The Indian retail industry has experienced high growth over the last decade with a noticeable shift towards organized retailing formats. Moreover, the government has been liberalizing the investment in the sector. In 2012 the government permitted 100% FDI in Single- Brand Retail and upto 51% FDI in Multi-Brand Retail. As far as its Retail/ Trading practice goes, India Juris can assist the clients in the following manner:
- Joint Ventures / Collaboration / MoUs / Strategic alliances in retail trading sector
- Corporate & Commercial Advisory
- Developing structure and roadmap for entry into the Retail Trading
- Assistance, preparing applications and applying for Government approvals for both single-brand and multi-brand retailing permissions
- Assisting in collaborating with Indian partners and preparing the required agreements and other legal documents required for executing such deals
- Advising on legal issues throughout the application stage and afterwards
- Setting up of the Companies, Subsidiary, Liaison/ Branch Office in India
- Assisting in collaborating with the allied services and back-end service providers
- Advising on legal issues pertaining to supply chain management and drawing of various contracts related thereto
- Liaisoning with governmental authorities
- Related Taxation issues
- Repatriation and remittance of capital and profits