04 · Practice Area
Governance & Cross-Border Compliance
Board governance, SEBI/RBI compliance and FDI/ODI structuring — for single-entity discipline and multi-jurisdictional operations.
Overview
Every business that scales runs into the same intersection: how do you keep the board disciplined and filings clean at home, while structuring investment, cash and operations across jurisdictions? We advise on both as one connected practice — not two disconnected specialisms.
On the domestic side, we run the secretarial and compliance function for listed and unlisted companies with the discipline a Fortune-500 secretariat would apply: board and committee cadence, MCA filings, SEBI LODR and insider-trading compliance, policy design, and pre-IPO governance retrofit.
On the cross-border side, we coordinate FEMA and RBI compliance, ODI/FDI structuring, and holdco design across Singapore, Delaware, Mauritius and the UAE — with a curated local-counsel network across APAC. The client gets one accountable point of contact, not a diplomacy problem.
What we cover
Sub-services.
A representative view of the work we take on within governance & cross-border compliance. Every engagement is tailored to the specific commercial reality of the business.
Board & Committee Governance
Board and committee calendars, agendas, minutes and pre-read discipline.
MCA & Statutory Filings
Annual and event-based filings, ROC compliance, DIN/DSC and secretarial standards.
SEBI Compliance (Listed Cos)
LODR, insider trading, takeover code, disclosures and investor communications.
Policy Design & Refresh
Code of conduct, POSH, whistleblower, insider-trading, related-party and material-events policies.
FDI / ODI Structuring
Inbound and outbound investment structuring, sectoral cap compliance and pricing.
FEMA & RBI Compliance
FC-GPR, FC-TRS, ODI-Form, APR, FLA and single-master-form compliance.
Holdco Structuring
Singapore, Delaware, Mauritius, UAE and other holdco jurisdictions — commercial + tax co-ordination.
Cross-Border Contracting
Multi-jurisdictional MSAs, IP flows and inter-company transfer pricing agreements.
External Commercial Borrowings
ECB structuring, RBI approval routes, hedging and reporting compliance.
Pre-IPO Readiness
Governance retrofit, board composition, committee constitution and public-company hygiene.
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