Our people are our greatest strength
Our Team
Aalok Anand
- Aalok has over 8 years of consulting experience across multiple leading firms and worked at PwC’s M&A Tax practice in his last serving role.
- He has experience in tax due diligence, transaction advisory, legal documentation review, transaction closure. .
- He is a specialist in Indian Tax Laws, Indian Corporate Laws and Regulatory matters structuring and advising in-bound and out-bound investments.
- He has worked extensively with foreign and domestic clients across sectors such as Real Estate, Renewables, Infrastructure, Pharma, IT/ITes etc.
- He enjoys listening to podcasts, is interested in cricket and football and follows English Premier League and Formula 1. li>
Abdul Barrister
- Abdul has over 8 years of consulting experience.
- He worked at KPMG’s M&A Tax Practice in his last serving role.
- His experience and key strengths include Transaction Advisory, FEMA Advisory, Group Restructurings, internal re-organisations, end to end support in implementing restructuring, stamp duty, real estate laws etc.
- He works extensively with foreign and domestic clients across sectors such as Real Estate, Pharma, Auto, Renewables, IT/ITes etc.
- He is fond of Cricket.
Abhay Mundra
- Abhay has over 10 years of consultancy experience in the field of Indirect taxation. He has worked with PwC and KPMG – Indirect Tax.
- He has extensive expertise in advising clients related structuring, advisory services and litigation support in the area of GST, Service tax, Excise related matters. .
- During his carrier span, he was instrumental in the GST implementation for various companies in IT / ITeS, Automobile manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals and Trading sector, etc. He has also assisted IT/ ITeS and infrastructure clients during the negative list based Service tax regime.
- He has assisted various clients in structing and advising in the area of merger and acquisitions and post-merger assistance.
- During free time, Abhay likes to play Cricket, watch movies and spending time with his family.
Abheet Sachdeva
- Abheet has more than 10 years of consulting experience and worked at KPMG’s M&A Tax Practice in his last serving role.
- He has experience in corporate reorganizations which includes inbound and outbound investment structuring, restructuring exercises viz. mergers, de-mergers, business transfer, share transfer, HNI wealth and inheritance planning and tax due diligences across entities operating under varied industries.
- His focus areas include Domestic and International Corporate Taxation, Indian Regulatory matters, Cross Border transactions.
- He works with domestic clients on their wealth and inheritance planning (including Trust structures, wills etc.).
- Over the years, he has advised clients across sectors such as Manufacturing, Automotive, Pharma, Healthcare, Real Estate, IT/ ITeS, Financial Services, Oil & Gas etc.
- He enjoys watching movies, reading and running.
Abhishek Lahoti
- Abhishek has over 12 years of consulting experience and worked at KPMG’s M&A Tax practice in his former role.
- His area of expertise lies in Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Tax, Corporate Law, Foreign exchange regulations and allied laws.
- He has advised several clients on group restructurings including mergers, demergers, slump sale, capital reduction, shareholding re-alignment.
- He has also been involved in advising on inbound acquisitions, divestment by promoters/existing investors, family settlements, various corporate taxation matters, individual tax planning, ESOP planning, direct tax due diligences (buy-side as well as sell-side).
- During his career span, he has worked with various multinationals and Indian promoter-owned companies spread across sectors such as Pharma, IT/ITes, Auto, manufacturing, real estate, retail etc.
- He enjoys listening to music and playing cricket.
Abhinav Canchi
- Abhinav has 3+ years experience in providing financial and valuation advisory services.
- He has handled various valuation engagements for regulatory and non-regulatory purposes across real estate, automobile, fintech, insurance, healthcare, oil and gas and IT/ ITeS sectors.
- He has experience in providing valuation services for financial reporting under Ind-AS including valuation of employee stock options and purchase price allocation for business combinations and for valuation of intangible assets.
- He is a Chartered Accountant and has cleared Chartered Financial Analyst (USA) Level III.
Ajay Rajani
- Ajay has over 3 years of consulting experience.
- He has worked with organizations across sectors such as ports & logistics, shipping related services, engineering, automobile, textile, etc. on transaction structuring including mergers, acquisitions, internal restructuring, deal advisory, tax due diligence, etc.
- He has also advised clients on corporate taxation matters, cross border taxation issues, exchange control issues and tax compliance.
- His hobbies include watching documentaries, reading non-fictional books, playing and watching football and running.
Anisha Agarwal
- Anisha Agarwal has 4 years of consulting experience and has worked at Deloitte’s M&A Transaction Services practice in her last serving role.
- She specializes in undertaking financial due diligence and has worked with a number of private equities, Indian corporate investing out of India, and large inbound transactions.
- She brings experience across various industries including infrastructure, renewable energy, logistics, manufacturing, fashion and apparel, insurance and waste disposal with marquee clients.
- Anisha enjoys playing sports, adventure activities, travelling to new places and listening to music.
Anshul Gupta
- Anshul has over 9 years of consulting experience and worked with KPMG’s M&A Tax Practice in his last serving role.
- His key strengths include Private Equity advisory, inbound and outbound investment advisory, tax due diligence (including buyer and vendor due diligence), transaction structuring including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, exit planning, corporate restructuring, capital restructuring and cross-border taxation.
- He also specializes in Indian Corporate Taxation & Regulatory matters (corporate law, SEBI etc.) and has worked with domestic clients on their succession planning and Trust structures.
- He has worked with Indian and global companies across varied sectors such as Retail, Infrastructure, Auto, Healthcare, Pharma, FMCG, IT/ITeS, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Real Estate etc.
- He enjoys photography, cycling, running, technology and is a movie buff
Ashay Gupta
- Ashay has over 8 years of consulting experience across multiple leading firms and has worked with KPMG’s M&A Tax practice in his last serving role.
- His experience and key strengths include Family Business Restructuring, Transaction advisory, Overseas Structuring, Due Diligence, Inbound investment advisory and cross-border transactions.
- During his career, he has worked extensively with foreign and domestic clients across sectors such as Hospitality, FMCG, Real Estate, Renewables, Infrastructure, Pharma, Media & Entertainment, IT/ITes etc.
- His hobbies include playing Cricket and Football.
Abhishek Jain
- Abhishek has over 5 years of consulting experience.
- He specializes in transaction advisory, legal documentation review, transaction implementation, internal restructurings, and succession planning.
- He has hands-on experience in executing mergers, demergers, slump sales, ESOP implementations, promoter exits, shareholding realignments, and similar assignments.
- He loves to travel, play sports, and enjoy board games.
Asma Chimthanawala
- Asma has over 15 years of consulting experience.
- Her expertise lies in Strategic Business Consultancy leading to sustainable Value Creation and Value Unlocking for Brick and Mortar Indian Businesses – IPO preparedness and transaction handholding.
- In addition, she is proficient on Family Office Structuring and Investment Oversight.
- During her career, she has worked on clients across several sectors such as Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals, FMCG, Heavy Metals and Metallurgy Constructions, Financial Services, Real Estate.
- She is passionate about health and fitness. Also loves reading murder mysteries.
Bhawesh Jaiswal
- · Bhawesh has 4+ years of consultancy experience across various roles ranging from tax & regulatory advisory, M&A transactions and family settlement.
- · He has handled assignments on tax advisory services, business restructuring (through merger, demerger, Slump Sale, etc.), the exit strategy for Promoters, formation and taxation of Trusts, family settlement Arrangements, advisory services based on various DTAA, etc.
- · Bhawesh enjoys writing, reading and listening to music.
Bhushan Shah
- Bhushan has more than 5 years experience in undertaking financial valuations.
- He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (USA)
- His experience and key strengths lies in providing valuation related advisory services to corporates and institutions for reporting and regulatory purpose including inbound/ outbound investments, mergers and acquisition and reporting under Ind AS.
- He has worked on more than 250+ valuation engagements with many foreign and domestic multinationals across sectors which include real estate, energy, automobile, finance, healthcare, logistics, agriculture, manufacturing and IT/ ITes etc.
- He is an ardent music lover and enjoys watching movies.
Disha Wadhwa
- Disha is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst. She has spent 5 years post qualification with Nomura and KPMG.
- In her previous experience with KPMG, she was in Audit and Assurance practice and has covered multinational investment banks, private banks, data cloud company. With Nomura she was in Treasury and Capital Management where she covered liquidity risk management and monitoring.
- Disha has worked on various types of due diligence assignments including acquisition diligence (buy-side), vendor diligence (sell-side), and closing procedures.
Durairaj Mudaliar
- Durairaj has over 11 years of consulting experience. He worked at KPMG’s M&A tax practice in his last serving role.
- He has advised on various internal group restructurings, corporate tax planning and optimization, tax efficient exit and repatriation strategies.
- He has also worked in acquisition structuring, tax due diligence, amalgamation of companies in the listed and unlisted space.
- He has worked extensively with foreign and domestic clients across sectors such as Logistics, FMCG, Real Estate, Renewables, Infrastructure, Automotive, Pharma, IT/ITes etc.
- He enjoys playing cricket, travelling and watching movies.
Fahad Dossani
- Fahad has over 4 years of consulting experience.
- He has experience in deal support, project management on M&A transactions, PE/VC advisory, wealth & investments.
- He works extensively with Family Offices, Start-ups, PE/VC Firms and has advised clients across sectors such as Pharma, Auto, Infrastructure, Financial services etc.
- He is also an expert in management and markets initiatives, business development, strategy formulation and execution.
- Fahad enjoys listening to music, reading, playing and watching football.
Gaurav Mittal
- Gaurav has over 4 years of consultancy experience in the field of Indirect Taxation. Prior to this, he has worked with Deloitte India and BMR Advisors.
- He has expertise in advising clients in compliance, advisory services, tax structuring and litigation support in GST and erstwhile Indirect tax matters.
- His expertise lies in structuring and advisory in merger and acquisitions and post-merger assistance.
- He has represented companies before GST authorities for various GST related litigations.
- He has assisted several clients in implementation of GST laws, e-invoice and e-way bill mechanism.
- Gaurav likes to read, watch movies and Formula 1 during his free time.
Jay Mange
- Jay has over 5 years of consulting experience.
- His expertise lies in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions that includes advising on various tax matters, envisaging tax efficient structures, international tax restructuring, amalgamation of companies in the listed and unlisted space.
- He has worked extensively with clients across sectors such as Automotive, Pharma, IT/ITes, FMCG and Real Estate.
- He has a key interest in analysing the tax and regulatory developments and has co- authored a book titled Multilateral Instrument (MLI) – An Indian Perspective.
- His previous role was with Sudit.K.Parekh & Co where he was a part of their international tax practice.
- In his free time he enjoys listening to music, playing cricket, trekking and keeping himself fit.
Jignesh Parmar
- Over 7 years of consulting experience across multiple leading firms
- 5 years with KPMG Deal Advisory Tax practice. Jignesh was the Assistant Manager in his last serving role at KPMG. In his role, he interacted extensively with various private equity clients in India and overseas. .
- Jignesh’s experience and key strengths include Transaction structuring (Exit Tax planning, Mergers, Demergers, Capital Reduction, Buyback etc.), Fund structuring (Offshore and Domestic), AIF Registrations, Restructuring, Outbound and Inbound Investment Advisory, Tax and Regulatory compliances tax due diligence etc. across private equity and M&A space
- He also has vast experience in Tax Litigation, Representation before tax authorities etc.
- He has worked with many foreign and domestic multinationals across sectors such as real estate, Renewables, IT/ITes, energy and natural resources, financial services, etc.
Josey Mathew
- Josey has over 12 years of experience and has worked in the United Arab Emirates for the past eight years.
- Based out of Dubai, he specializes in advising and executing tax and regulatory-efficient structures in UAEs Free Zones and Mainland.
- He offers advisory services on Corporate Law, Regulations of Free Zones, Value Added Tax, Corporate Tax, Economic Substance and Anti-Money Laundering laws of UAE.
- He enjoys badminton, angling, camping and reading..