RBI, FEMA & Cross-Border
Exchange control is where a clean company most often turns out not to be. Foreign investment carries reporting deadlines measured in days, not months, and a late filing does not go away — it sits on the file until it is regularised. We handle the reporting as the transaction happens, and clean up what was missed.
The scope of this practice area
Each line is work we do end to end, not a referral onward.
Foreign direct investment reporting
Entity master registration, reporting of share allotment to a non-resident, reporting of transfers between residents and non-residents, and downstream investment reporting for foreign-owned Indian companies.
Sectoral and route analysis
Whether the investment is on the automatic or approval route, the applicable sectoral cap, and the additional approval requirement where an investor is from a land-bordering country.
Valuation and pricing compliance
Coordination of the valuation report required to support issue and transfer pricing, and the pricing guidelines that constrain both.
Annual foreign assets and liabilities return
The annual return due from every company that has received foreign investment or made overseas investment — commonly missed, because nothing prompts it.
Overseas direct investment
Structuring the outbound investment, the financial commitment reporting, unique identification number, and the annual performance report on the overseas entity.
External commercial borrowings
Eligibility and end-use analysis, loan registration, and the periodic returns that follow for the life of the loan.
Compounding and regularisation
Where a contravention has already occurred, a compounding application to the Reserve Bank, or late submission fee where that route is available.
NBFC and banking compliance
Registration, the principal business criteria, prudential norms under the scale-based framework, and periodic supervisory returns.
Last reviewed: September 2026
Four steps, start to finish
Discovery
We map your entity and stage, and surface the gaps already open.
Scope & Fee
A written scope and fixed fee before work starts.
Execution
Filings and drafting handled end to end by a named advisor.
Ongoing Watch
A calendar so deadlines reach you, not the regulator.
Work that usually sits alongside this
IFSCA registration, unit approvals, ongoing compliance.
Annual filings, registers, minutes, event-based forms.
SHAs, ESOPs, notices, IEPF recovery, MSME claims.