Land Acquisition and Development

• Conducting comprehensive title searches and due diligence across multiple Indian states.
• Offering guidance on procuring statutory permissions, approvals, and zoning requirements, with attention to timelines.
• Structuring and drafting conveyance documents for aggregation and other purposes.
• Providing advice on stamp duty, registration fees, and other acquisition costs.

Project Development and Construction Contracts

• Structuring and advising on development contracts for various projects, including joint development arrangements, redevelopments, and slum rehabilitation schemes.
• Offering expertise in developing industrial parks, logistic parks, and SEZs.
• Advising on documentation and agreements with contractors, architects, engineers, and other stakeholders.
• Drafting documents related to the sale or allotment of units or areas within a project, such as agreement to sell, conveyance documents, lease agreements, and possession letters.

RERA Compliance Advisory

• Assisting developers with RERA compliance and guiding them through the project registration process in different Indian states.
• Advising developers and promoters on specific compliance issues related to various projects.
• Providing guidance to banks, financial institutions, and developers on RERA compliance, including mechanisms to ensure project compliance with RERA provisions.

Due Diligence

• Conducting title searches with government offices like Sub-Registrar of Assurances and Revenue Authorities.
• Furnishing title due diligence reports and certificates for properties across different states in India, necessary for acquisitions, mortgages, and other transactions.
• Conducting due diligence for property-owning entities when required for acquisition or investment purposes.

SPV Acquisitions and Investments

• Advising on transactions structured for the acquisition of property-owning entities.
• Drafting and providing counsel on documentation, including Memoranda of Understanding, Term Sheets, and share transfer or investment agreements.

Innovative Real Estate Opportunities

• Offering guidance on new formats and structures for addressing specific opportunities in infrastructure, spiritual tourism, health and wellness centers, and star-rated hotels, including single-brand concessionaires of international brands in the real estate sector.

Leasing Transactions

• Conducting comprehensive title searches and verifying titles.
• Drafting lease agreements and leave and license documents.
• Providing advice on stamp duty and registration requirements.

Venture Capital and Corporate Commercial Requirements

• Offering specific advice on VC fund structuring, formation, deployment, and exit strategies.
• Assisting with fund structuring, formation, deployment, and exit planning.
• Managing applications and approvals from regulatory authorities when necessary.

DIRECT TAXATION IN REAL ESTATE

Entry Strategy

• Advising on tax-efficient investment structuring.
• Operation of Venture/Project
• Providing guidance on availing tax exemption benefits and deductions for specific real estate activities.
• Offering tax planning strategies to minimize the impact of Corporate Tax, Dividend Distribution Tax, and Minimum Alternate Tax.

Fund Exit

• Advising on tax planning to minimize applicable taxes when exiting a project, based on the chosen exit mode.

INDIRECT TAXATION IN REAL ESTATE

• Reviewing project arrangements and agreements from an Indirect Tax perspective, identifying tax exposures, and exploring potential savings within the legal framework.
• Offering advice on alternatives to optimize Indirect Tax implications.