Sea Of Change: Charting India's Offshore Opportunities

Singapore managing partner John Rogers has recently been discussing offshore opportunities in the India Business Law Journal February 2016 Volume 9 Issue 7.

Discussing the jurisdictions of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Ireland, John appears in the cover story: Sea of Change by John Church (page 15).

It used to be that when you mentioned India and offshore investment in the same sentence companies and lawyers would inevitably think of Mauritius, Cyprus and later, Singapore. Today, big changes are afoot as longstanding bilateral agreements are re-examined and the push for greater transparency and accountability grips the offshore sector.

Most of India's cross-border business is driven by double taxation avoidance agreements (DTAAs), and that's why Mauritius has thrived...