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Overseas investment advisory
We connect Indian capital to operating businesses in Canada and Europe — and we do the unglamorous work of proving those businesses are what the seller says they are.
Two sides of the table
We work for the investor and, separately, for the brand.
Never for both on the same transaction. Whose side we're on is written into the mandate before work begins.
If you're the investor
- Objective mapping — return, residency, involvement, exit horizon
- Market and sector shortlist against your capital and risk appetite
- Target sourcing from live, operating businesses — not listings scraped off a portal
- Full diligence: financial, legal, operational, immigration fit
- Valuation view, deal structure and negotiation support
- Capital routing planned with your CA against current rules
- Post-acquisition SOPs, staffing and an in-country RM on the ground
If you own the business
- Business audit — books, licences, leases, contracts, staffing
- Process mapping and written SOPs, so the business survives the owner leaving
- Valuation view and a defensible information memorandum
- Structure options: outright sale, majority stake, partner buy-in, franchise
- Introductions to screened Indian investors who can actually fund and file
- A managed diligence room instead of scattered email attachments
- Transition plan and handover discipline after the transaction
Diligence
The 40 questions we ask a business before we recommend it.
Here are the ones that kill most deals.
| Area | What we test | What usually breaks |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue quality | Filed returns and bank credits against the seller's management accounts | Cash revenue that disappears once it has to be provable |
| Owner dependency | Whether the business trades normally for a month without the owner present | All key relationships and pricing sit in the owner's head |
| Lease | Remaining term, renewal option, assignment clause, landlord consent | Two years left with no renewal right, on a location-dependent business |
| Licences | Whether the operating licence transfers to a foreign buyer, and how long it takes | The licence is personal to the current holder |
| Staff | Employment terms, key-person risk, statutory dues, retention after change of control | Two senior people leave on day one and take the accounts |
| Concentration | Share of revenue from the top client or supplier | 60% of revenue rests on one contract expiring next quarter |
| Immigration fit | Whether the business, headcount and structure support the visa route you need | The purchase clears but the residency plan behind it doesn't |
Budgeting
The asking price is one layer of four.
The single most common planning error we see is treating the purchase price as the cost of the move. It is usually the part you can borrow against; the three layers under it are the ones that have to be liquid.
Layer order, not scale — proportions differ by sector, province and deal. We model your actual numbers during scoping.
The bridge
Foreign holdings, Indian books — reconciled.
Owning abroad creates obligations at home. We coordinate the plumbing so nothing surfaces two years later as a notice.
- Remittance route mapped with your CA under current LRS / overseas investment rules
- Entity and shareholding structure chosen with tax counsel in both jurisdictions
- Repatriation of profits and eventual sale proceeds planned before entry
- Double-taxation relief coordinated rather than discovered
- Consolidated reporting pack: Indian and overseas assets on one sheet
- Annual audit calendar for both sides held by one coordinator
We coordinate with qualified professionals; we don't ourselves provide tax, legal or investment advice, and nothing here is an offer or a guarantee of return.