Best Law Firms for Inbound investment Internship in 2024

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What is Inbound investment law practice?

As one of the world’s largest and fastest growing economies, India offers immense opportunities for foreign investors who wish to establish businesses or invest in India. Investment Such inflow of funds and capital from other countries into India, in any sector is termed as Inbound Investment.

Over the years, the Government has actively simplified and eased out policies for Foreign Investment in India. Various sectors such as Information Technology (IT) and Information Technology Enabled Service (ITES), telecommunications, power services, retail, automobiles, real-estate, food processing, oil & Natural gas, chemicals and manufacturing have attracted foreign investments in the recent years.

Inbound investment can be broadly classified into:

• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
• Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI)
• Foreign Institutional Investment (FII)

 

Due to the complex nature of investing or doing business in India, foreign investors liaise with Indian law firms to guide them through the practical, legal, social, political and commercial nuances.

Some of the areas where law firms add value to their clients include:

• Advise on an India entry approaches
• Obtaining optimal ownership and jurisdiction for investments or businesses in India
• Capital structuring with consideration to foreign exchange policies and repatriation needs
• Entity structuring – e.g., Joint venture, takeover, subsidiary, partnership
• Obtaining necessary regulatory approvals from statutory and regulatory bodies like the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), Central and State Governments
• Tax management strategies
• Due diligence
• Compliance and regulatory filings

 

Among the factors that introduces complexity to FDI investment in India is that the Government specifies an investment cap in some sectors; and also mandates offsets in some sectors like defence. Law firms are required to track the changing FDI policies in India and advise their clients accordingly.

Best Law Firms for Inbound investment Practice Internship in 2024 for LLB Students

This list of best law firms is sorted in alphabetical order.

• Aarna Law – Bengaluru, New Delhi, Mumbai
• Agama Law Associates – Mumbai
• ALMT Legal – Bengaluru, Mumbai
• Athena Legal – New Delhi
• AZB & Partners – Mumbai, Bengaluru, Gurugram, New Delhi, Pune
• Calibre Legal – Chennai
• Chadha & Co – New Delhi
• Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas – Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi
• Desai & Diwanji – Mumbai, Gurugram, New Delhi
• Ezy Laws – Mumbai, Lucknow, New Delhi
• Fox Mandal & Associates – Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad
• Gagrats – Mumbai, New Delhi
• HSA Advocates – New Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai
• India Law Offices – New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Goa, Ahmedabad, Pune, Noida, Gurugram
• Juris Corp – Mumbai, Bengaluru, New Delhi
• Kanga & Company – Mumbai
• Lex Consult – Mumbai
• Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe – Mumbai, Bengaluru, New Delhi
• Phoenix Legal – New Delhi, Mumbai
• Pier Counsel – Gurugram
• PSA Legal Counsellors – New Delhi, Chennai
• Saakshya Law – Bengaluru
• Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors – New Delhi
• Shivadass & Shivadass – Bengaluru
• Singhania & Partners – New Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad
• Veritas Legal – Mumbai
• Wakhariya & Wakhariya – Mumbai

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