AIFs & Funds

At India Juris, our Investment Funds and Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) practice team advises domestic and international sponsors, asset managers, institutional investors, sovereign wealth platforms, family offices, fintech enterprises, and emerging investment managers on the structuring, establishment, operation, and regulation of investment funds across India and global financial centres, including GIFT City.

The practice combines sophisticated regulatory expertise with strong transactional and cross-border capabilities, enabling clients to establish commercially efficient and globally aligned fund platforms. Our lawyers regularly advise on the full lifecycle of investment funds from structuring and formation to investments, governance, operational compliance, restructurings, and exits.

We advise on a broad spectrum of fund structures, including private equity funds, venture capital funds, private credit and debt funds, real estate and infrastructure funds, hedge funds, angel funds, ESG and impact funds, sector-focused investment vehicles, family office structures, and offshore investment platforms. The firm has particular strength in advising on India-focused and IFSC-based fund structures under the regulatory framework of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA).

India Juris regularly advises clients on the establishment and registration of Category I, Category II, and Category III AIFs, including sponsor and manager structuring, fund governance architecture, placement documentation, carried interest arrangements, co-investment structures, warehousing models, investment management arrangements, investor negotiations, and ongoing regulatory compliance. The practice also advises on foreign investment regulations, exchange control matters, tax-efficient investment structures, and cross-border capital flows.

Scope of Services

  • Structuring and establishment of investment funds and AIFs
  • SEBI and IFSCA registration and regulatory approvals
  • GIFT City and IFSC fund platform advisory
  • End-to-end Fund formation and investment documentation
  • PPM, Sponsor, manager, trustee, and custodian arrangements
  • Domestic and cross-border investment structuring
  • Private equity, venture capital, debt, and hedge fund advisory
  • Co-investment and carried interest structure
  • Fund governance and regulatory compliance
  • FEMA, FDI, ODI, and exchange control advisory
  • Institutional investor and strategic investment advisory
  • Fund restructuring, secondary transactions, and exits
  • Regulatory investigations and contentious advisory

With deep sectoral knowledge and a commercially focused approach, India Juris delivers integrated legal and regulatory solutions to investment funds and asset management platforms operating in increasingly sophisticated and globalised markets.

News & Deals

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Publications

Overview & Setting up AIFs in India

Angel Funds in GIFT City

Obtaining PSP Licence

Global Regional Corporate Treasury Centres

Newsletters

IFSCA Introduces New Framework for TCSPs and SPV Leasing in GIFT IFSC

India Law & Business Update

IJ represents lead investor in $1M pre-Series A round in conversational AI startup Klovechef