One accountable Indian advocate for your India work: entry and structuring, ongoing compliance, disputes, and co-counsel for your existing firm. USD invoicing, and work that lands by your morning.
Lynx Legal Partners LLP is a Mumbai-based Indian law firm that acts as Indian-law counsel for foreign companies, overseas law firms, and NRIs. Foreign lawyers and foreign law firms cannot advise on Indian law — under Indian regulation that work is reserved for advocates enrolled in India. We are that layer: we take the Indian-law side of your matter and work alongside your existing counsel, not around them. We invoice in USD or INR, respond within one working day, and turn work around overnight so it reaches you at the start of your day. Fees are transparent and quoted upfront.
If your company, your client or your family has anything legal happening in India, someone with an Indian licence has to carry it. Under the Bar Council of India's 2025 rules, a foreign lawyer or foreign firm may handle only foreign law, international law and international arbitration on a reciprocity basis — advising on Indian law and appearing in Indian courts remains reserved for advocates enrolled in India. Your own firm knows this; it's why cross-border matters need Indian counsel on the ground.
We're built to be that counsel for people who aren't in the room in India: clear scope, predictable fees agreed before we start, and a single accountable partner who answers on your timeline — not an associate pyramid you never meet.
GCCs and captives, wholly-owned subsidiaries, JVs, and companies selling into India — from choosing the right entity through the employment, POSH, data-protection and tax exposure that builds up after the setup consultant hands over.
See our Multinational & Foreign Investment practice →We take the Indian-law layer and keep you in front of your client. Diligence, contracts governed by Indian law, regulatory sign-off, enforcement and India-seated arbitration — handled to your standard, invoiced to your firm, on your deadlines.
Property title and possession, family and succession matters, and disputes in India — run for you while you're abroad, with someone accountable who reports in your time zone.
You deal with a named advocate who owns your matter end-to-end — not a rotating bench.
Mumbai runs several hours ahead of the US, UK and EU. Send at your end of day; review it at your start of day.
We invoice in USD (or GBP/EUR/INR) with clear scope lines — no hourly mystery, no surprise bills.
Every engagement is scoped and agreed in writing before work begins. You'll have the fee before we start.
NDA-first engagement, secure document handling, and data practices aligned to India's DPDP Act.
Entry, compliance, IP, contracts, disputes and tax — one firm, one relationship, for all of your India work.
Our partners trained as engineers before they qualified as advocates — so when the work touches software, data, IP or a technical build, we read the architecture, not just the agreement. We're anchored in Mumbai with representation across Delhi-NCR, Prayagraj and Bengaluru, and we run allied ventures in ADR (FEAM), legal research (JIRMI) and legal-tech (NyayTech) — the corroboration a foreign buyer looks for when choosing counsel they can't meet in person.
In most sectors, yes — 100% foreign ownership is allowed under the "automatic route," meaning no prior government approval is needed, subject to sectoral conditions. Some sectors have caps or require government approval, and any investment from an entity of a country sharing a land border with India requires prior government approval (Press Note 3, 2020). We confirm the route for your specific sector before you commit capital.
Because Indian regulation doesn't permit it. Under the Bar Council of India's 2025 rules, foreign lawyers and foreign firms may practise only foreign law, international law and international arbitration, on reciprocity — Indian-law advice and Indian court appearances are reserved for advocates enrolled in India. We act as your Indian-law counsel and work alongside your firm, so you keep the client relationship and we carry the India piece.
Yes. We regularly take the Indian-law layer on cross-border matters — diligence, Indian-law-governed contracts, regulatory clearances, enforcement and India-seated arbitration — invoiced to your firm and delivered to your deadlines.
Indian counsel is materially less expensive than equivalent US or UK work. We scope and quote upfront in USD (or your preferred currency), so you approve the fee before work starts — no hourly open-ended billing.
It works in your favour. Because Mumbai is several hours ahead, we turn work around overnight — send at your end of day and it's typically waiting at your start of day. We acknowledge new matters within one working day.
We engage under NDA, handle documents through secure channels, and keep data practices aligned with India's DPDP framework.
A wholly-owned subsidiary is the most flexible and can trade and hire freely (100% FDI in most sectors). A branch office is an extension of the foreign parent for a limited set of activities and needs RBI approval. A liaison (representative) office can't earn commercial income and is for market study/coordination only, also RBI-approved. We recommend the structure that fits what you actually plan to do in India — and tell you plainly when the simplest option is enough.
Message us on WhatsApp, or send the short form — we acknowledge within one working day, and your first response lands by your morning.
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Lynx Legal Partners LLP · LLPIN: ABB-6277 · Registered office: Mumbai
