Business and risk advisors · Mumbai · Pune · Ahmedabad · Thane
Four disciplines.One considered view.
Every transaction, contract and compliance programme has accounting, legal, fraud and data consequences. We assess them together, under one partner, so that you decide with the whole picture.
Orbits mark the four disciplines · hover one to highlight it
Practice areas
Five areas of advice, each led by a partner.
Corporate, Transactions and Regulatory
Structuring, due diligence, restructuring and regulatory clearance for transactions and corporate changes.
Explore Contracts · Founders · ShareholdersContracts, Governance and Disputes
Agreements and governance documents that allocate risk before it becomes a dispute, and strategy when it does.
Explore CFE · Internal controlsForensic and Internal Controls
Fraud examination, reviews of leakage and the design of internal financial controls.
Explore DPDP Act · GDPR · IPData Privacy and Technology
Privacy programmes, a virtual Data Protection Officer and intellectual property commercialisation.
Explore Overseas accounting firmsGlobal Delivery
Accounting, tax preparation and back-office support reviewed by a Chartered Accountant.
ExploreOne partner, four lenses
The same matter looks different through each discipline.
Select a lens to see the questions it raises in one sample matter: the acquisition of a technology company.
Documents that allocate risk
- ?Does the share purchase agreement give the buyer a specific indemnity for the known risks, or only general warranties?
- ?Which conditions precedent and regulatory approvals must be satisfied before closing, and by whom?
- ?Are the restrictive covenants and non-solicit terms enforceable as drafted?
Who we advise
Advice shaped around the person who must decide.
Founders and promoters
Equity, governance and commercial arrangements that protect control as the company grows.
Boards and investors
Due diligence, term sheets and the allocation of risk in acquisitions and funding rounds.
Regulated entities
Licensing, capital actions and continuing compliance for SEBI intermediaries, NBFCs and IFSC entities.
Legal and technology teams
Privacy programmes, and the licensing and assignment of intellectual property and code.
How an engagement works
Scope, reasoning and sign-off in writing.
Agree the scope
Scope, timeline and decision points are recorded before work begins.
Assess the risk
Legal, accounting and commercial consequences are weighed together, with a recommended position.
Advise in writing
Opinions, drafts and reports are reviewed and signed off by the responsible partner.
Support the outcome
Advice becomes documents, filings and practices the business can carry out.
Ways to work with us
Engagements sized to the matter.
Virtual General Counsel
Transaction and deal support
Written regulatory opinions
Drafting and negotiation
Compliance programme build-out
The Managing Partner
Harshad Tekwani
Harshad advises on matters in which the financial and the legal consequences cannot be separated: a restructuring that must satisfy both the Companies Act and the accounts, or a privacy programme that must work in practice as well as on paper.
His earlier experience includes internal audit for the Asia-Pacific region at Johnson Controls and engagements within the Big 4 network.
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Recent thinking
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