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Debt collection in India for international suppliers — on-the-ground recovery and enforcement against Indian buyers who have not paid.
For exporters, service providers and the insurers, networks and chambers that refer them.
Bengaluru-headquartered, working across India
Screened advocate network in the debtor's jurisdiction
Reporting in your working hours, in your network's format
What happens when you send us a claim
A foreign claim usually arrives after reminders from home have stopped working. Here is the sequence from that point, and where most claims resolve.
First days
Intake and validation
Your documents are organised into a claim file and the Indian debtor entity is checked: registered, functional, or shut down. You hear early if something critical is missing or the entity no longer exists.
First weeks
Demand notice and negotiation
A notice from an Indian firm, in Indian legal form, with a date and the route that follows. This is where most claims settle, because the debtor can now see that the next step is real and local.
If unresolved
Escalation decision
We recommend the instrument the case supports — with likely cost, time and outcome — and take the next step only on your written approval. We recommend against filing as readily as for it.
Months, not weeks
Enforcement
The matter runs through our screened advocate network where the debtor is, managed on our case management platform, with settlement kept open in parallel throughout.
How Indian enforcement actually works
India gives an unpaid supplier real leverage — more than most foreign creditors expect — provided the claim is documented and the right instrument is chosen. Four rungs, in the order they are usually used.
Demand notice
A formal notice stating the claim, the amount, a date to pay and the consequence. Drafted for the instrument that will follow, so nothing is wasted if it has to.
What a demand notice must containNegotiation and settlement
The window the notice opens. Most claims resolve here; a structured settlement with dates and consequences for default is often the best outcome available.
How we run itSection 9, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
An operational creditor's petition to begin insolvency against a corporate debtor. Admission removes the board's control, so a functional company with an undisputed debt usually settles first. The strongest lever a foreign supplier has.
Section 9, explainedCivil recovery suit
A summary suit for a liquidated claim on written instruments, or a commercial suit with attachment of assets where there is a risk they will be moved. Slower; chosen when the case supports it.
Recovery suits in IndiaAlready have a judgment or an award?
Foreign court judgments
Judgments from countries India recognises as reciprocating territories can be executed here as if they were Indian decrees. Others require a fresh suit on the judgment. In many claims a fresh Indian route — notice, then Section 9 — is faster than enforcing the foreign one. We advise case by case.
Arbitral awards
Awards from New York Convention countries are generally enforceable in India, subject to limited grounds of challenge. Enforcement still takes time; a settlement conversation backed by the award usually moves faster.
Fees for international claims
What we tell you early
Some Indian debtors have shut down, moved, or entered another creditor's insolvency by the time a foreign claim reaches us. Validation at intake exists so you learn that in the first days, not after months of chasing and a fee.
Some claims are not worth enforcing: thinly documented, disputed on the facts, or small relative to the cost of the route. We say so, and we say why, and we do not file to be seen to act.
Questions credit managers ask us
Can a foreign company recover a debt from an Indian company?
Yes. A foreign supplier or service provider has the same remedies against an Indian company as a domestic creditor: a demand notice, negotiation, and if needed a petition under Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code or a civil recovery suit. What you need is a partner on the ground who can run those routes, and a documented claim.
How long does debt recovery take in India?
Most claims that settle do so in the weeks after a demand notice, once the debtor can see the next step is real. Enforcement through the tribunals or courts takes months or longer, which is why we assess the case before recommending it and keep settlement open in parallel.
What is Section 9 of the IBC and why does it matter to me?
It lets an operational creditor — a supplier owed for goods or services — petition India's National Company Law Tribunal to begin insolvency against a corporate debtor once the default crosses the statutory threshold. Because admission takes control away from the company's board, a functional Indian company with a clear, undisputed debt usually settles rather than let a petition be admitted. It is the most effective lever a foreign supplier has, and it only works if the claim is properly documented.
Is my foreign court judgment or arbitral award enforceable in India?
Often, but it depends. Judgments from countries India recognises as reciprocating territories can be executed in India as if they were Indian decrees; others require a fresh suit on the judgment. Arbitral awards from New York Convention countries are generally enforceable. We advise case by case, and in many claims a fresh Indian route is faster than enforcing a foreign one.
Do I need an Indian lawyer?
Not separately. Kenstone Capital works with a screened advocate network across India whose practice is commercial recovery, and manages the matter on your behalf. If you have counsel at home, we work alongside them.
What documents do you need to start?
Invoices, the contract or purchase orders, proof of shipment or delivery, the account statement, and any correspondence about disputes or promises to pay. Copies are fine to begin. Our intake cleans and organises what you send and tells you early if something critical is missing.
How will you report to me?
A named counterpart, updates in your working hours, and a written record of every action on the claim — calls, notices, offers, filings — that you can see. Trade credit insurers and collection networks receive reporting in their own formats.
For the organisations that refer claims
Submit a claim
Tell us about the debtor and the claim. A practitioner — not a sales desk — reads every submission and replies within one working day, in your working hours.