Our Team
Our dedicated team comprises of competent people with extensive knowledge and experience. Our professionalism and expertise helps us to service our clients to their satisfaction. Some of the key members of our firm are:
CS Devender Suhag, Proprietor of SMD & Co.
Practicing Company Secretary (FCS, B.Com LLB)
Key Skills:
- FEMA Compliances FDI, ODI, ECB and Establishment of PO/LO /BO of a Foreign Company
- Company Law Practice and Advisory
- Immigration Compliances of Expats
- NCLT- NCLAT Practice
- SEBI/LODR
- Corporate Governance
- Legal Due diligence
- Corporate Restructuring
- Secretarial Audit
- Legal Compliances
- Drafting & vetting of various Contracts and Agreements
Fellow member of the ICSI, holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and a graduate in law. He possesses over 15 years of experience specializing in Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), secretarial advisory services, corporate compliance management and business advisory services. Before founding SMD & CO., he worked with corporates giants i.e. Constructora San Jose (Spanish Group) Hero Group, Honda Group and GMR Group.
He is currently Chairman of Northern India Regional Council (NIRC) of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) a statutory body under the Act of Parliament under jurisdiction of Ministry of Corporate Affairs. He has been actively associated with the ICSI since 2014 and was elected to Management Committee of Gurgaon Chapter of NIRC of ICSI and has been Chairman of Gurgaon Chapter in 2017. He was elected to NIRC of the ICSI, for the term 2018 – 22 and retired as Vice Chairman of NIRC of ICSI. He was again reelected to NIRC of the ICSI for the term 2022-26.
He is incredibly passionate about learning new things and a Spanish speaker, holding an intermediate level diploma from Instituto Cervantes, Madrid, Spain. He is a prolific speaker and has delivered over 100 lectures on Foreign Direct Investment in India (FDI), Overseas Direct Investment from India (ODI), Extra Commercial Borrowing (ECB) and Establishment of Branch, Liaison and Project Office in India etc. at various forums such as ICSI, ICAI, Management Institutes, Industrial Workshops and Embassies.