Amalgamation Support.
Merging companies needs a scheme approved by shareholders and creditors and sanctioned either by the National Company Law Tribunal under sections 230 to 232, or by the Regional Director under the fast-track route in section 233. Since September 2025 the fast-track route also covers more group and unlisted company mergers. We work alongside your advisers and run the company law process from board approval to the final ROC filing.
Typically three to six months for a fast-track merger, depending on objections and the Regional Director's review. NCLT schemes typically take eight to twelve months or more, driven by hearing dates, regulator representations and meeting requirements.
A partner — a chartered accountant or company secretary — from the first call to sign-off.
Based on your situation, and fixed in writing before any work starts.
Is this for you?
- Groups consolidating subsidiaries or fellow subsidiaries
- Promoters merging related private companies to simplify the structure
- Startups and small companies combining operations
- Acquirers merging a target company into their own
What you receive at the end.
- 01Route assessment: NCLT or fast-track
- 02Board resolutions, notices and meeting documentation
- 03NCLT application and petition, or fast-track forms CAA-9 to CAA-11
- 04Representation at hearings and responses to regulators
- 05INC-28 filings and post-merger compliance checklist
Amalgamation Support, step by step.
Typically three to six months for a fast-track merger, depending on objections and the Regional Director's review. NCLT schemes typically take eight to twelve months or more, driven by hearing dates, regulator representations and meeting requirements.
- 1
Route selection
We test eligibility for the section 233 fast-track route, including the debt, default and listing conditions, and otherwise plan the NCLT route.
- 2
Scheme and approvals
We work with your legal, tax and valuation advisers on the scheme, the registered valuer's report and the auditor's certificate on accounting treatment, and draft the board resolutions.
- 3
Notices and meetings
For NCLT schemes we file the first application, serve notices on the Central Government, income tax authorities, ROC and other regulators, and hold the meetings the Tribunal directs. For fast-track schemes we file the CAA-9 notice and CAA-10 declaration of solvency and hold members' and creditors' meetings.
- 4
Sanction and confirmation
We file the sanction petition before the NCLT, or the approved scheme with the Regional Director in CAA-11, and respond to objections and representations.
- 5
Post-order filings
We file the order with the ROC in INC-28 within 30 days and handle follow-on steps such as share allotment and the annual compliance statement until the scheme is fully implemented.
What we need from you.
Don't have everything yet? We send a short checklist after the first call and work with what you have.
- Audited financial statements of each company and recent provisional accounts
- Draft scheme of amalgamation
- Registered valuer's report and share exchange ratio
- Lists of shareholders and creditors with amounts outstanding
- Memorandum and articles of each company
- Details of any pending proceedings, inspections or investigations
The fee depends on your situation. After a short call, the partner who will do the work tells you what's involved and gives you a fixed fee in writing — before any work begins.
- Government fees and statutory charges are billed at actuals.
- When you pay — upfront, in stages or on completion — is agreed in writing with the fee.
Questions about Amalgamation Support.
Ready to discuss Amalgamation Support?
30-minute confidential call — no proposal, no commitment. A partner will write back within one business day.