issues.

His representative matters include an investigation into allegations of misrepresentation and bribery of public officials relating to the commissioning of a solar power plant for one of India’s largest solar energy portfolio holders, including self-disclosures to the SEC and DOJ; an FCPA investigation into allegations of bribe payments by a large Indian construction company on behalf of its US-based customer; an investigation into manipulation of financial statements by the CEO of the Indian subsidiary of a Japanese software company; and an internal investigation into sales operations, fictitious deals and commissions, highlighting a fraud of more than USD 100 million in a Fortune 500 fintech company.

He also conducts anti-bribery anti-corruption due diligence during M&A transactions, fraud risk assessments and compliance program enhancements, with a client portfolio spanning renewable energy, oil and gas, construction, consulting engineers, pharmaceuticals, alcoholic beverages, private equity, investment funds, fintech, automotive components, and banking and finance.

Siddharth was recognised in the ‘40 under 40’ list by Global Investigations Review (2024). He studied at Integrated School of Law, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and is admitted to the Bar Council of Delhi.