Multinational & Foreign Investment

Multinational & Foreign Investment Law | Lynx Legal Partners
Multinational & Foreign Investment

Your India entity is live — but employment, POSH, DPDP and transfer-pricing exposure usually aren't. One accountable counsel can close all four before they reach the board.

Most GCCs and foreign entrants get the incorporation right and then run for a year or two on whatever the setup consultant or global counsel handed over. That gap — no accountable India counsel post hand-over — is exactly where employment claims, POSH complaints, DPDP exposure, and transfer-pricing risk accumulate quietly.

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Accountable India counsel for GCCs, captives, and foreign entrants — from entity setup through the moment global HQ stops thinking about it

Lynx Legal Partners LLP is a Mumbai-based foreign investment and multinational corporate law practice. India now hosts roughly 2,100 Global Capability Centres — a majority Americas-headquartered — and it's the mid-market and PE-backed captives, not just the flagship names, that are growing fastest and need a legal partner who's actually reachable.

We work alongside the EOR/PEO providers and GCC-setup consultants who handle incorporation, and we're built for the moment they hand the entity over to you — when someone internally has to own employment contracts, POSH compliance, data protection, and transfer-pricing positions on an ongoing basis, not just at Day One.

Where most engagements start

A fixed-fee India-entry & compliance pack — covering entity structure sign-off, employment and POSH readiness, a DPDP gap-check, and a transfer-pricing/PE exposure check, priced upfront. Clients typically move into a standing GCC India-counsel retainer covering employment, contracts, DPDP, IP, and international tax — and, for those that scale, IPO-readiness advisory.

Who we serve

GCC / Captive Operators — India MD or Country Head Foreign Companies Entering India Mid-Market & PE-Backed Captives Companies at the BOT Hand-Over Moment Joint Venture Partners — Foreign & Indian Multinational Corporations Expanding in India Indian Companies Making Outbound Investments
What we handle

Seven ways we keep your India presence covered

India Entry Strategy & FDI Structuring

  • Entity structure advisory (WOS, JV, LLP, branch/liaison office)
  • Automatic vs. government-route analysis
  • Sectoral FDI cap & Press Note 3 advisory
  • GCC & captive-unit setup structuring

FEMA Compliance & RBI Filings

  • FC-GPR / FC-TRS filing management
  • FEMA pricing & valuation compliance
  • Annual FLA return & downstream-investment filings
  • FEMA compounding for historical violations

Employment, POSH & HR Compliance for GCCs

  • Employment contract & policy build-out
  • POSH Act — Internal Committee & complaint handling
  • State-wise shops & establishment compliance
  • India-head onboarding & HR-ops legal support

Joint Ventures & Foreign Collaborations

  • JV agreement drafting & negotiation
  • Technology transfer & licensing agreements
  • Governance frameworks for foreign-invested entities
  • JV dispute management & arbitration

Subsidiary Management & Ongoing Compliance

  • Annual ROC & MCA filings
  • Board governance & secretarial compliance
  • Liaison/branch/project office RBI compliance
  • DPDP Act compliance for the India entity

Transfer Pricing & PE Advisory — Legal Side

  • TP dispute & appeal representation
  • Permanent-establishment risk review
  • Intra-group service & management-fee structuring
  • APA process support (documentation CA-led)

Outbound Investment & Sectoral FDI

  • Overseas Direct Investment (ODI) structuring
  • Cross-border M&A & holding-structure advisory
  • Bilateral Investment Treaty protection
  • Sectoral FDI — insurance, defence, space, fintech

Just handed over from your setup consultant?

Send us your entity structure and current HR/compliance status — we'll flag what's exposed, fixed-fee, same week.