Real Estate

Advisory for Real Estate Developers & Landowners in India

Samagra advises real-estate developers, land-owning families and REIT sponsors on structuring, RERA compliance, joint ventures, land monetisation, project finance and disputes across residential, commercial and mixed-use assets.

Overview

Real estate in India is capital-intensive, cycle-sensitive and heavily regulated — RERA, GST on works contracts, land-title diligence and stamp-duty structuring can each shift project economics materially.

Our real-estate practice combines corporate structuring, tax, RERA and dispute-resolution expertise to help promoters unlock land value, close joint ventures and finance projects without downstream surprises.

How we help

Advisory areas for Real Estate

Structuring & JVs

•SPV, LLP and holding-structure design
•Development-management and revenue-share JVs
•Land-owner and developer joint ventures
•REIT and fractional-ownership structuring
•Slump sale, demerger and asset transfers

RERA, Land & Regulatory

•RERA registration, filings and disclosures
•Title diligence and land aggregation
•Stamp duty and conveyancing structuring
•Approvals — municipal, environment, fire, height
•Consumer forum and RERA authority representation

Project Finance & Capital

•Construction finance and LRD structuring
•AIF, PE and NBFC capital advisory
•Refinancing and debt restructuring
•Investor documentation and diligence
•Fund and platform-level structuring

Tax, GST & Compliance

•GST on under-construction and works contracts
•Section 80-IBA and affordable-housing benefits
•Capital gains and Section 54 planning
•TDS on property and cross-border payments
•ROC, FEMA and NRI-investor compliance

Our approach

How we engage

01
Project & Title Review
Structure, title, approvals and regulatory posture reviewed upfront.
02
Structure
SPV, JV, tax and RERA structure designed to protect promoter and investors.
03
Fund & Execute
Debt / equity tie-up, filings, launches and delivery-phase support.
04
Support & Defend
Ongoing RERA, GST, litigation and refinancing support through the project life.

Why Samagra

Why real estate choose us

✓Depth across RERA, land, tax and finance in one team
✓Experience with landowner-developer JVs and family land estates
✓Comfort with multi-tower, phased and mixed-use projects
✓Strong lender, PE and family-office relationships
✓Long project-cycle and dispute-resolution mindset

Illustrative scenarios

Illustrative advisory scenarios

Examples of situations in which businesses and stakeholders may require integrated financial, transaction, restructuring, governance or dispute advisory support.

The scenarios below are illustrative examples created to explain the types of situations in which Samagra Advisors may provide advisory support. They do not represent actual client engagements, testimonials, completed transactions or guaranteed outcomes. Any figures, ranges, timelines or stakeholder profiles are indicative context only.

Illustrative real estate scenario — governance & board readiness

Typical situation — A real estate organisation is professionalising its board and committee structure — often after inducting an external director, receiving investor feedback, or approaching a listing / large lender.

Key considerations — The chair and audit committee typically assess spv, llp and holding-structure design, development-management and revenue-share jvs and land-owner and developer joint ventures, along with the composition of independent directors, RPT frameworks, delegation of authority, whistle-blower and code-of-conduct policies.

How Samagra may assist — Samagra may support a governance diagnostic, draft an updated board charter and committee terms of reference, refresh RPT and materiality policies, and design an annual board calendar with a director-induction pack.

Typical board size: 4 – 8 members
Committees reviewed: Audit / NRC / RMC / Stakeholders
Indicative timeline: 8 – 12 weeks
Stakeholders engaged: Chair, ID, statutory auditor, CS

Possible workstreams

•Governance & board diagnostic
•Committee ToRs and delegation matrix
•RPT, materiality & code-of-conduct policies
•Director-induction & training pack
•Board-evaluation framework

Illustrative real estate scenario — regulatory & compliance uplift

Typical situation — A real estate business is preparing for a fresh regulatory cycle — for example a sectoral licence renewal, a SEBI / RBI / MCA filing window, or heightened lender-covenant reporting — and needs to close historical gaps without disrupting operations.

Key considerations — Focus areas typically include rera registration, filings and disclosures, title diligence and land aggregation and stamp duty and conveyancing structuring, along with a compliance register refresh, event-based filing calendars, secretarial audit gaps and cross-checks between statutory records and management MIS.

How Samagra may assist — Samagra may support a compliance diagnostic, a remediation roadmap prioritised by risk, and coordinated CS, legal and tax execution to close gaps and set up an ongoing monitoring cadence.

Regulators typically in scope: MCA / SEBI / RBI / sectoral
Indicative timeline: 6 – 14 weeks
Records reviewed: 3 – 5 preceding financial years
Reporting cadence: Monthly or event-based

Possible workstreams

•Compliance register & filing-calendar refresh
•Historical-gap remediation plan
•Secretarial-audit readiness
•Lender & investor covenant reporting
•Ongoing monitoring cadence

Discuss your organisation's specific situation

Every engagement depends on the organisation's circumstances, records, stakeholders and objectives. Schedule a confidential preliminary consultation to discuss the appropriate scope.

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FAQs

Frequently asked questions

Do you handle RERA registration and compliance?

Yes — RERA registration, quarterly filings, agreement drafting and representation before RERA authorities and appellate tribunals.

Can you structure landowner-developer JVs?

Yes. Revenue-share, area-share and DM structures with tax, GST and stamp-duty optimisation.

Do you advise on REITs and fractional ownership?

Yes. Sponsor-side REIT and SM REIT structuring, SEBI compliance and investor documentation.

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