STEP I:  Apply for DIN :

First requirement on Conversion of Partnership Firm into LLP is to Obtain DIN for the Partners of Company.

• If there are only Two Designated Partners, DIN can be obtained along with Incorporation Form (FiLLiP).
• If there are more than Two Designated Partners, in such case need to obtain DIN for other Designated Partners.

STEP  II: Apply for Name Approval :

For Limited Liability Partnership registration, firstly we should check the availability of name on the MCA portal after that we should apply for name through RUN web form on the MCA portal along with as may be prescribed. On submission of RUN web form MCA personnel should check that the name is unique and not similar to other existing companies and trademark. After that, if the name is unique and not similar than MCA personnel reserve the name for the LLP and intimate through e-mail. After the reservation of name, we should registered the LLP within 90 days from the date of approval.

STEP III: APPLY FOR DSC (Digital Signature Certificate) :

Getting DSC for Designated Partners for digital authentication of the Incorporation documents.  You can use only the valid Digital Signatures issued to you. It is illegal to use Digital Signatures of anybody other than the one to whom it is issued.

STEP IV: Filling of form with ROC :

Following below mention forms along with attachments are required to file with ROC for Conversion of Partnership firm into LLP.

Form- 17:

Application for conversion in Form 17 is required to be filed by the partners along with the following attachments:

• Statement of Consent of all Partners
• List of all unsecured creditors along with their consent to conversion
• Statement of assets & liabilities of the company duly certified by a CA.
• Approval from any other body/authority as may be required
• Declaration for Part B of Form 17 by Designated Partners
• Copy of acknowledgement of latest Income Tax Return

Form- FILLIP

Application for in Form 17 is required to be filed by the partners along with the following attachments:

• Proof of Office address (Conveyance/ Lease deed/ Rent Agreement etc. along with rent receipts);
• NOC from the owner of the property.
• Copy of the utility bills (not older than two months)
• Subscriber Sheet including Consent.
• In case of Designated Partner does not have a DIN, it is mandatory to attach proof of identity and residential address of the subscribers
• All the Designated Partners should have Digital Signature.
• Detail of LLP(s) and/ or company(s) in which partner/designated partner is a director/ partner
• Copy of approval in case the proposed name contains any word(s) or expression(s) which requires approval from central government;
• Form-9 – Consent to Act as Designated Partners

STEP V: Issue of Certificate of Registration of LLP :

Section 58(1) of the LLP Act provides that the Registrar, on satisfying that a firm has complied with the provision of the Second Schedule shall subject to the provisions of the LLP Act and the rules made there under, register the documents submitted under such schedule and issue a certificate of registration.

Sub-rule (1) of rule 32 of the LLP Rules provides that the Registrar shall on Conversion of Partnership Firm into LLP, issue a certificate of registration under his seal in Form- 19.

STEP VI: Draft LLP Agreement :

Contents of Agreement Are :

• Name of LLP
• Name of Partners & Designated Partners
• Form of contribution
• Profit Sharing ratio
• Rights & Duties of Partners
• Proposed Business
• Rules for governing the LLP

It is not necessary to have the LLP Agreement signed at the time of incorporation, as the details of the same needs to field in e-form 3 within 30 days of incorporation but in order to avoid any dispute between the partners as to the terms & conditions of the agreement after the conversion into LLP.

STEP VII: Filling of e-form-3 :

This form provides information in respect to the LLP Agreement entered into between the partners.    ATTACHMENT: LLP Agreement

STEP VIII: Intimate the Registrar of Firms

As per the Second Schedule, the LLP shall, within 15 (fifteen) days of the date of registration, inform the Concerned Registrar of Firms with which it was registered under the provisions of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932, about the Conversion of Partnership Firm into LLP and of the particulars of the LLP in Form – 14 along with following attachments:

∇ Copy of Certificate of Incorporation of LLP.

∇ Copy of Incorporation documents submitted in FiLLiP.

♦ Once all the above steps have been complied with, the Partnership Firm shall be converted into Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) and shall follow rules & regulations as applicable to LLPs.

♦ Section 58(2) of the LLP Act provides that upon such conversion, the partners of the firm, the LLP to which such firm has converted, and the partners of the LLP shall be bound by the provisions of the Second Schedule of the LLP Act.