Goa Corporate & Taxation Law – Law Firm

• Incorporation of Companies-In India and abroad

• Restructuring and Reorganization

• Foreign Direct Investment

• Corporate Approvals

• Establishment of Branch, Liaison & Representative Offices

• Warehousing, Special Economic Zones

• Secretarial Compliances

• FEMA Exchange Control & Regulatory Matters

• Misfeasance Actions

• Business & Assets Transfer

• Distribution, Agency & Franchise Agreements

• Winding Up and Liquidations

• Wholly Owned Subsidiaries and Holding Companies

• Foreign Collaboration, Joint Ventures, Strategic Alliances

• Securities Laws & Regulations

• Mergers and Acquisitions; Demerger

• Recovery of Investment by International Fund Managers

• Corporate & Shareholders’ Disputes

• Security Documentation

• Schemes of Arrangements

• Corporate Restructuring & Reconstruction

• Project Finance Documentation

• Debt Restructuring

• Winding-up & Bankruptcy Proceedings

• Buyouts; Reduction of Capital

• Buy-back of Shares

• Stock swap arrangements

Direct Taxes

International & Domestic Tax Advisory

• Inbound and outbound structuring;
• Planning to improve tax efficiency/strategic documentation;
• Designing an entry strategy (types of presence);
• Treaty interpretations;
• Exchange policy and foreign investments;
• Investment and capital structuring;
• Structuring of Revenue and/or capital flows – for example dividend, royalty, fees for technical services;
• Formulating strategy for mitigating risk of PE exposure of foreign corporations;
• Structuring of infrastructure and Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) contracts;
• Domestic Tax Planning;
• Tax compliance & dispute assistance (litigation support);
• Levies from POEM and GAAR perspective

Transfer Pricing

• Transfer pricing study and documentation;
• Inter-company transfer pricing policies for tangible goods, intangibles and services;
• Transfer pricing planning Services;
• Transfer Pricing Litigation;
• Supply chain advisory;
• Analyzing existing policies to ascertain how these should be streamlined to meet the changing economic environment; and
• Evaluating the positions taken in past in light of the evolving tax positions

Indirect Taxes

• Tax structuring & optimization including advice and assistance in relation to all kinds of issues, having implications under GST as also in relation to:
• Customs Duty
• State Excise, and State incentive policy
• Foreign Trade Policy, etc.
• Export Control and Trade Sanctions
• Advisory, transaction structuring & support services including analysis of sourcing, procurement and distribution models and advice on best practices to be incorporated in the supply chain from a GST efficiency perspective
• Due diligence & optimization study for building tax efficiencies and determining potential tax saving opportunities
• Assistance for negotiating optimum package of incentives under the State Industrial Policy
• Comprehensive support for resolving tax issues related to cross border transactions
• Advice and assistance on policy initiatives & representations before Central and State Government authorities
• Litigation services – right from assessment level to the highest appellate level, and across all forums and courts including Authority for Advance Ruling, Settlement Commission, up-to the Supreme Court