Company Secretary
A detailed practitioner’s guide to eligibility criteria for listing securities in GIFT City (IFSC), explaining issuer eligibility, governance expectations, FEMA alignment, and how IFSCA actually evaluates listings during document review.
Most first-time GIFT City DRHPs fail for the same reason—they are drafted like Indian IPO documents. This article explains, from live IFSC drafting experience, what a DRHP for GIFT City actually is, how regulators read it, how investors interpret risk and structure, and why disclosure judgment matters more than volume in IFSC listings.
Thinking of expanding your business to the UAE? This strategic checklist helps Indian companies evaluate structure, tax, FEMA, banking, and compliance issues before spending a single dirham—so costly mistakes are avoided later.
Many Indian businesses struggle after setting up in the UAE due to early structuring mistakes. This article explains the most common errors—wrong Free Zone selection, overpaying for licences, misuse of Offshore entities, and India-side compliance blind spots—and how businesses can avoid them.
Confused between Mainland, Free Zone, and Offshore company structures in the UAE? This decision-tree guide explains which UAE setup fits Indian business models like trading, services, holding, IP ownership, and investments — with compliance clarity and real-world context.
Why are Indian businesses rushing to Dubai — and when does it actually make sense? This article cuts through the hype around UAE company setup, explains real commercial reasons for expansion, and clearly identifies which Indian businesses should not go to the UAE. Practical, compliance-focused, and founder-ready.
A practical guide explaining why Freedom to Operate (FTO) analysis is essential for medical devices before FDA approval or CE certification. Covers patent risk, regulatory gaps, and how FTO protects med-tech companies from infringement and delayed market entry.
GIFT IFSC is no longer just a tax alternative to Singapore or Dubai. This article explains when Indian promoters should choose IFSC over overseas subsidiaries, analysing regulatory philosophy, FEMA treatment, capital mobility, governance control, and investor perception—so founders make jurisdiction decisions aligned with long-term regulatory and business strategy.
An in-depth opinion piece explaining why IFSC entities are treated as non-residents under FEMA, why foreign investment is not FDI, and why Indian investment is classified as ODI—grounded in statutory analysis and regulatory intent.
IFSCA inspections are not triggered by isolated lapses but by patterns in governance, capital discipline, and regulatory behaviour over time. This article explains how supervisors actually examine IFSC entities, how board decisions and MIS are read contextually, and why regulatory trust in GIFT IFSC is cumulative.
