The board-level case, before a rupee is committed
India Investment Advisory
One Accountable Partner, Start to Finish.
Our India Investment Advisory helps Global Enterprises evaluate and structure their India Market Entry before Capital is committed. We bring Strategy, FDI and Regulatory Approvals, Entity and Infrastructure Setup, Managed Operations, and Incentives together under one accountable engagement.
What This Covers
- ✓ India market entry strategy, sized and structured before capital moves
- ✓ FDI route, FEMA/RBI and sector approvals — filed, tracked, closed
- ✓ Legal entity, facility and infrastructure delivered on the ground
- ✓ Finance, payroll, compliance and reporting run under SLA
- ✓ Every central and state incentive you qualify for, captured
Before Anything Else
Most India Investments Don't Stall On The Decision. They Stall Between The Handoffs.
A market-entry advisor hands off to a law firm. The law firm hands off to a compliance consultant, who hands off to a facilities vendor, who hands off to a payroll provider — and somewhere in that chain, an incentive filing deadline quietly passes. Every handoff is a place institutional knowledge gets lost or an approval gets missed, and by the time it surfaces, it's the board asking why. We run advisory, approvals, setup and operations as one coordinated programme, not five separate procurements.
Pillar 01 · India Investment Advisory
Get The Decision Right Before The First Rupee Moves
The board-level case, before a rupee is committed
Whether you're entering India through a GCC, a manufacturing plant, a joint venture or a wholly owned subsidiary, the first decision is the same: does this make sense, and how should it be structured? We build the market-entry case, size the opportunity, evaluate partners and locations, and recommend the right entry mode before capital moves.
- ✓ India Market Entry Strategy
- ✓ Investment Opportunity Assessment
- ✓ Investment Business Case
- ✓ Investment Structuring & Advisory
- ✓ Entry Mode Selection (Subsidiary, LLP, JV, Branch)
- ✓ Location & State Intelligence
- ✓ Partner & JV Evaluation
- ✓ Sector & Regulatory Feasibility Study
Advisory 01 · Strategic Assessment
Does India Belong In This Year's Plan, Or Next Year's?
Before a business case gets built, someone has to answer a blunter question: is now the right time, and does this compete credibly against every other claim on the same capital and management attention? We run that conversation with the board directly, so the India decision is made deliberately — not by default because a competitor announced something first.
- ✓ Market timing assessment against competitor moves
- ✓ Board and executive alignment on the India thesis
- ✓ Capital sequencing against other strategic priorities
- ✓ Build-versus-partner-versus-acquire framing
- ✓ Risk appetite calibration for a first India move
- ✓ A documented go / no-go decision, either way
Advisory 02 · Opportunity Sizing
Size The Opportunity Before You Size The Team
A market-entry case is only as good as the numbers underneath it. We size the addressable opportunity for your specific product or service — not a generic "India is big" narrative — and stress-test it against the cost and currency dynamics that determine whether the arbitrage actually survives contact with a real P&L.
- ✓ Addressable market sizing for the specific offering
- ✓ Demand-side validation — customer or distributor signals
- ✓ Cost-arbitrage modelling against the home-market baseline
- ✓ Competitive landscape and white-space mapping
- ✓ Currency and repatriation sensitivity analysis
- ✓ Base, upside and downside revenue scenarios
Advisory 03 · Business Case
The Document The Board Actually Signs Off On
The opportunity assessment becomes a business case once it can survive an investment committee — capital ask, phasing, return profile and a risk register with named mitigations, not generic caveats. We build the document to the standard your committee already holds every other capital request to, so India isn't graded on a curve.
- ✓ Capital requirement and phasing across the investment horizon
- ✓ Return profile modelling — IRR, payback, break-even
- ✓ Risk register with named mitigations, not disclaimers
- ✓ Sensitivity analysis against currency, cost and demand shocks
- ✓ Board-ready presentation, not an internal working draft
- ✓ Approval-pathway mapping for your specific committee
Advisory 04 · Deal Structuring
Structure The Capital Before You Wire It
How the investment is funded — equity, debt or a blend, onshore or through an intermediate holding jurisdiction — is a decision made once and lived with for years. We work the structuring question before capital moves, so the entity that gets built in Entity Setup & Infrastructure is executing a plan, not improvising around a structure fixed too early.
- ✓ Equity-versus-debt funding mix and thin-capitalisation exposure
- ✓ Holding jurisdiction and tax-treaty access evaluation
- ✓ Onshore-versus-offshore structuring for IP and contracts
- ✓ Round-tripping and outbound-investment compliance screening
- ✓ Funding instrument selection — equity, CCDs, ECBs
- ✓ Exit-route planning built in at structuring, not after
Advisory 05 · Entry Mode
Four Paths In, One Right Answer For Your Model
Subsidiary, LLP, joint venture or branch each carry different control, liability and repatriation profiles — the right choice depends on your specific business model, not a default. We compare all four against your actual requirements, then hand the selected structure to Entity Setup & Infrastructure for the permanent-establishment and tax-residency work that follows.
- ✓ Control and governance requirements against structure options
- ✓ Capital repatriation and dividend planning by entry mode
- ✓ Speed-to-market comparison across structures
- ✓ Liability exposure and ring-fencing considerations
- ✓ Minimum capital and ongoing compliance-burden comparison
- ✓ Conversion pathway mapped, in case the entry mode needs to change
Advisory 06 · Partner Diligence
The Wrong Partner Costs More Than No Partner
A joint venture is only as strong as the diligence done before signing — financial health, litigation history and strategic alignment matter as much as the commercial terms. We screen prospective partners on all three, then negotiate the Shareholders Agreement terms that actually govern the relationship once things get difficult, not just when they're going well.
- ✓ Financial health and litigation-history screening
- ✓ Strategic alignment and exit-scenario compatibility
- ✓ Reputation and regulatory-standing due diligence
- ✓ Shareholders Agreement terms — reserved matters, deadlock provisions
- ✓ Valuation and capital-contribution structuring
- ✓ Cultural and operating-model compatibility assessment
Advisory 07 · Feasibility
Confirm The Sector Is Open Before You Build The Model
Sector-specific FDI caps, licensing regimes and state-level variation can each quietly invalidate months of business-case work if they surface late. We screen for them first — before the opportunity assessment and business case are built — so time isn't spent modelling a structure the sector doesn't actually permit.
- ✓ Sector-specific FDI cap and conditionality screening
- ✓ Licensing and regulatory-regime mapping
- ✓ Sunset clauses and policy-stability assessment
- ✓ State-level regulatory variation screening
- ✓ Environmental and land-use feasibility screening
- ✓ Red flags escalated before the business case is finalised
Pillar 02 · Entry & Regulatory Approvals
Every Approval, Filed, Tracked And Closed
Cleared to invest, compliant from day one
India welcomes foreign investment — 100% FDI is permitted under the automatic route in most sectors — but the approvals still have to be filed correctly and on time. We manage the FDI route and sectoral approvals, FEMA and RBI filings, JV and statutory registrations, and every environmental, competition and import-export clearance your entry requires.
- ✓ FDI Route & Sectoral Approval
- ✓ FEMA & RBI Compliance (FC-GPR, FC-TRS, FLA)
- ✓ JV Formation & Statutory Approvals
- ✓ Sector-Specific Licenses & Regulatory NOCs
- ✓ Environmental & Pollution Control Clearances
- ✓ Competition (CCI) Approval
- ✓ Import-Export & Customs Registration
- ✓ Labour & Statutory Registrations
Pillar 03 · Entity Setup & Infrastructure
From Cleared On Paper To Operating On The Ground
Operational on the ground, built to scale
Approval on paper isn't a functioning business. We turn a cleared entity into a real operating presence — incorporated, resourced and running — coordinating legal setup, facilities, supply chain, banking, finance infrastructure and leadership hiring as one programme instead of nine separate vendors.
- ✓ Entry Structure, PE & Tax Residency Strategy
- ✓ Legal Entity Incorporation
- ✓ Manufacturing Facility Setup
- ✓ Site Selection & Leasing
- ✓ Plant & Utility Infrastructure Planning
- ✓ Vendor & Supply Chain Ecosystem Setup
- ✓ Capital Structure & Local Debt Funding
- ✓ Finance, Tax & Payroll Infrastructure
- ✓ Leadership & Workforce Hiring
- ✓ Work Migration & Go-Live Support
Pillar 04 · Managed Back-Office Services
We Run It Under SLA. You Keep The Upside.
We run it under SLA. You keep the upside.
Once you're live, finance, payroll, compliance and reporting need to run correctly every month, without fail. We operate your back office under a measured SLA — spanning the same compliance domains we track for every India engagement — so your team stays focused on the business, not the back office behind it.
- ✓ SLA-Driven Operations Management
- ✓ Accounting & Bookkeeping
- ✓ Finance, Tax & Regulatory Reporting
- ✓ Payroll & Labour Law Compliance
- ✓ HR & Employee Lifecycle Management
- ✓ Statutory & Secretarial Compliance
- ✓ Governance, Risk & Compliance Management
- ✓ Vendor & Ecosystem Management
- ✓ Performance Reporting & MIS Dashboards
Pillar 05 · Government Incentives & Promotion
Every Incentive You Qualify For, Captured
Capturing every incentive you qualify for
India's incentive landscape is real money — production-linked incentives, state-level subsidies, SEZ and GIFT City benefits, single-window facilitation — left unclaimed by investors who don't know where to look or how to file. We map what you qualify for and drive it to approval, not just a slide.
- ✓ Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme
- ✓ State Industrial Policy & Subsidy Incentives
- ✓ SEZ & Export Incentive Advisory
- ✓ Investment Promotion & Government Liaison
- ✓ Single-Window & Ease-of-Doing-Business Facilitation
- ✓ Central & State Approval Coordination
The Full Journey
From First Advisory Call To Day-To-Day Operations
One coordinated path — not five separate procurements.
India Investment Advisory
Market entry strategy, opportunity assessment and structuring — before capital moves.
Learn more →Entry & Regulatory Approvals
FDI route, FEMA/RBI filings, JV formation and every sector-specific approval, tracked on one register.
Learn more →Entity Setup & Infrastructure
Entity incorporated, facility and infrastructure delivered, operational on the ground.
Learn more →Managed Back-Office Services
Finance, payroll, compliance and reporting, run under SLA.
Learn more →Government Incentives & Promotion
Every central and state incentive you qualify for, captured and driven to approval.
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Compliance, Built In
The Same Backbone Behind Every Accelor Engagement
Nine regulatory domains, tracked from the day you sign — not discovered after a deadline is missed.
Corporate & Entity Compliance
Companies Act, MCA filings, SEZ/STPI, NCLT and RBI obligations from incorporation onward.
13 checkpointsFEMA & Foreign Exchange
RBI master directions, FDI/ECB filings, Form FC-GPR and FLA returns.
10 checkpointsInternational Tax & Cross-Border
Transfer pricing (Form 3CEB), BEPS, DTAA, PE risk and CbCR.
13 checkpointsLabour & Employment
Labour Codes, POSH Act, EPF/ESIC and contractor compliance.
11 checkpointsData Privacy & Cybersecurity
DPDP Act, GDPR, CERT-In directions, ISO 27001 and SOC 2.
12 checkpointsFinance, Tax & Statutory Reporting
GST, TDS, Ind AS/IFRS statements, statutory audit and CARO.
12 checkpointsGovernance, Risk & ESG
AML/KYC, sanctions screening, BRSR and ESG disclosures.
12 checkpointsGovernment Incentives
PLI schemes, state subsidies, SEZ and GIFT City tax holidays.
9 checkpointsExpat & Global Mobility
Visas, FRRO registration, shadow payroll and social security totalization.
14 checkpointsWhy Accelor
One Accountable Partner. Not Five Different Vendors.
One Team, Five Pillars
Advisory, approvals, entity setup and back-office operations run by one accountable team — not five separate procurements.
Executive Judgment, Not Junior Consultants
Led by people who have run India and cross-border operations directly — as CEO, MD and CFO — not analysts presenting research about it.
India-Ground Regulatory Command
Live command of FEMA, RBI, FDI routes and state-level policy — tracked and current, not a slide deck from two budgets ago.
Compliance Mapped From Day One
9 domains, 55+ Acts and 106+ checkpoints tracked from signing — planned for, not discovered after a deadline is missed.
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