International Engagements
Delivered from Mumbai and Dubai, to institutional clients worldwide.
This practice was not built for clients who already write fluently in English. It was built for those who have something important to say and need someone they can trust to say it well.
The substance always belongs to the client. The language is what we bring.
A principal closing a significant transaction. A founder who wants their story told in a book that will last. A family that has never put into words what it actually believes and intends. An institution working in a country where English is not the everyday language. None of these require the client to be a different kind of person. They simply need someone who will sit with them, understand what matters, and write it in English that does the job.
Clients from the Gulf, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and beyond have commissioned this work in confidence. Where you come from has never been a barrier. It has always been a beginning.
That is the work. It travels in any direction. And it stays between us.
The practice is structured to work with clients across multiple time zones and documentation conventions. The operational systems are built accordingly. What follows is a brief note on how that works in practice.
Remote-first delivery
Every mandate is delivered remotely. This is not a pandemic-era adaptation, and it is not a cost-saving measure. It is the working model the practice was built around, because it produces the best work. A document that demands deep and repeated engagement with primary material is better served by a principal who can give it twelve undistracted hours on a Saturday than by a principal who has flown to a meeting and returned depleted.
Initial qualifying conversations are held by video. Scoping interviews are conducted by video or by voice, recorded with the principal's consent for accuracy. Draft review cycles are managed through secured document exchange. In-person meetings are available when the sensitivity of the matter genuinely requires it, and are arranged around the client's city rather than the practice's location.
Currencies and invoicing
Fees may be agreed in USD, GBP, EUR, or INR. The currency is determined by the client's preference and the jurisdiction of the paying entity. Invoicing is handled through multi-currency banking arrangements that settle directly into the appropriate operating account, without intermediate conversion.
For clients in the United States, W-8BEN documentation is provided as a standard part of onboarding. For Indian clients, invoices are raised in GST-compliant format with appropriate HSN/SAC codes and tax treatment. For clients in the United Kingdom, European Union, and the GCC, standard business invoicing applies, with reverse charge treatment where relevant. VAT registration status and documentation is confirmed at the engagement-letter stage.
Working across time zones
The working day is structured to overlap with both the GCC and Europe comfortably, and with Singapore and East Asia in the morning hours. For clients in the Americas, the practice maintains evening availability on scheduled days each week for calls with New York, Washington, and Toronto counterparts.
Response times on email and secure messaging are typically within the same business day for GCC, UK, Europe, and South Asian clients, and within the next business day for clients in the Americas and East Asia.
Confidentiality across borders
Cross-border engagements require particular care on confidentiality. NDAs are governed by the jurisdiction the client prefers, or by English law as the default neutral seat. Client data and working drafts are held in infrastructure subject to the appropriate jurisdictional safeguards, and are never transmitted through consumer messaging platforms or unsecured email attachments. Full details of the confidentiality protocol are documented separately and shared before any substantive work begins.
Typical engagement cycles
A short-form engagement (a speech, a position paper, a board memorandum) is typically completed within two to four weeks from the scoping interview. A mid-scale engagement (a regulatory submission, a multilateral funding application, a set of investor communications) typically runs four to ten weeks. A full-length memoir or feasibility study typically runs four to nine months, with structured monthly review cycles built into the schedule.
Scheduling is constrained by the practice's annual mandate cap. Prospective clients are encouraged to initiate conversations well in advance of their documentation deadlines.
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Initial consultations are without obligation and without charge. All enquiries are acknowledged within twenty-four to forty-eight hours.
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