Regulatory

Every filing and governance obligation tracked against its actual trigger, not discovered after it has passed.

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Regulatory obligations in India run on a calendar most businesses discover only after they have missed something on it. FEMA, RBI and ROC requirements sit outside the tax filing cycle, carry their own deadlines and forms, and are triggered by events — a foreign investment, a director change, a share allotment — that finance teams do not always recognise as filing triggers in the moment.

This practice tracks the calendar, maintains the corporate record behind it, and handles the contractual and governance documentation that sits alongside it.

FEMA and RBI reporting

  • Foreign investment reporting
  • Annual foreign assets and liabilities return
  • Overseas investment reporting
  • External Commercial Borrowings compliance
  • Regularising missed filings

Companies Act and ROC compliance

  • Annual filings
  • Event-based filings
  • Statutory registers
  • Board and shareholder resolutions

Corporate governance and documentation

  • Founder and shareholder agreements
  • ESOP scheme documentation
  • Commercial agreements
  • Employment documentation

Sector and activity-specific compliance

  • RBI approvals for liaison and branch offices
  • Sectoral FDI compliance
  • Regulatory correspondence and notice responses

Compliance monitoring

Beyond individual filings, we maintain a running compliance calendar for each entity — every FEMA, RBI and Companies Act obligation mapped against its actual trigger, not against a generic template. The calendar is shared with your finance team so nothing depends on one person remembering one deadline.

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    Compliance audit

    A review of the entity's filing history against what should have been filed, identifying gaps and assessing what regularisation would involve.

What you receive

a documented compliance calendar specific to your entity, filed forms and acknowledgements, maintained statutory registers, and reviewed or drafted agreements with plain-language risk commentary.

Why work with us03 reasons

  • We track triggers, not only deadlines

    A share allotment or director change is identified as a filing trigger when it happens, rather than at the next annual review.

  • Cross-border reporting treated as core

    FEMA and RBI work is handled by the same team managing your Companies Act compliance, not routed elsewhere for every cross-border question.

  • Documentation read against the full position

    Agreements and governance decisions are reviewed with their tax, FEMA and filing consequences in view, which is where an isolated review usually misses something.

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Common questions, answered directly.

The queries that come up most often on regulatory engagements — answered plainly, without the hedging.

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What is the FLA return and who has to file it?
The Foreign Liabilities and Assets return is an annual RBI filing required of any Indian entity carrying foreign direct investment or overseas direct investment on its books, due by 15 July each year. It sits outside the income tax calendar entirely, which is why it is the single most commonly missed obligation among first-year foreign-owned subsidiaries.
Which ROC filings does an Indian company make every year?
At minimum Form AOC-4 for the financial statements and Form MGT-7 or MGT-7A for the annual return, both due within defined windows following the annual general meeting. Beyond the annual cycle, event-based filings are triggered by director changes, share allotments, charge creation and registered office changes, each with its own deadline.
What happens if we have missed filings going back a year or more?
Most filings carry an escalating additional fee for late submission, and persistent non-compliance can lead to a compounding application with the RBI or penalty proceedings under the Companies Act against the company and its officers. We begin with a compliance audit that establishes exactly what is outstanding and what regularising it will cost, before any work starts.
Do you review commercial agreements and contracts?
Yes, as part of this practice — vendor and customer agreements, service agreements, non-disclosure agreements, shareholder and founder agreements, and employment documentation. Reviews come with plain-language commentary on the commercial risk, and are read alongside the tax and FEMA position rather than in isolation from it. Where a matter requires court representation, we coordinate with external specialists.
Can you maintain our statutory registers on an ongoing basis?
Yes. Keeping registers current through the year is what makes event-based filings straightforward — a share allotment or director change can be filed within its deadline rather than reconstructed months later when someone notices the record does not match reality.

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