About the firm
The regulator, now on your side.
Most trade advisors learned the system from the outside. Our founder spent thirty years inside it — writing, applying and adjudicating the rules that govern India's exporters. Trade Bridge Advisors exists to put that vantage point to work for the businesses the system regulates.
Leadership
Who leads your matter.
R. K. Jain, IRS (Retd.)
Founding Partner
R. K. Jain, IRS (Retd.)
Founding Partner
Three decades inside India's Customs, Excise, GST and SEZ administration — including policy, adjudication and senior field postings with the Indian Revenue Service and the Ministry of Commerce. He now puts that insider understanding to work for the businesses the system regulates.
“At Trade Bridge Advisors, we help businesses navigate India's complex regulatory landscape with confidence — bridging the gap between businesses and regulatory authorities. Our mission is simple: to transform regulatory challenges into opportunities for sustainable growth.”
Three decades in service
Senior postings across Customs, Central Excise and GST administration — policy, adjudication and field leadership. The rules businesses navigate today were, in part, administered from his desk.
SEZ & trade policy years
Deep involvement in India's SEZ and export-promotion framework — the approvals, the committees, the audit machinery that units answer to.
Trade Bridge Advisors
Founded to give businesses what he knew they lacked: an advisor who has actually sat where the decision gets made, end to end across SEZ, EOU, FTWZ, DGFT, Customs and GST.
30+
Years inside India's regulatory system
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Specialised practice areas
100+
Businesses guided
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First response, guaranteed
Vision & mission
Make India's trade rules an advantage, not an obstacle.
The regulations that govern cross-border trade were designed to promote it — but only businesses that can read the system get the benefit. Our mission is to close that gap for everyone the system touches:
Exporters & manufacturers
SEZ / EOU / FTWZ units
Importers & distributors
Global companies entering India
Logistics & 3PL providers
CA & law firms who refer
How we practise
Principles we don't negotiate.
Specific and verifiable
Every claim we make — to you or for you — is one we can prove. In a compliance business, vague boasts are worse than silence.
Senior people on your matter
The person in your first meeting is the person who argues your case. We don't hand clients down a pyramid.
No surprises
Fixed-scope proposals, transparent fees, and honest early assessments — including when the honest answer is 'settle' or 'don't file'.
Representation, not just paperwork
We don't stop at filing. We stand before UAC, BOA, DGFT committees and CESTAT and make the case.
Our office
Mumbai, at the heart of it.
204, Ruparel IRIS, Senapati Bapat Marg, Matunga West, Mumbai 400 016
Monday – Friday9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
SundayClosed
Thirty years of the system's perspective. One call away.
A senior advisor replies within one business day — not a call centre.
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