M&A Tax & Regulatory

We advise on the tax and regulatory dimensions of corporate actions: acquisitions, IPOs, restructurings, and inbound and outbound investment. That spans Income Tax, Corporate Law, Stamp Duty, SEBI compliance, Competition Law, Foreign Exchange Regulations, and NBFC and CIC guidelines, along with ESOP structuring. The aim is a transaction structure that is tax-efficient, compliant, and aligned with your strategic objective.

The practice is sector-agnostic. Our clients range from large listed groups to closely held companies, alongside promoter families, private equity firms, and family offices. The engagement is defined by the problem, not the size of the client.

Ideally before the term sheet. The structuring decisions made early in a transaction largely determine its tax outcome, and unwinding a poorly structured deal is far costlier than designing it well. We stay engaged through documentation, closing, and post-transaction integration.

We execute end to end. That includes obtaining approvals from the RBI, SEBI, and stock exchanges, FEMA and other regulatory filings, and implementation of mergers and demergers through NCLT or fast-track routes. Advice a client cannot implement has little value, so implementation is part of the engagement.

On the buy side, we identify tax exposures, contingent liabilities, and structuring risks in the target before you commit. On the sell side, we help you identify and resolve issues before a buyer finds them, which protects both valuation and timeline.

Yes. We advise on consolidation of group entities, segregation of non-core businesses and assets, family arrangements, capital reduction and share buybacks, and building tax and regulatory-compliant promoter holding structures, including pre-IPO restructuring.

Yes. We advise on inbound and outbound investments, including evaluation and set-up of holding company jurisdictions, streamlining of overseas structures, FEMA advisory and filings with the RBI, and approvals from regulatory authorities. Cash repatriation and exit considerations are built into the structure from the start.

The practice is led by partners with sixteen to twenty-plus years in M&A tax, built over long tenures at large international advisory firms, who have advised corporate groups and private equity investors on domestic and cross-border transactions across sectors.