In this special episode, Pankaj Raval and Sahil Chaudry announce Carbon Law Group’s move into the India-US corridor. Instead of breaking down a document, they explain why Sahil will spend October 26 through the end of December in Juhu, Mumbai, meeting with venture capital firms, family offices, and founders who want to access the US market.

Through this practical conversation, Pankaj and Sahil extract critical shifts in where growth is happening, the compliance layers of US market entry, and the patterns behind Indian capital flowing west, that apply directly to founders and leaders of growing private enterprises navigating cross-border expansion.

This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice.

Takeaways

• The Eastward Shift in Growth: Pankaj argues that the old advice to “go west” is dated, because much of the last twenty years of growth has happened in Asia. For leaders deciding where to expand or raise capital, the East is a source of opportunity that can’t be overlooked.
• The Layered Complexity of US Market Entry: Sahil uses California as the example of what US entry involves. That means securities compliance (the rules on raising money from investors), labor compliance (employment rules), and intellectual property protection, including copyright and trademark. Each is a separate track, and none of it is the business itself.
• Indian Capital’s Appetite for US Businesses: The interest the hosts describe is industry agnostic. It ranges from hedge funds investing in publicly traded securities, to buyers looking at US hotels, to companies selling medical devices. The common thread is demand for the US middle market, the tier of established private companies between small businesses and large corporations.
• Building the Gateway to the US: Sahil will be in Juhu, Mumbai from October 26 through the end of December, meeting with venture capital firms, family offices, and founders. Meeting requests go to sahil@carbonlg.com.

Soundbites

• “We’ve got the Gateway of India that’s made of stone in Mumbai that I know you and I have both visited. But we are building the gateway to the US, which is going to be built of carbon for Carbon Law Group.”
• “Accessing the US market is complex. And you don’t want to be focused on the administrative, the compliance, the legal. You want to focus on your business and making money.”
• “I think that saying, the statement that, go west, young man, I think is absolutely dated, right?”
• “The most important thing that I notice is that it seems that there’s an appetite from Indian capital for US businesses and we are here to service that capital.”

Keywords

Cross-Border Transactions, India-US Business, US Market Entry, Family Offices, Venture Capital, Securities Compliance, Labor Compliance, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Middle Market

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Website: carbonlg.com

Connect with Pankaj: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pankaj-raval/

Connect with Sahil: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahil-chaudry-6047305/
Carbon Law Group's links: https://linktr.ee/carbonlawgroup

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