Local context. Coordinated conversations.
Entering another market often starts with questions: who should advise you, which information is needed and how should the work be organised? The Italy Business Desk gives Indian and Italian businesses a starting point for discussing those questions with the appropriate professionals.
For businesses exploring Italy
SBA Associates can help define the initial business brief and coordinate an introduction to MEPLAW for matters requiring Italian professional input. The proposed activities, parties involved and required advice are assessed before a project is accepted.
For businesses exploring India
The reciprocal arrangement supports introductions to SBA Associates for India-focused business enquiries and coordination. Where the assignment requires legal, tax, accounting or other specialist advice, the appropriate professional scope must be agreed.
The MoU describes digital liaison and mutual business promotion. It does not itself incorporate a separate Italian company, establish a client engagement or remove any registration, tax or regulatory requirement.
How the desk can help you move forward.
Market-entry conversations
Organise your proposed activities, ownership plans and business objectives into a brief that can be reviewed by the relevant advisers.
Professional introductions
Coordinate contact between the Indian and Italian teams so country-specific questions reach the professionals best placed to assess them.
Documents & information
Clarify the records and background information needed for a scoping discussion. Document preparation, translation or authentication is included only if agreed.
Business & legal coordination
Identify questions concerning structures, proposed contracts, local operations or ongoing obligations for the relevant professional to evaluate.
Project collaboration
Discuss whether a joint or consortium approach is suitable for the proposed work, with responsibilities and deliverables defined for that project.
Cross-border meetings
Arrange remote discussions and follow-up communication when required, helping participants understand the next action and who is responsible for it.
Services depend on the facts, professional availability and the accepted mandate. SBA Associates coordinates business enquiries; Italian legal advice is provided by appropriately authorised professionals under their own engagement terms.
Liaison addresses in the framework.
ROME · ITALYItaly liaison address
c/o MEPLAW International Law FirmForo Traiano 1/A
00187 Rome, Italy
INDIA · WEST BENGALSBA Associates
Near Uttarpara, MakhlaUttarpara Kotrung, Hooghly
West Bengal 712245, India
These are the liaison locations identified for coordination. Please arrange contact before visiting; a liaison address is not a statement that a separately registered branch or walk-in office is available.
Your enquiry, step by step.
- Tell us about the project.
Share the countries involved, proposed activities, ownership or counterparties, target timetable and the questions you want answered.
- Identify the right input.
The parties consider which professionals and jurisdiction-specific advice may be needed. An introduction is not an acceptance of the assignment.
- Agree the mandate.
Confirm the service provider, scope, deliverables, fees, taxes, third-party costs, communication and payment arrangements in writing.
- Coordinate the work.
Provide approved records through the agreed channel, attend the necessary discussions and review the next steps with the responsible adviser.
Confidentiality is part of the conversation.
The collaboration framework includes confidentiality provisions. Share only the information needed for the initial enquiry; agree the recipients and handling of sensitive records before wider circulation. Our Privacy Policy explains the website enquiry process.
Your India–Italy plans, in focus.
Begin with a clear brief and the right professional conversation.