Incorporate Business in India

Setting up an Indian entity is more than filing forms. We help foreign companies choose the right constitution, complete incorporation and registrations, meet FEMA/RBI reporting obligations and stand up the governance and compliance framework needed to operate cleanly from day one.

Choosing the right constitution

Before any filing, we help you select the legal form that fits your activity, ownership goals, tax position and FEMA/FDI requirements. Each route carries different activity permissions, capitalisation and compliance consequences:

• Private limited company
• Wholly owned subsidiary (WOS) of the foreign parent
• Limited liability partnership (LLP)
• Branch office
• Liaison (representative) office
• Project office
• Joint venture structure with an Indian partner

Name reservation & incorporation

Once the constitution is fixed, we coordinate name reservation, drafting of the constitutional documents and the incorporation application, working with appropriate professionals where required. We manage director and shareholder documentation, digital signatures and the end-to-end filing so that incorporation proceeds without avoidable rejections or delays.

• Name reservation and availability checks
• Drafting and review of constitutional documents
• Director and shareholder KYC and documentation
• Digital signatures and director identification
• Incorporation application and follow-through to certificate

Core tax & statutory registrations

After incorporation we obtain the registrations your entity needs to transact, employ and trade. Applicability depends on your activity, headcount, turnover and location, and is confirmed for your specific facts:

• PAN (Permanent Account Number) and TAN (Tax Deduction Account Number)
• GST registration where applicable.
• IEC / DGFT registration where import or export is involved
• Professional tax registration where applicable by state.
• Shops and establishment registration where applicable
• EPFO and ESIC registration where headcount thresholds are met.

FEMA / FDI & RBI reporting

Inbound foreign investment carries reporting obligations under FEMA, and we coordinate the FDI reporting and documentation to the Reserve Bank of India within prescribed timelines. We help you structure the inflow of share capital correctly and maintain the records needed for clean repatriation later. Specific filings are handled through appropriate professionals where required.

Board, governance & director support

We help establish the governance foundation expected of an Indian company — board constitution, the resident director requirement, statutory registers, first board resolutions and registered office arrangements. Where a resident Indian director arrangement is needed, it is provided subject to legal, KYC, conflict and risk checks and through appropriate professionals where required.

• Board constitution and first resolutions
• Statutory registers and minute-book setup
• Resident Indian director support, subject to legal, KYC, conflict and risk checks
• Registered office and statutory records arrangements

Post-incorporation compliance calendar

Incorporation is the start, not the finish. We hand over a structured post-incorporation compliance calendar so your team knows what falls due and when — across corporate, tax and labour obligations — and we can run it on an ongoing basis through our compliance desk.