Global Expansion & GIFT City Advisory
Grow Across Borders
Long before the word ‘multinational’ was minted, we were trading spices, silk, ideas, and mathematics across oceans. Ships sailed out, and knowledge flowed back. More than planting flags on the map, global business expansion is focused on global presence to make sense on paper and in practice. GIFT City, in a way, is India’s answer to the world’s financial crossroads. Aimed to be the country’s international financial gateway, our GIFT city consultants understand the promise to turn it into a value-generating base for cross-border operations.
The Delights We Deliver:
Global Business Expansion and GIFT City Advisory
GIFT City & IFSC Structuring
GIFT City was imagined as a promise of a serious system with global access and financial sophistication. Ekatva helps businesses operate within GIFT City’s IFSC framework. We help you walk through the eligibility thresholds, FEMA positioning, RBI and SEBI expectations, and tax consequences that only surface when a transaction begins to move.
Global Entity Setup & Compliance
An overseas entity often begins with optimism and ends with reminders and explanations, mostly because no one planned for the life of the entity after incorporation. Our global business expansion strategy helps us focus on what comes after the certificate. We support businesses in establishing overseas entities with a clear understanding of jurisdictional laws, tax exposure, governance requirements, and ongoing compliance obligations.
Cross-Border Market Entry & Expansion Strategy
Every expansion begins with a deceptively simple question: what market next? Ekatva’s cross-border market entry and expansion strategy helps organisations evaluate new markets through proper analysis. Regulatory environments, FDI policies, sector-specific rules, entry models, and commercial realities are all examined together.
Methodology We Follow for Our
Global Business Expansion and GIFT City Advisory
Understanding the Business Objective
Your core business model and what drives value
Target geographies, counterparties, and transaction flows
Regulatory exposure across India and overseas jurisdictions
Short-term goals and long-term values
Regulatory Assessment
IFSCA regulations and circulars
FEMA and RBI guidelines
SEBI regulations (where relevant)
Indian and international tax laws
Substance, governance, and reporting requirements.
Structure Design
Long-term compliance sustainability
Operational feasibility and readiness
Audit and reporting practicality
Flexibility for future global expansion
Implementation Support
Entity setup in GIFT City or overseas jurisdictions
Licensing, registrations, and regulatory filings
Coordination with banks, auditors, legal teams, and authorities
Documentation, policies, and frameworks
The Tangible Outcomes:
Global Business Expansion & GIFT City Advisory
Our services make outcomes tangible, impact undeniable:
On Paper and in Practice
You get a clear expansion structure with defined roles for each jurisdiction, entity, and activity. Transaction flows and the rationale for each entity and activity are mapped and documented properly.
A Reliable Compliance Calendar
Ongoing filings, disclosures, and governance requirements are identified upfront. Timelines and responsibilities are graphed, allowing teams to plan compliance.
Built to Run
Incorporation is just the name on the door. We make sure the entity can function with bank accounts, registrations, and handling licenses where required, and the setup ready to sign contracts, move funds, and transact.
Clear Pathways
Capital contributions, inter-company transactions, and repatriation mechanisms are arranged in line with FEMA and cross–border regulations, reducing concerns around cash movement and treasury movement.
Ekatva’s Tatva
Services | Offering | Value |
|---|---|---|
GIFT City & IFSC Structuring | IFSC eligibility analysis, activity classification, entity structuring, regulatory pathway design, FEMA and compliance support | Compliant entry into GIFT City with transparency on permitted activities and lower regulatory friction |
Global Entity Setup & Compliance | Overseas and Indian entity setup, holding and operating structure design, ongoing regulatory and compliance support | Entities that are easier to run, bank, audit, and scale with stronger control over long-term compliance obligations and future restructuring risk |
Cross-Border Market Entry & Expansion Strategy | Jurisdiction analysis, regulatory feasibility studies, market entry structuring, and expansion roadmap | Leadership gets a regulatory-aligned expansion path with clear next steps, reducing uncertainty when entering new markets. |
Build Something with a Lasting Impression
Let’s Design a Structure That Supports Your Next Phase and the Ones After
Impact & Advantage of Our
Global Business Expansion & GIFT City Advisory
We also look beyond the moment of setups. The arrangements we design are meant to age well. As companies add markets, evolve their strategy, and raise capital, they do not need to rebuild their foundations each time.
One of the biggest advantages of our GIFT City advisory services is certainty. Instead of treating expansion as a series of assumptions, we align the structure with IFSC requirements, FEMA rules, RBI expectations, and cross-border compliance from the start.
When a company expands with us, it gains access to new markets, broader customer bases, diversified revenue streams and more importantly, our work helps businesses reach this stage by addressing complexities in compliance early.
From the Banyan Diaries
Before branches reach outward, roots listen to the soil, its limits, and its willingness to hold. Many who come here speak of new markets and distant places. Few speak first of the foundation. Yet it is the unseen work that decides whether something will endure or fracture with time. Across borders, the ground changes and the rules beneath the surface are never the same. To grow well, one must understand the ground. I widen where the earth allows, hold where it resists, and endure because I respect what sustains me.
Behind the Role
CA Amish Khandhar
Amish brings years of expertise in GST, Service Tax, and strategic advisory, along with a reputation as one of India’s Top 10 Eminent GST Consultants. As a founding member of Ekatva, he is a trusted voice for India’s startup and fintech ecosystem. Amish also contributes to national policy discussion through leadership roles at GCCI, ASSOCHAM, and ICAI.
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FAQs - Global Business Expansion & GIFT City Advisory
Setting up in GIFT City gives you access to India’s International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), a regulated hub for cross-border financial activity with tax incentives, simplified compliance, and global market access. Companies can transact in foreign currency, receive eligible tax exemptions, and operate under a unified regulatory framework that’s competitive with other global hubs.
Yes. We support startups and growing businesses with the same discipline as for larger groups.
Global business expansion advisory is expert guidance that helps a business plan and execute entry into new markets. Global expansion advisory helps you choose the right jurisdiction, entity setup, and compliance pathways before you commit capital.
Gujarat International Finance Tec-City is India’s first smart city with an International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). It’s built to connect Indian and global financial markets, support cross-border transactions, and attract international business through world-class infrastructure, tax incentives and regulatory frameworks.
Look before You Leap across Borders
Global Business Expansion and GIFT City Advisory for Businesses That Believe in Growth