Global Capability Centres · India
The firms a Global Capability Centre needs in India, from tax and talent to workspace, technology and legal, brought together around one desk. You get one route in and one point of accountability.
How it works
A GCC in India works with a dozen kinds of firm: company secretaries, tax advisers, payroll, recruiters, workspace operators, security, transport and more. Each is good at one thing. Few talk to each other.
GCC Bisani Legal sits in the middle. We handle the legal and compliance work with our own team, and connect the rest through enablers we have vetted. Each enabler is engaged and billed by the GCC directly.
Who it is for
Set up, scale and run an India centre with one desk and a vetted network behind it.
For GCCsFirms that serve GCCs: join the network, receive introductions and refer work both ways.
Join the networkPeople who work in GCCs: one lawyer for workplace and personal legal matters.
For professionalsThe market
The four Labour Codes took effect on 21 November 2025 and the DPDP Rules were notified on 13 November 2025. Every new centre, and most existing ones, need set-up and compliance work that spans several professions at once.
Where GCCs are growing
Banking, life sciences and retail led India’s new GCC openings in 2026, with Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Pune taking most of them.
The GCC lifecycle
Three-minute checks
Short self-checks for GCC leaders, professionals and enabling firms. Answer on your phone and get plain-English takeaways at the end.
Twelve questions on entry, employment, POSH, IP and data protection, with the risk behind each gap.
Begin For professionalsTwelve questions on your contract, pay, exits and POSH, with what each answer means for you.
Begin For enablersFour market facts and four fit questions, then how the network works.
BeginFill in the onboarding checklist once. We review it, call you, and introduce you to GCCs that need what you do.
For GCCs and parent companies
From entry to steady state. Our team handles the legal and compliance work; vetted enablers cover tax, payroll, talent, workspace, technology and the rest, each engaged by you directly.
Handled by our team
Delivered through enablers
The questions we answer
City, state incentives and operating model come first: captive, build-operate-transfer, partner-hosted or EOR-first. We compare the options and bring in the setup advisors, CAs and workspace partners to price them.
Plan and set upPerformance management, senior exits and settlements now run under the Industrial Relations Code and the Code on Wages. Final dues are payable within two working days of exit. We map the process and keep the exit defensible.
Separations and exitsEmployee and customer data flowing to the parent needs notices, vendor terms and transfer documentation under the DPDP Act and Rules, plus a breach plan that meets the 72-hour window.
Data protectionIP created in India does not pass to the overseas parent by default. Employment and contractor agreements need assignment terms, and the intercompany agreement needs an onward assignment.
Contracts and IPAppointment letters, the new definition of wages, fixed-term gratuity, two-day final settlement and revised registers. We review contracts and salary structures with your payroll partner and set a compliance calendar.
Labour Codes readinessA notice, an employee claim, a labour authority summons or an internal investigation. We assess the exposure, reply on time and represent the centre where needed.
Notices and disputesHow we engage
Each comes with a written scope, a timeline and a fee estimate before work begins.
Pick only what you need. Each matter is scoped, priced and delivered on its own.
A monthly retainer with a defined scope, a risk register and reporting to the parent company.
A full-time legal officer at your office, supported by our team and technology.
GCC segments
What a centre needs depends on its industry, its size, how it is set up and where it is in its life. Here is each view, with the needs and the enablers that usually meet them.
By industry
Open a segment to see what centres in it build in India, what they need, the enablers they lean on, and recent openings.
By size
By operating model
By stage
The ecosystem
These are the enablers a GCC works with in India: what centres need from each, when they need it, and what we check before we introduce anyone.
GCC insights
A tracker of recent openings by segment, the state policies competing for new centres, and the cities that host them. Updated as at November 2026.
The numbers
Openings tracker
Filter by segment. Each row links to the report it came from.
| Date | Company | Segment | City | What happened |
|---|
State policies
Ten states now have a GCC policy, a draft or an incentive framework. Targets and incentives differ, so location is now a financial decision as much as a talent one.
| State | Policy | Target | Notes |
|---|
Cities
Unit counts: Nasscom–Zinnov GCC Landscape 2026, FY26 estimates. “G2000 units” counts only centres of Forbes Global 2000 parents.
Sources
For GCC professionals
Exits, dues and POSH matters at work; property, family, police and court matters outside it. Regular updates at every stage.
“We run a conflict check before accepting any matter. We do not act against an organisation we advise.”
At work
Most workplace problems are decided by what you sign and when. Talk to us before you resign, accept a settlement or respond to a PIP.
Outside work
The same lawyer, the same updates, for matters that have nothing to do with your employer.
For enablers and accelerators
If your firm serves Global Capability Centres, in any profession, the network gives you introductions to centres that need what you do, and a legal desk your clients can rely on.
Onboarding checklist
About eight minutes. Fields marked * are needed. You can save time by having your company profile, registration and certificates to hand.
How it works
The same three steps every time, whichever direction the introduction runs.
With the client’s consent, the introducing firm shares the basic facts.
The receiving firm holds an intake call and sends a written scope, timeline and fee estimate.
The work is done and reported to the client; the introducing firm is kept informed where the client agrees.
Partner directory
Firms that have completed onboarding and asked to be listed.
About the desk
GCCs in India are usually served one of two ways. Large firms bring depth but do not organise around the segment. Individual consultants bring attention but no system behind it.
GCC Bisani Legal was built for the space between: a desk that works only with Global Capability Centres, a core team for legal and compliance work, and a curated network of enablers for everything else.
The shift is from hiring every function to accessing one, and from managing many vendors to working with one desk that answers for the whole.
Backed by practitioners
Founder · Advocate · Employment lawyer
Advocate enrolled with the Karnataka State Bar Council in 2013 (KAR/1921/2013), with practice before the Karnataka High Court, the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and national tribunals.
The team
A core team in Bengaluru, supported by associates and the enabler network across India.
Corporate and commercial
Intercompany, vendor and technology contracts; entity and governance matters.
Litigation strategy
Strategy for disputes, arbitration and appellate matters.
Litigation
Courts, labour authorities and tribunal representation.
Drafting and documentation
Employment documentation, policies, handbooks and agreements.
Client relationships and partners
Your named contact for scope, timelines, reporting and partner introductions.
Seventeen categories
Tax, secretarial, payroll, talent, workspace, technology, benefits and more.
Three-minute checks
Self-checks built on the Labour Codes, POSH and DPDP, and on the GCC market. Your answers are sent to us only if you choose to.
Twelve questions. Entry, employment, POSH, IP, data protection and dispute readiness.
Begin For professionalsTwelve questions. Your contract, pay, exit rights and POSH.
Begin For enablersEight questions. Four market facts, four fit questions, and how the network works.
BeginContact
Tell us what you need. We reply within one working day with next steps, a proposed scope, an introduction or a time to speak.
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