A BOUTIQUE FINANCIAL ADVISORY
Specializing in Corporate Finance, M&A, Fund raise in Private and Public Markets and Strategic Advisory
OUR SERVICES
Experienced, Insightful, Process Centric Approach focused on yielding favorable outcomes for our clients.
SELL SIDE ADVISORY
- Buyer universe identification and approach
- Bilateral / Auction strategy
- Timing strategy
- Data room preparation
- Advise on transaction structure and objectives
- Information Memo/ valuation model preparation
- Negotiation with bidders / recommendation to the board
- Facilitate documentation and closure
PUBLIC MARKETS
- Overall advice on funding strategy to the board
- Preparation of info memo/ corporate presentation
- Advice on Credit rating, IPO grading
- Preparation of financial model & advice on valuation
- Identify & approach right set of investors and negotiations with anchor investors
- Pricing and timing strategy
- Assistance in regulatory / Stock exchange interface
- Assistance in marketing road-show planning
- Selection of global bankers & co-ordination for DRHP preparation
- Lawyer selection & coordination on key regulatory aspect
STRATEGY ADVICE
- Competitor/ peer group analysis
- Structured finance advisory
- Market trends and developments
- Joint venture advisory / exit strategies
- Valuation / assistance in preparation of business model
- Advice on Credit rating, IPO grading
CORPORATE FINANCE
- Overall advice on funding strategy to the board
- Preparation of info memo/ CMA data and proposals to banks
- Advice on Credit rating and TEV Reports
- CFO Services
- Financial and Tax Due Diligence
- Assistance on M&A, Fundraising
- Valuation Advice
PRIVATE EQUITY
- Advice on funding strategy
- Appropriate capital structure and restructuring advisory
- Preparation of information memo
- Preparation of financial model & advice on valuation
- Identify and approach right set of investors
- Negotiation with investors and deal closure
BUY SIDE ADVISORY
- Build v/s buy analysis
- Acquisition target search
- Bid tactics and strategy
- Valuation of the target
- Negotiation with targets and sell side bankers
- Facilitate documentation and closure
- Acquisition Financing
OUR TEAM
Well networked and passionate team with rich multi sector and multi cycle deal experience. We will be with you all the way.
J. Suresh Kumar | Senior Partner
- A Chartered Accountant and Commerce Graduate from DG Ruparel College, Mumbai.
- Senior investment banker with JM Morgan Stanley in Mumbai for about 13 years (about 8 years in M&A and 5 years in Corporate Finance).
- Advised Corporate Groups on Mergers, Restructuring, Acquisitions and Divestments.
- Advised Corporates on Capital Raisings.
- Group CFO of Lanco Infratech for 6 years, where the key milestones include:
- Lead the IPO in 2006 and raised equity funds of about INR 1100 crores.
- Raised Project Finance for Udupi Power Project, Babandh Power Project, Vidarbha Power Project.
- QIP in 2009 and raised equity funds of about INR 750 crores
- Acquisition of Griffin Coal in 2011 and acquisition financing of US $ 800 million for the same.
- Business Development efforts particularly in Competitive Bidding of the Mahatamil Integrated Coal and IPP Development project.
- CEO of Shree Renuka Energy Group for more than 3 years, where the activities include:
- General Management of Mining and Infrastructure Development Projects.
- Corporate / Business Strategy, Business reviews, Cost Optimisations through Operational Restructuring & Contract Renegotiations and Risk Management.
- Merger Restructuring and Listing.
Pratik Malladi | Partner
- A Chartered Accountant and Commerce Graduate from Osmania University, Hyderabad.
- An Experienced Financial Advisor with an Entrepreneurial Bent.
- Previous full time roles include working with Ernst and Young’s Transaction Advisory Services Practice in Mumbai as an Associate Vice President executing Financial, Commercial Due Diligence Assignments and Pre Investment Appraisals for some of the biggest Corporates, Venture Funds and Private Equity Houses across sectors such as Metals and Mining, Technology, Media and Telecom, Healthcare, Pharma, Power and Utilities, Consumer Business, Hotels on more than 50 domestic and global transactions, sizes of which range from USD 10 Million to USD 7 Billion.
- Investment Banking Execution experience includes working on capital raise ranging from USD 4 Million to USD 75 Million across sectors such as Agriculture, Pharma, Biotechnology, Healthcare, Mid Stream Oil and Gas, Real Estate and Consumer Business.
Pradyot Narayan Maitra | Member of the Advisory Board
- A Fellow Chartered Accountant and Commerce Graduate with more than 25 years of rich experience in the follow areas of interest:
- Handled Large Institutional & MNC Audits
- Advisory on Start-ups, Venture Funding and Business Modeling
- Supervised audits of Major Nationalized & Co-operative Banks
- Management Reporting & Business Model Advisory to Foreign Corporates
- Internal Audit,System Audits and Standard Operating Procedures Set ups for Corporates
- Consultancy on Taxation, Financial Management & Corporate Law Matters
- Pradyot is also on the Board of Directors of various Companies in India.
Prabhat Goel | Member of the Advisory Board
- A rank holding Chartered Accountant and Commerce Graduate with over 30 years’ diversified experience spanning private equity investments, infrastructure, business consulting and finance advisory services in various roles.
- Worked with 3 of the Big-4 consulting and accounting firms (Deloitte, Arthur Andersen and KPMG).
- Headed the Corporate Finance division of SKIL Group (India’s pioneering infrastructure company) as its Senior Vice President.
- CFO of Piramal Group’s IndiaReit Fund where he setup and raised its 1st domestic fund and structured its 1st offshore fund
- COO of Samsara Fund Advisors, the asset manager to Jersey and Cyprus based Catalyst Samsara India Opportunities Fund, with responsibility of structuring the Fund’s investment portfolio in residential, commercial and hospitality assets, and overseeing regulatory compliances of entities across multiple jurisdictions.
- Currently advising clients in acquiring stressed assets through public bids and creating portfolios in Real Estate and Infrastructure sector including renewable energy, establishing and managing offshore and domestic private equity funds, structuring FDI and domestic investments, managing the investment process, monitoring portfolio performance, corporate strategic advisory and business process improvements.