Your Complete Outside Legal Department, From Daily Compliance to Global Expansion
Your complete outside legal department: end-to-end company-law advisory, proactive corporate-governance risk intelligence, and cross-border regulatory architecture across India, the UAE, and the USA. Senior corporate counsel paired with a tech-enabled ALSP operations engine on predictable flat-fee retainers, so daily filings run on schedule, your board stays ahead of regulatory risk, and international expansion is structured from one desk.
Scope of Work
What We Deliver Under Company Law & Corporate Governance.
The named, recurring work an enterprise client engages us for in this practice. Adjacent matters are common, scoped on the call.
- External General Counsel (GC-as-a-Service): day-to-day contracts, board support, investor coordination, and executive escalations without internal headcount overhead
- Companies Act 2013 compliance: all routine and event-based ROC/MCA filings, statutory registers, and audit-ready books, on a calendarised ALSP desk
- Entity setup: Private Limited, Public Limited, and LLP formation, with protective MoA/AoA drafting for founders
- Board, AGM, and committee documentation: agendas, resolutions, minutes, and secretarial standards
- Related-party transaction structuring and risk scoring built to withstand regulatory and institutional audit
- Governance intelligence: vulnerability assessments, director-exposure mapping, compliance heat maps, and scenario testing
- SEBI LODR continuous disclosure, insider-trading controls, and board-committee advisory for listed and regulated entities
- Cross-border architecture: holding companies and SPVs including Delaware and Dubai/ADGM, FEMA inbound and outbound remittances, and transfer-pricing alignment, with local-qualified counsel
- Due diligence and investment readiness: compliance clean-up ahead of a raise, virtual data room management, and red-flag reporting
- Crisis and white-collar defence coordination: founder deadlocks, whistleblower events, and SFIO / ED / MCA / SEBI proceedings, with representation by empanelled advocates
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About the app →How we compare
The Difference Is the Operating Model, Not Just the Price.
| What you need | Traditional law firms | Big 4 legal arms & consultancies | The LawCrust way |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delivery model | Reactive and request-led; hourly billing that discourages continuous board collaboration. | Structurally broad, but often detached from on-the-ground Indian regulatory and litigation realities. | Integrated external general counsel: continuous, predictable retainers with embedded tech delivery. |
| Operational scale | Built for bespoke transaction advisory; not structured to run day-to-day legal operations. | Strong on process, lighter on senior litigation coordination during an MCA/SFIO escalation. | Dual-engine execution: senior advisory and ALSP/LPO desks in sync, with litigation coordinated through empanelled advocates. |
| Risk posture | Retrospective; legal exposure is assessed after an enforcement notice arrives. | Check-the-box compliance metrics that can miss hidden governance vulnerabilities. | Proactive governance intelligence: continuous risk analytics, exposure mapping, and scenario testing. |
Who it's for
The Buyer Profile.
Startups and scaleups keeping cap tables, ESOP pools, and investor rounds funding-ready; foreign companies and Fortune 500 subsidiaries entering India; global capability centres (GCCs) needing full legal localisation; PE and VC funds running diligence and governance across portfolios; family businesses structuring succession and shareholder protection; and listed and highly regulated companies under SEBI LODR.
Regulators & Frameworks
Bodies and frameworks we operate under.
- MCA / ROC
- SEBI
- RBI / FEMA
- SFIO
- NCLT
- ICSI
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Global Capability Centers (GCCs) & Tech Hubs
Complete legal localisation for captive units and offshore hubs: operational governance, IP capitalisation, and employment-law architecture.
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Startups, Scaleups & Venture-Backed Companies
Cap-table verification, investor-round coordination, ESOP pool formulation, clean founder-vesting governance, and fast contract turnaround.
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Foreign Companies Entering India
Turnkey market entry: entity setup, FEMA compliance, regulatory licensing, and cross-border tax structuring with local-qualified counsel.
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Private Equity & Venture Capital Funds
Institutional transaction support, independent due diligence, forensic data-room management, and risk isolation across portfolios.
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Family-Led Businesses & Conglomerates
Structured reorganisation, inter-generational succession governance, shareholder protection, and asset-isolation frameworks.
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Listed Entities & Highly Regulated Corporations
SEBI LODR compliance, governance framework creation, insider-trading prevention systems, and board-committee advisory.
Critical areas
Corporate Crisis, White-Collar Defence & Governance Remediation.
Executive defence
Protecting directors and independent directors against personal-liability exposure under the Companies Act 2013 and economic-offence statutes, with structured board-protection frameworks.
Compliance remediation
Managing your response to regulatory action and investigations by the SFIO, ED, MCA, SEBI, or CCI, with representation handled by empanelled advocates.
Systemic stabilisation
Resolving hostile board feuds, deadlocks, and whistleblower events while preserving business continuity.
Founder fallouts & board gridlocks
Resolving shareholder-oppression claims, minority-interest stalemates, and founder exits before they escalate into value destruction.
Restructuring & distressed workouts
Structuring capital adjustments and corporate spin-offs, and coordinating IBC matters at the NCLT/NCLAT, with representation by empanelled advocates.
Cross-border commercial disputes
Formulating arbitration and enforcement strategy across major venues (SIAC, LCIA, DIAC, ICC), instructing counsel of record as required.
Engagement & retainer models
Structured, Scoped Models Instead of Open-Ended Hourly Billing.
External GC Retainer
Embedded general counsel, strategic board support, investor-round oversight, and high-stakes crisis coordination, for growth-stage and PE-backed companies.
Compliance & Governance ALSP Desk
The full MCA/ROC filing engine, calendarised secretarial operations, commercial contract desks, and legal workflow portals on flat-fee infrastructure.
Global Cross-Border Desk
Multi-country architecture, FEMA and inbound/outbound FDI, US/UAE/India alignment, and transfer-pricing monitoring from one desk.
How we engage
From Scoping Call to First Deliverable.
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Scoping call
A 45-minute conversation to understand your matter, jurisdictions, and operating cadence. Initial calls are nominal.
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Engagement letter
Scope, fees, escalation paths, and SLAs in writing within 2-5 business days.
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Onboarding
Secure document handover, system access, named counsel allocated.
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Delivery & reviews
Monthly drumbeat for retainers, quarterly business reviews where the matter calls for it.
Procurement-ready
Built to Clear Your Procurement Desk.
Committed response standard
Urgent board matters acknowledged within 2 hours via tech-driven intake; routine commercial contract reviews carry a 24-hour target turnaround; complex matters scoped and timelined at intake.
Escalation protocols
A direct line to a dedicated senior corporate counsel for unexpected regulatory notices or live corporate crises.
Confidentiality & conflicts
Formal conflict checks before onboarding, strict client confidentiality, encrypted client portals, and secure data environments.
Onboarding pipeline
Governance diagnostic on Day 1, fixed-scope proposal by Day 3, secure data migration by Day 5, and your dedicated legal desk live by Day 7.
Company Law & Corporate Governance, Frequently Asked
Questions buyers ask before engaging.
Do you handle ROC filings as a managed service?
Yes. All routine and event-based ROC/MCA filings run on a calendarised, flat-fee ALSP desk: statutory registers, member logs, and company books kept current, with automated tracking of filing windows, corporate actions, and board obligations.
Can you support board meetings of listed companies?
Yes. Board agenda preparation, resolution drafting, audit-ready minutes, SEBI LODR continuous disclosure, insider-trading controls, and board-committee advisory are routine for listed clients on retainer.
How is this different from a Company Secretary engagement?
A Company Secretary handles statutory secretarial work; our retainer adds the legal advisory layer, interpreting Companies Act provisions, structuring related-party transactions, and bridging into M&A, capital-markets, and dispute work as the matter requires.
How do the retainers work?
Three structured paths, all flat-fee with no hourly clocks: the External GC Retainer (embedded general counsel, strategic board support, and investor-round oversight), the Compliance & Governance ALSP Desk (the full MCA/ROC filing engine, secretarial operations, and contract desks), and the Global Cross-Border Desk (India, UAE, and USA alignment, FEMA, and transfer-pricing monitoring).
Can you handle a regulatory investigation or a board crisis?
Yes. Our crisis desk coordinates the response to founder fallouts, board deadlocks, whistleblower events, and investigations by the SFIO, ED, MCA, SEBI, or CCI, with representation handled by empanelled advocates. Urgent board matters are acknowledged within 2 hours through tech-driven intake.
Can you set up and run our overseas entities?
Yes. We structure parent companies, holding vehicles, and SPVs, and establish and manage entities in jurisdictions including Delaware (USA) and Dubai/ADGM (UAE) in coordination with local-qualified counsel, with FEMA inbound and outbound remittances and transfer-pricing alignment run from the same desk.
How fast is onboarding?
A 45-minute governance diagnostic on Day 1, a fixed-scope proposal by Day 3, secure migration of your historical records by Day 5, and your dedicated legal desk live with automated calendar tracking and a structured monthly cadence by Day 7.
General questions on engagement, security, and procurement live on the FAQ page.
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