Regulatory Services
Our Regulatory Services practice deploys our experience in varied areas such as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy, exchange control regulations, export import regulations, and Overseas Direct Investment (ODI) regulations. Our team of regulatory professionals possesses high integrity and technical capability.
Our services include the following:
- Structuring advise for transactions / investments / business models and capital markets transactions in view of Indian regulatory framework
- Advice on regulatory environment impacting client's business
- Review/ drafting of documentation from regulatory standpoint
- Representations before government authorities and assistance in obtaining regulatory approvals/ clarifications from various regulatory authorities
- Regulatory investigations through Regulatory Compliance / Health Check Review and assistance in compounding & similar proceedings with various regulators
Expatriate Taxation
With the economy on a rebound, several multi-national companies have started investing extensively in India and in Indian multi-nationals. This growth has increased the inbound and the outbound mobility of employees. One of the most serious challenges faced by companies today is employee compensation structuring and its tax compliance.
We provide a holistic tax advice concerning:
- International employee assignment management
- Employee compensation structuring
- Employee tax and statutory compliance assistance
- Employee incentives (including equity incentive/share plan)
Corporate Tax
We have a highly experienced team of corporate tax professionals to deal with an ever continuing and increasingly complex body of tax legislation. Tax planning plays an important part and our primary objective is to help mitigate the burden of taxation within the confines of the law.
Our experience with a broad spectrum of national and transnational clients, engaged in different businesses, gives us a wider understanding of individual business needs which is very essential for effective tax planning.
Tax Advisory
- Identification of tax exposures and planning
- Inbound investment advisory and entity set-up
- Direct tax advisory – income and wealth taxes
- On-line tax advisory and planning for positions to be adopted in the tax return
- Tax representation
- Statutory compliance support
- Tax diagnostic reviews
- Tax withholding health checks
Transaction Services
Corporate transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, investments, divestitures, restructurings and cash movements can create tax opportunities that many organisations overlook. To maximise the value, we provide cross-border technical expertise and advice from qualified transaction tax professionals to act quickly in identifying potential opportunities.
- Merger and acquisition advisory
- Designing the best tax structure, in compliance with the statutory regulations and tax planning
- Transaction structuring and management (including corporate re-organisation and financial structuring advisory)
- Transaction implementation assistance (including post-implementation assistance)
- Tax due diligence
- Transaction advisory including planning for achieving mergers, acquisitions corporate re-organisations
International Tax
Our objective is to help businesses achieve global tax efficiency by minimising tax incidence and reducing tax and compliance costs in multiple jurisdictions.
Our International Tax services include:
- Advising on international tax matters arising from business operations and transactions
- International mergers and acquisitions services, including due diligence and post-merger integration
- Repatriation and foreign tax credit planning
- Supply chain implementation
- Assisting with international tax compliance and provisions
- Transfer pricing consulting
- Planning and implementation of tax efficient structures for cross-border investment and operations.
Tax litigation services
Tax litigation in India requires a comprehensive approach involving people with adequate understanding of tax laws and insightful handling of contentious issues. Our services in this area include:
- Advisory on litigation strategy
- Provide appropriate support on implementation of litigation strategies
- Preparation/drafting of appropriate technical submissions/appeals/ letters
- Advisory on the course of action pursuant to completion of income-tax (including transfer pricing) assessment/appellate proceedings
- Representation services before:
- Tax authorities (including assessing officer, commissioner (Appeals) and dispute resolution panel)
- Appellate tribunals
- Authority for Advance Rulings
- Settlement Commissioner
- Tax briefings and support to the external counsel in respect of representation before High Courts/Supreme Court
