Fund Raising & Debt
Structuring Practice

We assist clients in navigating the legal, regulatory, and strategic aspects of capital raising and debt structuring—whether for expansion, acquisition, working capital, or refinancing, we help clients secure financing on optimal terms—while managing risk and safeguarding long-term interests. Our team offers end-to-end support to businesses, investors, and financial institutions in structuring, negotiating, and executing fundraising transactions that are compliant, efficient, and commercially viable.

Whether raising capital or restructuring debt, with experience across equity, quasi-equity, and debt instruments, we advise clients at every stage of the funding lifecycle—right from evaluating options to deal execution and post-closing support. Our approach combines legal precision with commercial foresight.

Key Service Offerings

Structuring and documenting transactions involving:

  • Private equity and venture capital investments;

  • Rights issues, preferential allotments, and convertible instruments;

  • Seed, angel, and Series A+ rounds;

  • Drafting and negotiating term sheets, shareholders' agreements, subscription agreements, and exit arrangements;
  • Ensuring compliance with applicable laws including the Companies Act, relevant SEBI Regulations, RBI Master Circulars, FEMA notifications, rules and regulations, as well as industry-specific frameworks

  • Assisting with regulatory approvals, reporting, and filings before the Registrar of Companies, RBI, SEBI etc.;

Advisory and drafting, various forms of debt financing instruments, including:

  • Term loans, working capital facilities, ECBs, NCDs, debentures, structured finance;
  • Facility agreements, credit agreements, security documents;
  • Debt restructuring plans;

Representing promoters, companies, and investors in negotiations with banks, NBFCs, institutional lenders, and strategic investors along with advising on restructuring stressed assets and debt resolution frameworks.

Foreign Investments & Exchange Control Laws

  • Whether you are a global player looking at foreign direct investment into India or an Indian party, wishing to carry our overseas direct investment from India, we have the skillset to help you navigate through India’s regulatory landscape and provided sound yet, practical legal advice. We have extensive experience in structuring cross-border transactions, and helping businesses navigate the complexities of investing into, operating within India as well as setting up offshore businesses from India.
  • Our support extends beyond incorporation, covering ongoing regulatory filings, compliance reviews, directorship advisory, statutory maintenance, and the development of governance and operational frameworks with suitable control mechanisms and exit strategies.

Why Choose Us:

Key Service Offerings

Advisory on Exchange Control Laws and compliance under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA), the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019, the Foreign Exchange Management (Permissible Capital Account Transactions) Regulations, 2000, the Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transaction) Rules, 2020, Foreign Exchange Management (Export of Goods & Services) Regulations, 2015, and allied regulations, including:

  • Understanding capital and Current Account Transactions;

    • Structuring inbound and outbound investments, in alignment with evolving legal and policy frameworks;

    • Developing tailored strategies for market entry, operation, and exits, in compliance with the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-Debt Instruments) Rules, 2019, as amended from time to time;


  • Navigating entry routes, sectoral caps, investment conditions, meeting minimum capitalisation norms and valuation requirements, under the extant FDI Policy for Foreign Direct Investment;

  • Carrying out Overseas Direct Investment, Portfolio Investment from India, as well as the nuances of the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS), which is available for resident individuals, under the Foreign Exchange Management (Overseas Investment) Rules, 2022 read with the Foreign Exchange Management (Overseas Investment) Regulations, 2022 along with the Foreign Exchange Management (Overseas Investment) Directions, 2022;

  • Complying with Export-Import Regulations & Foreign Trade Policy;
    • Assessing regulatory risk and compliance exposure, so as to bridge the gap between global business objectives and India’s regulatory realities;


  • Compliance mechanism for cross-border payments and repatriation of funds;

  • Carrying out ongoing and transactional based reporting/ filings with the Reserve Bank of India, through the Authorized Dealer (AD) Bank;

  • Understanding nuances pertaining to foreign contributions and grants from foreign source, under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 and the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2011;

  • Navigating the requirements of external commercial borrowings (ECBs), under the Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending in Foreign Exchange) Regulations, 2018 read with the Master Directions on ‘External Commercial Borrowings, Trade Credits and Structured Obligations, as updated from time to time.

  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI),
  • The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (erstwhile Foreign Investment Promotion Board),
  • Secretariat for Industrial Assistance,
  • Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Ministry of Finance, Protector Of Emigrants - Delhi, Ministry Of External Affairs, FRRO and other Government and administrative authorities.
  • Liaison, Branch, Project Offices;
  • Wholly-owned subsidiaries or joint ventures in the form of private limited companies or Limited Liability Partnership Firms;
  • Export Oriented Units (EOUs).
New Delhi

A-177 and A-380,
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New Delhi - 110024


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    Opp Commissioner of Police Office, Bengaluru - 560001
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