About Lexbridge
Lexbridge Advisors Private Limited is a professional advisory and consulting firm offering wide range of specialized business, tax and compliance services such as virtual CFO services, strategic financial management advisory, compliance management services, strategic tax advisory, tax & commercial litigation resolution services, funding services, contracts drafting, review and legal documentation management services etc.
Although Lexbridge provides services across the industries, we have super specialization in infrastructure and construction sector. Our major services to developers, contractors, investors and lenders for infra-construction projects are project structuring, tendering support, drafting complex EPC and other construction contracts, advising on end-to-end construction project documentation, strategic consulting for contractors for business growth / turnaround, funding support for developers, contractors and subcontractors, cost consultancy for projects, dispute resolution advisory for construction disputes such as delays and disruption claims, damages, etc. through arbitration/mediation.
Lexbridge is founded by Dr. (Mrs.) Mittal Mehta and CA Mehul Mehta, who are seasoned professionals. Mrs. Mittal Mehta is a qualified homeopathic practitioner having more than 25 years of experience in healthcare sector. She is advising in setting up hospitals, internal audit of hospitals etc. Mehul is a Chartered Accountant and legal expert with more than 25 years of experience in global consulting firms as well as large corporates in various financial, legal, commercial, taxation, contractual and compliance matters.
Services
A Virtual CFO acts as your company’s outsourced Chief Financial Officer — providing strategic financial leadership, planning, and control without the cost of a full-time CFO.
Our Virtual CFO services can add value in your business for:
- Strategic balance-sheet management & valuation enhancement
- Board-level financial insights for strategic decisions, governance and business growth
- Cash flow, cost, and profitability optimization
- Budgeting, MIS, and Financial Planning & Analysis
- Financial controls and business process management
- Funding strategy – debt, equity, SME-IPO, PE, AIF
- Financial model, business plan, project report, pitch decks
- Tax planning opportunities and advanced tax strategies
A Virtual Legal & Compliance Advisor acts as your company’s outsourced legal and regulatory partner — ensuring every business decision is protected, documented, and compliant without the cost of a full in-house legal team.
Our Virtual Legal and Compliance Advisory services are:
- Drafting, reviewing and vetting business contracts and commercial agreements
- Legal risk assessment and dispute prevention advisory
- Assistance in commercial claims, settlements, and negotiations
- Development of compliance checklists and periodic review systems
- Advising on statutory obligations under Income Tax, GST, and Labour Laws
- Monitoring of regulatory filings and documentation control
- Legal documentation for funding, joint ventures, and M&A transactions
Funds are the blood for the business. Although there is no dearth of funding, but the survival of business depends on the cost and quality of funding.
Our Funding Support services are:
- Assessing the funding requirements and funding gaps for the company
- Assisting in preparing the funding plan for the company for enhancing profitability and valuation
- Assisting in fund raising through preparing project report, financial model, business plan, pitch deck etc. and liaison with banks, financial institutions and investors
- Advising in reducing the cost of funding through exploring the best possible options and leveraging
- Assisting the company raise funds through SME IPO or PE / AIF / VC / QIP
- Advising in Financing Documentation
- Advising in Hybrid Financing Structures such as supply-chain financing, factoring, vendor financing, structured products, off-balance sheet financing, asset based financing, revenue / cash flow discounting, sales financing, franchising, IPR financing, crowd funding, etc.
Commercial strategies are crucial for business growth and expansion. Commercial strategies integrates business strategies, marketing strategies, and financial strategies.
Our Strategic Commercial Advisory services are:
- Strategic business growth, expansion and diversification strategies
- Capex evaluation and investment decision support
- Product pricing strategies through cost and profitability analysis
- Cost optimization and efficiency improvement strategies
- Strategic alliances opportunities such as cost sharing arrangement, IPR collaboration, joint ventures, consortium, financial collaboration, foreign partnerships etc.
- Forward and backward integration strategies through M&A / reverse M&A
- Strategic HR management and transformation
- Branding, image management, PR, IPR and IR strategies
Taxation plays invisible but crucial role in profitability of the company especially in cases where tax rates are high, tax credits are not utilized, there are double taxation instances etc.
Our Strategic Tax Advisory services are:
- Business structure review for optimization of Effective Tax Rate
- Structuring business transactions in tax optimized manner
- Identification of tax saving / tax planning opportunities
- Advising on using multiple tax entities such as holding companies, LLPs, foreign LLCs, freezone entities, Business Trusts, HUFs etc. for tax optimization
- Advising on avoiding double taxation through advance pricing agreements, advance rulings, transfer pricing and DTAA benefits
- Advising on effectively utilizing input tax credits of GST to reduce indirect tax costs
- Advising on promoters’ and directors’ personal tax strategies
Contracts and Agreements are backbone of the business transactions because it poses the risk of liabilities which ultimately affects the profitability and also poses legal risks.
Our Contracts and Compliance services includes:
- Drafting / vetting / reviewing the business and commercial contracts and agreements from the legal angle to ensure that the legal risks are eliminated or mitigated
- Safeguarding the company from unexpected contractual and legal liabilities by advising on the proper legal documentation for transactions
- Reviewing contractual compliances to ensure that non-compliance risks are mitigated
- Advising on various types of contracts and agreements ranging from simple agreements such as rent agreement, employment letters, PO/SO etc. to the complex agreements such as NDAs, SLAs, EPC contracts, cost sharing agreements, IP transfer agreements, M&A agreements, etc.
- Reviewing the regulatory compliances for the business transactions
In the infrastructure and construction projects, contracts and agreements are crucial because the stakes in such projects are very high. It is essential to incorporate various technical terms in the construction contracts like EPC, Design & Build, Passthrough, EPCM, Guaranteed Price, etc.
We have expertise in construction contracts. Our Infra & Construction Contracts Consulting services includes:
- Drafting / vetting / reviewing the various types of construction contracts such as EPC, EPCM, D&B, MGP, Cost Plus etc. not just from legal angle but also from the technical angle
- Safeguarding the company from unexpected contractual, technical and legal liabilities by advising on the proper project documentation
- Advising on construction claims for delays, disruption, suspension, damages etc.
- Dispute Resolution Services for contractual disputes by providing support for arbitration, mediation and court litigation.
Our Professionals
Mehul is a Chartered Accountant and a Legal Expert with more than 25 years of experience in corporate sector. He has core expertise in infrastructure, engineering and construction industry. He has worked with large infrastructure EPC companies like KEC International and Sterling & Wilson Renewables (Shapoorji Pallonji Group) as well as with global consulting firms such as Deloitte, PWC and global real estate advisory firm Knight Frank.
Mehul has deep expertise in financial control & management, international & domestic taxation, project finance, legal, techno-commercial, contracting, contractual claims management, dispute resolution matters of large EPC / construction projects.
Mehul can be contacted on:
Mobile: +91 7400040005 or Email: mehul@lexbridge.in
Contact Us
Lexbridge Advisors Private Limited
FA-50, First Floor, Lake City Mall, Kapurbawadi, G.B. Road,Thane (Mumbai Metropolitan Region – Maharashtra) 400607
Tel: +91 22 4619 2520 | Mob: +91 7400040005 | Email: mehul@lexbridge.in
Website: https://www.lexbridge.in