Automotive & Mobility — Sector Advisory

Automotive & Mobility

OEM advisory, import-export compliance, SVB matters, customs classification, indirect tax on automotive components, and strategic advisory for automotive businesses navigating regulatory and commercial complexity.

The challenges

What this sector contends with.

01Special Valuation Branch (SVB) proceedings

02Customs classification and valuation disputes

03Indirect tax on automotive components

04Import-export compliance for OEMs and suppliers

05Regulatory and commercial complexity in mobility

Our expertise

Where we bring depth.

OEM & Supplier Advisory

SVB & Customs Classification

Import-Export Compliance

Indirect Tax Advisory

Strategic Business Advisory

In practice

SVB, customs classification, and import compliance for OEMs and suppliers

The automotive supply chain is built on related-party imports, which makes Special Valuation Branch proceedings, customs valuation, and classification the sector's persistent regulatory workload. We manage SVB matters end to end for OEMs and tier-1 suppliers: questionnaire responses, transfer-pricing-consistent valuation documentation, and renewals. We also defend classification and valuation disputes through adjudication and appeal.

On the indirect tax side, we advise on GST treatment across the component chain: parts versus accessories classification, warranty and free-of-cost supplies, job work structures, and the input tax credit positions that determine real landed cost.

Strategic advisory for a mobility market in transition

Electrification, localization pressure, and shifting trade policy are redrawing automotive economics faster than most planning cycles can track. We support automotive and mobility leadership teams with the strategic side of that transition: market and portfolio strategy, localization and sourcing decisions with the duty and incentive mathematics done properly, and governance structures for joint ventures and technology partnerships.

Because our trade, tax, and strategy practices work as one team, the commercial recommendation and its regulatory execution arrive together rather than in sequence.

How we help

Relevant practice lines.

Strategy, Governance & Business Advisory —

Board-level strategic advisory and governance strengthening for organizations at inflection points.

Legal, Regulatory & Indirect Tax Advisory —

Specialist advisory across GST, Customs, and Central Excise — compliance, disputes, and structuring.

Global Trade, Customs & Regulatory Advisory —

Navigating the import-export regulatory environment — turning compliance into competitive advantage.

Operations, Governance & Business Advisory —

Designing the operational and governance frameworks that enable efficient, accountable, scalable delivery.

Who we serve

OEMsAuto component manufacturersImporters and exportersMobility businessesTier-1 suppliers

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SVB, customs classification, and import compliance for OEMs and suppliers

Strategic advisory for a mobility market in transition

Because our trade, tax, and strategy practices work as one team, the commercial recommendation and its regulatory execution arrive together rather than in sequence.