Corporate Secretarial Services

We provide our company secretary services for doing business in India by incorporation of a Company or formation of LLP, obtaining all licenses, tax registrations and local employment related licenses. Start-up related services including Term Sheet and Investment agreements. Professional services for corporate restructuring like Merger & Amalgamation (M&A), Listing, Delisting, Company acquisition/ takeover, including:

• New Business Set-up
• FDI related guidance
• Tax planning and other important aspects
• Structuring of Company set-up
• Re-structuring of Business
• Joint Venture structuring
• Shareholders Agreement, Technology Transfer
• Govt policies / approval related guidance
• Corporate Litigation matters

We provide our company secretary services for company law matters for incorporation / formation of a company or LLP, Joint Venture Company, wholly owned subsidiary of foreign company, not-for-profit company, issue of stock options, buy-back of shares, creation of charge for loan / bank facilities including following services:

• Incorporation of New Company in India / Overseas
• Advisory and Incorporation of Section 25 Company
• Advisory and incorporation of Limited Liability Partnership [LLP]
• Periodical advisory and/or retainership for Private Company / LLP / Closely held Company / Listed Company / Joint Venture Company / Section 25 Company for Company law related matters
• Search Report about Company as per Registry Records
• Services related to Creation / Modification / Satisfaction of Charge
• Secretarial issues relating to –holding of meetings, maintenance/filing of records/returns, Corporate Governance, ESOP, Buy back, Takeover, Insider Trading etc.
• Conversion of Private Limited to Public Limited and vice-versa.
• Transfer and Transmission of shares and issue of Duplicate share certificates
• Compliances related to Remuneration paid to Managing and Whole Time Directors
• Compliances relating to transactions with interested directors and relatives, holding of office or place of profit by Directors and relatives.
• Acceptance and borrowing of deposits
• Filing of periodical forms for matters relating to Balance Sheet, Directors, Capital structure, Registered office, Alterations in Memorandum and Articles of Association
• Services relating to Winding up of companies

We provide our company secretary services to appear before various authorities like FIPB, SEBI, RBI, CLB, ROC etc. for approvals, respond to notices, compounding of offences, litigation matters like:

• Approvals from Registrar of Companies, Regional Director, Company Law Board, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Stock Exchanges, FIPB, Other Ministries at State or Central Level.
• Approvals from Regulators like SEBI, IRDA, RBI
• Matters related to Investor Grievances
• Appearing as Representative before Company Law Board, Regional Director, Registrar of Companies
• Liaison and co-ordination with the Registrar and Share Transfer Agents, Stock Exchange(s), Depositories and the Securities and Exchange Board of India
• Appearances before Reserve Bank of India for compounding of offences and other applications.

We provide our company secretary services for certification for various company law matters and listing matters as well as audit for secretarial audit or merger, demerger including:

• Certification of forms under the Companies Act
• Secretarial Audit
• FEMA related CS certification
• SEBI related CS certification
• Stock Exchange related CS certification
• Regulator related CS certification
• Acting as Scrutinizer for Postal Ballot
• Signing of Annual Return of Private / Public / Listed companies

We provide company secretary services for assurance audit for overall compliances applicable to the Company including:

• Advising on Applicable Statutory Laws to the Company like
• Corporate Laws
• Tax Laws – Direct / Indirect
• FDI Laws
• Audit Laws
• IPR Laws
• Employee Laws
• Manufacturing Laws
• Regulatory Compliances
 
• Review of existing Status
• Audit section wise / rule wise Status for EACH applicable Law to the Company
• Preparation of Check-lists for Internal Audit for CEO / CFO Certification

We provide company secretary services for due diligence related to takeover, merger, demerger, joint venture, hive-off including:

• Due diligence prior to Merger, Takeover, Hive-off, Joint Venture
• Coverage – Financial, Legal Contracts, Corporate, Tax, Business, Properties, IPRs, Licenses, Litigations

We provide company secretary services for merger & amalgamation, hive-off, business transfer, investment / funding including:

• Merger & Amalgamation
• Hive-off
• Business Transfer
• Takeover
• Step-down subsidiary
• De-merger of division or business into separate company
• Revival of defunct / sick companies
• Joint venture / foreign collaborations / alliances

We provide company secretary services for Foreign Direct Investment , Govt approvals including FIPB, RBI for entry for business in India by foreign companies, set-up plants, projects, branch, representative office, compounding of offences including:

• Advisory for establishment of Business / Company in India or Abroad Suggesting beneficial modules / strategy
• Advisory and Services to obtain necessary Govt. approvals India (FIPB or concerned Ministries) or Regulatory Authorities (RBI) for Projects, Company Formation, Technology Transfers
• Approval / documentations for Technical Know-how / Brand Licensing
• Investment related services
• Establishment of Branch, Liaison Office, Representative Office in India
• Advisory on making application to Govt. of India (FIPB or concerned Ministries) or Regulatory Authorities (RBI) for Projects, Company Formation, Technology Transfers
• Procedures relating to Inbound and Outbound Foreign investments
• Transfer of securities from person resident in India to person resident outside India or vice versa.
• Compounding of various offences under FEMA

We provide our professional services for registration of all types of tax in India as well as labour laws. We also provide tax compliance services for periodical and annual tax filings includings

• Registration for Income Tax (PAN), Withholding Tax (TDS), Goods Tax (VAT), Service Tax, Professional Tax (Employees) , Shop & Establishment (Local body)
• Periodical tax compliances and filing of returns
• Annual audits – Income Tax, Transfer Pricing, VAT
• Annual Tax filings

We provide our professional services for registration of Intellectual property Rights (IPRs. Like Trademark Copyright, Design, Patent as well as IPR portfolio management and enforcement for protections of IPRs including:

• Search Reports, Strategy for Registration, Clearance of oppositions, Registrations, Renewals
• Assignment related documentation and registration
• Licensing of Trademarks and Royalty related Agreements
• Enforcement of IPR
• Opposition to conflicting marks, passing-off, infringements etc.,
• Advisory and close co-ordination for Interim Relief / Stay Order / Injunction from High Court etc.,
• Watch on journals
• Civil and/or criminal action including Order u/s. 156(3), Stay Order from High Court etc.
• Documentation including assignment, sell-off of IPR etc.

We provide our professional services for advisory on legal matters, drafting or vetting of legal contracts including:

• Drafting of contracts, agreements, MoUs
• Vetting of contracts, agreements, MoUs
• Agreements for buy, sell, lease of properties, flat in India
• Family matters related legal documents like Gift Deed, Family Settlement, Will
• Drafting of Partnership Deed
• Litigation support for Legal Cases in India
• Legal research
• MIS for Legal cases

We provide our professional services for outsourcing of all knowledge processes for start-ups, foreign companies related to

• Complete day-to-day company law related matters, drafting / maintaining minutes, maintaining statutory records, annual audits, annual filings, need-based approvals from Registry/authorities
• Complete day-to-day accounting, payroll and tax matters, overall audit and tax compliances, all types of audits co-ordination including tax, transfer pricing, VAT
• Complete legal matters – drafting, vetting, advice, opinions, research and litigation support
• Complete management of Intellectual Property Rights – Registration, Renewals, Protection, Enforcement of Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents, and Designs.