Client Case Studies
How foreign companies actually navigated incorporation, FDI/FEMA, tax and compliance in India — real engagements, real outcomes.
Duty-Free Capital Goods Under EPCG: Meeting a 6x Export Obligation Without Straining Working Capital
When this natural ingredients manufacturer needed specialized processing machinery, A2 structured the import under the EPCG scheme instead …
Read case study →Structuring a Multinational's India Cash Repatriation and FX Hedging Under RBI Rules
This multinational's India subsidiary was accumulating INR cash with no structured repatriation plan and no FX hedging policy against its r…
Read case study →Adapting a Foreign Employer's HR Policies to India's Four New Labour Codes
With India's four new Labour Codes changing wage definitions, working hours, and statutory contributions, this employer's existing HR polic…
Read case study →Registering and Defending a Foreign Brand's Trademark in India Before a Local Copycat Could
Before this consumer brand had even launched in India, a local business had started using a confusingly similar mark. A2 fast-tracked the t…
Read case study →Preparing an Indian Manufacturing Subsidiary's Data for a European Parent's CSRD Reporting
When its European parent became subject to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, this Indian subsidiary had to start producing …
Read case study →Hiring in India Without an Entity: Onboarding a Remote Team Through an EOR
A foreign company wanted to hire engineers in India without first setting up a subsidiary. A2 structured the hires through an Employer of R…
Read case study →Getting a Foreign Executive Onto the Right Work Visa Without Delaying Their India Start Date
A foreign company needed its incoming India country head legally working from day one. A2 identified the right visa category, managed FRRO …
Read case study →Recovering Over USD 20 Million in Export Tax Refunds for Export-Oriented Units, Across the VAT and GST Regimes
Export-oriented units routinely have working capital locked up in tax paid on inputs used for zero-rated exports. Across the previous VAT a…
Read case study →Beyond Duty-Free Imports: Combining EPCG, MEIS, and RODTEP to Capture Every Export Benefit
For this biotech-based natural ingredients manufacturer, duty-free capital goods import under EPCG was only the starting point. A2 also sec…
Read case study →Exiting India When the Global Business Closes: A European Payments Company's Share Sale, Not a Liquidation
When its ultimate parent, a major European telecom group, decided to close this digital payments business worldwide, the India subsidiary f…
Read case study →From Incorporation to Exit: A Chinese Metering Manufacturer's India Subsidiary Changes Hands to Its Local Partner
A2 incorporated this company's India subsidiary as a wholly-owned entity years earlier. When the Chinese parent decided to exit the Indian …
Read case study →Executing a Cross-Border Share Exit: Withholding Tax, FEMA Board Compliance in One Transaction
A foreign-held Indian joint-venture company needed one shareholder bought out by its overseas co-investor. The transaction touched company …
Read case study →Why a Furniture Manufacturer's India Investment Was Routed Through UAE, Not Mauritius
A foreign furniture manufacturer planned to route its India investment through Mauritius, the traditional default. A jurisdiction-by-jurisd…
Read case study →Excluding Mismatched Comparables: A Single-Product Manufacturer vs. Diversified, 5x-Larger Peers
A manufacturer of one semi-finished commodity product was benchmarked against diversified, multi-product companies with roughly five times …
Read case study →Defending a First-Year Manufacturer Against Transfer Pricing Benchmark
Defending a first-year manufacturer against an unadjusted TP benchmark A first-year SEZ apparel exporter was benchmarked against ten fully…
Read case study →Korean Company SEZ unit in India | Setup in 40 Days | PoA-Based Incorporation
Korean SEZ Unit India Incorporation in <40 Days via PoA Overview A Korea-based company established its India entity rapidly by enabling …
Read case study →UK Law Firm's Hyderabad GCC: Incorporated in Under 40 Days, Now 100+ Lawyers
A UK law firm needed its Hyderabad Global Capability Centre up and running fast, without every document making a round trip through UK apos…
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