Business Advisory
The business models and structures require constant review and evaluation as the regulatory landscape is rapidly changing. For the businesses to constantly focus on their mainstream, it is essential that the appropriate planning is carried out to address the potential challenges and provide alternatives. Our approach in the business advisory is to help clients Think Outside the Box and take their businesses to the next level.
Our business advisory services encompass the services like Inbound and outbound investment advisory, corporate restructurings (like mergers, acquisitions, divestments), funding solutions, value creation, and fundraising
STRUCTURING & RE-STRUCTURING
Selection of the right structure for doing business is as important as selecting the right food in your diet. An appropriate business vehicle not only helps save tax costs but ensures carrying on the business optimally. Further, as the business expands, the requirement of the business undergo changes. Therefore, it is necessary to re-evaluate the existing structure so that the business needs can be suitably catered. Also, the regulatory landscape is rapidly changing – there are changes in IND-AS, SEBI Takeover Code, Competition law, GAAR under Income-tax Act. Therefore, it becomes essential for the business to restructure their business model in compliance with the regulatory landscape. Therefore, we help you in selecting the right vehicle for carrying on your business smoothly in a way that it is commercially feasible and tax optimal. The structure of the business should not just be tax optimal but commercially sound and realistic so to withstand the regulatory scrutiny.
- We will understand your Business and Legal Environment
- We will understand your future business plans
- We understand your market presence (Domestic / International)
- Based on Understanding we suggest the appropriate structuring options (suitable business vehicle, buy-backs, capital reduction, consolidation, mergers)
- Identify tax costs of alternate options
- Implementation of the structure through the incorporation of the relevant structure, drafting of deeds, obtaining registrations under several laws
- Undertaking compliances
- Review of contracts and agreements
FUND RAISING FOR EXPANSION
As the business grows, it requires funding for its regular business operations as well as expansion. We understand your funding requirements and utilization and suggest you appropriate capital structure. The selection of the wrong capital structure can land the business in trouble. Good capital structure helps the company to operate smoothly without any burden of interest or without any risk of unavailability of capital in crucial times We enable you to raise the funds in the most tax-efficient manner by determining the right mode of raising funds. We have partnered with several financial institutions including private banks, public banks, NBFCs, and venture capitalists.
- Selecting the right mode of raising funds through venture capital, working capital finance, business loans
- Providing the valuation reports
- Providing project reports
- Undertaking due diligence exercises
- Obtaining the RBI approvals in case of overseas funding
- Undertaking FEMA compliances
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Corporates always look out to expand their footprint and venture into new business lines and thus seek options of mergers and acquisitions. Especially when the corporates look out to establish foreign operations, they seek to venture into an already established business in a particular jurisdiction providing a firm foothold to the Indian corporates. Before venturing into M&A, it is really important to evaluate the regulatory, tax, legal and accounting aspects. With the experience of decades in the tax, regulatory and accounting landscape, we assist the corporates through the M&A lifecycle with the goal that corporates gain value out of the deal.
Pre-deal support
- Corporate and M&A strategy
- Tax, financial and commercial due diligence
- Target evaluation
- Pre-acquisition structuring
- Tax structuring
- Capital structuring
- Valuations
- Obtaining approvals from RBI, NCLT
Execution
- Capital raising
- Review of deal, agreements
- Transaction execution
Post-deal support
- Accounting aspects
- Transfer pricing
- Review of customer contracts, vendor contracts and other business contracts and identify whether any intimation or approval is required, intimations/renewals of all registrations like PF, ESI, gratuity, etc, transfer of tax credit balances under GST, intimation to Income-tax authorities.
How we help people in solving issues?
To provide the best quality of advisory service we follow 6 “C” approach, an in-house developed methodology that helps us to obtain desired results. That includes
Collating Subject Information
We set-up meeting with client first to understand the subject matter and problem statement.
Creating Premises
We align the understanding of the subject matter and issue with client to identify the best solution feasible.
Consenting Engagement
We formalize the terms of engagement and expected outcome with client to deliver the client expectation.
Collobrative Research
We perform necessary in-house research and external consultations. In-house research is carried out by our expert teams specialized in that domain.
Concluding Outcome
We present the conclusions and solution to the client based on our research and procedures, which is most feasible.
Continuous Improvement
We obtain feedback and understand the additional needs to clients to continuously improve the solution.