About the firm
The regulator, now on your side.
A young firm with a veteran's instinct. Trade Bridge Advisors LLP was founded in October 2025 by R. K. Jain, IRS (Retd.). It pairs leadership that administered India's trade laws for decades with a young execution team fluent in modern logistics, supply chains and technology. We were not built to be another detached law firm: we engineer the route through a regulatory problem, not merely a memo describing it.
Leadership
Who leads your matter.
R. K. Jain, IRS (Retd.)
Founder & Principal Advisor
R. K. Jain, IRS (Retd.)
Founder & Principal Advisor
Indian Revenue Service (Govt. of India) · L.L.B., Jabalpur University · B.Com.
Over thirty years in the Indian Revenue Service across Customs and indirect tax administration: valuations, classification, exemptions and enforcement, seen from the regulator's chair. Five more years shaping SEZ, EOU, STPI and FTWZ policy at the Ministry of Commerce under the Ease of Doing Business agenda. He now puts that insider understanding to work for the businesses the system regulates.
“I founded Trade Bridge Advisors to be the missing link: a strategic partner that translates complex policy into real-world operational growth.”
30+ years in the Indian Revenue Service
A distinguished career across Indian Customs and indirect tax administration: valuations, classification, exemptions and enforcement, seen from the regulator's chair.
5+ years shaping policy at the Ministry of Commerce
Hands-on formulation and administration of SEZ, EOU, STPI and FTWZ policy, and cross-border trade facilitation under the Ease of Doing Business agenda.
Advocate for industry
A trusted senior voice for trade associations and industrial groups before the Ministries of Commerce and Finance, built on decades of institutional relationships.
October 2025 — Trade Bridge Advisors LLP
Founded in Mumbai to be the missing link: regulator-side seniority paired with a young execution team fluent in modern logistics, supply chains and technology.
In under a year. Measurable outcomes.
What TBA has delivered for clients since inception in October 2025.
75+
Clients served: importers, exporters, developers, shipping lines and financial institutions
₹1,000+ Cr
Trade facilitated through customs and policy hurdles
₹100+ Cr
Litigation handled, up to Tribunal (CESTAT) and High Court
25+
Approvals secured: SEZ, IFSC, DGFT licences and MOOWR
20+
Retainer clients who stayed on after their first engagement
The team behind the firm
Officers who administered these laws for decades, matched with young, execution-focused energy.
R. K. Jain, IRS (Retd.)
Founder & Principal Advisor
30+ years in the Indian Revenue Service across Customs and indirect tax administration, and 5+ years shaping SEZ, EOU, STPI and FTWZ policy at the Ministry of Commerce. A trusted senior voice for trade associations before the Ministries of Commerce and Finance.
Subhash Varshney, IRS (Retd.)
Associate Partner
Indian Revenue Service, 1982 batch. Over four decades across Customs, Central Excise, Service Tax and GST administration, with deep institutional knowledge of how the department investigates, assesses and litigates.
Rajiv Magoo, IRS (Retd.)
Mentor
Ex-IRS officer with 35+ years in GST and Customs. Currently guiding the firm in a purely non-commercial mentoring capacity; joins TBA in an official role from October 2026.
Harsh Jain
Partner
Graduate in Logistics & Supply Chain Management, currently pursuing Law. Drives client delivery, operations and technology, balancing the firm's veteran depth with youthful pace and enthusiasm.
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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