Financial Services

Tax can make or break your strategy

We provide comprehensive yet practical advice on direct tax, regulatory and exchange control matters and help you implement it in a cost effective manner.

If this is your situation

  • You are a bank, an insurance company, an asset management company, a hedge fund, a private equity fund, a real estate fund or a mutual fund looking to establish a business presence in India
  • You want to get approvals from the Reserve Bank of India or the Securities Exchange Board of India or any other regulator to set up a presence in India
  • You want to take exposure in Indian public securities through public market or overseas derivative instruments
  • You want to take exposure to real estate investments in India
  • You want to invest in corporate debt or government treasury bonds
  • You want to decipher the complex web of Indian tax laws
  • You are concerned about taxability of various streams of income like dividends, interest, royalties and capital gains
  • You want to ensure tax & regulatory compliance including return filings, withholding tax obligations, etc

Our services

As a specialized industry group within direct tax, we can help you develop tax efficient strategies and manage your tax exposures, assist you on use of investment vehicles, hedging tools and engineered synthetic products as well as keep you abreast of new developments in the Indian corporate taxation arena that affect your business model.

We can advise on and assist in:
  • Entry strategy from a tax and regulatory perspective
  • Evaluating an appropriate structure with tax and regulatory efficiency
  • Choice of appropriate form of entity for setting up presence in India
  • Setting up subsidiaries, branches or liaison offices
  • Obtaining regulatory approvals for inbound and outbound investments and repatriation of funds
  • Optimum use of corporate tax incentives
  • Tax planning strategies for profit and dividend repatriation
  • Tax optimization for specific financial transactions and financial products
  • Permanent Establishment review
  • Tax compliance, representation before tax authorities and assistance in litigation
  • Withholding tax obligations on corporate payments