Entity Selection Advisory : Comprehensive evaluation and recommendation across all available legal entity forms  sole proprietorship, partnership firm, LLP, private limited company, one-person company, public limited company, and section 8 company  based on the client’s business profile, goals, and constraints. Each option is assessed across tax treatment, liability exposure, compliance burden, governance requirements, and scalability.

Tax-Efficiency Analysis Across Structures : Comparative analysis of the tax implications of different entity structures  including corporate tax rates, pass-through taxation for partnerships and LLPs, dividend taxation, capital gains treatment, and the availability of startup-specific tax benefits. The structure recommendation is always grounded in a clear understanding of its long-term tax cost and efficiency.

Ownership & Shareholding Structure Design : Advisory on how equity ownership should be allocated and documented among founders, co-founders, investors, and key employees  including shareholding ratios, class of shares, voting rights, preference share structures, and anti-dilution provisions. A well-designed ownership structure protects founder interests while accommodating future investment.

Holding Company & Group Structure Planning : For businesses with multiple ventures, product lines, or geographies, we design group structures that optimise for tax efficiency, operational separation, liability containment, and ease of investment or exit at the individual entity level. This includes the design of holding company arrangements, subsidiary structures, and inter-entity ownership frameworks.

Conversion & Restructuring Advisory : Advisory and procedural support for converting an existing business from one legal form to another  proprietorship to LLP or private limited company, partnership to LLP, private limited to public limited  including the tax implications of conversion, the legal process involved, and the compliance transition plan.

Family Business Structuring : Specialised advisory for family-owned businesses covering ownership formalisation, succession planning, separation of business and personal assets, governance frameworks for multi-generational management, and tax-efficient wealth transfer strategies. Family business structuring requires a careful balance of commercial, legal, and personal considerations  and we bring the sensitivity and expertise that this balance demands.

Joint Venture & Partnership Structuring : Advisory on the most appropriate structure for joint venture arrangements and business partnerships  including the choice between contractual JVs, LLP structures, and company-based arrangements, along with the design of profit-sharing, governance, exit, and dispute resolution frameworks.

Pre-Investment Structure Review & Optimisation : For businesses preparing to raise external equity, we review the existing structure and recommend any adjustments needed to make it investor-compatible  including cap table clean-up, conversion of preference instruments, simplification of complex structures, and alignment with investor expectations on governance and reporting.