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Company Secretaries in practice
Corporate, secretarial and regulatory advisers,since 1998
Desai Kulkarni & Associates works with listed companies, private companies, LLPs and foreign investors on company law, SEBI regulations, FEMA and insolvency, from Mumbai and Pune.
- Established 1998Five partners and a team of sixty
- Peer reviewed firmPeer Review Board of ICSI
- Listed and unlisted companiesSecretarial audit and compliance
- Mumbai and PuneFort and Baner
- Secretarial
- Capital markets
- FEMA
- Insolvency
Practice areas
What we look after
Secretarial
- Incorporation of companies and LLPs
- Board and general meetings
- Annual ROC filings
- Secretarial audit
- Statutory registers and records
Capital markets
- SEBI LODR compliance
- Insider trading (PIT) codes and records
- IPO and SME listing readiness
- ESOP schemes
Foreign investment
- FDI and downstream investment reporting
- Overseas direct investment
- Compounding of contraventions
- RBI and AD bank filings
Insolvency and restructuring
- Mergers and demergers before the NCLT
- Capital reduction
- Representation under IBC
- Strike-off and closure
A company's life
From founding to filing
The secretarial work a company needs at each stage, from the first form to the last.
Day one
Incorporation
Name approval, SPICe+ forms, PAN, TAN and the first board meeting.
First year
Getting set up
Statutory registers, first auditor, share certificates and commencement of business.
Every year
Annual compliance
Board meetings, the AGM, financial statements and annual returns with the ROC.
When things change
Changes and events
New directors, more capital, a new address, or a share transfer.
Later
Restructuring or closure
Mergers, capital reduction, conversion or an orderly strike-off.
Laws we advise on
A guide to each regulation
Plain notes on the laws our clients deal with most, kept current by the partners.
CA 2013
Companies Act, 2013
Meetings, filings, directors and the rules that apply to every company.
Read the guideLODR
SEBI Listing Regulations
Disclosures, board committees and related party rules for listed companies.
Read the guidePIT
SEBI Insider Trading Regulations
Codes of conduct, trading windows and the structured digital database.
Read the guideFEMA
Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999
Inbound and outbound investment, reporting and compounding.
Read the guideIBC
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016
Corporate insolvency, resolution plans and voluntary liquidation.
Read the guideBRSR
Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting
The ESG report listed companies file, and how to prepare for assurance.
Read the guide
Regulatory updates
What changed recently
- MCA
- SEBI
- RBI
- IBBI
15 Oct 2026
6 Oct 2026
26 Sep 2026
12 Sep 2026
Partners
The people you will work with
CS Anjali Desai
Founding partner
FCS, LLB
ICSI M. No. FCS 4567 · COP No. 3456
Anjali founded the firm in 1998 and leads the capital markets practice.
CS Rohan Kulkarni
Partner, foreign investment
FCS, CA (Inter)
ICSI M. No. FCS 7890 · COP No. 6543
Rohan advises foreign investors and Indian groups on FEMA and overseas investment.
CS Farah Shaikh
Partner, Pune office
ACS, LLM
ICSI M. No. ACS 23456 · COP No. 12345
Farah leads secretarial audits and restructuring work from the Pune office.
Questions
Common questions
Do you work with companies outside Maharashtra?
Yes. Most filings are online, and we work with companies across India from our two offices.
How are fees decided?
Fees depend on the scope of the engagement. We confirm them in writing before any work begins.
Can you act as our compliance officer?
We support the company secretary and compliance officer of listed companies. The appointment itself must be an employee of the company.
Offices
Visit us
Location 1
Mumbai
3rd floor, 41 Bank Street, Fort, Mumbai 400001
- Mon to Fri
- 10 am to 6.30 pm
Location 2
Pune
Office 502, 8 Baner Road, Baner, Pune 411045
- Mon to Fri
- 10 am to 6.30 pm
Contact
Start a conversation.
Tell us about the company and what you need. A partner replies within two working days.