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KPMG

KPMG in India, a professional services firm, is the Indian member firm affiliated with KPMG International and was established in September 1993. Our professionals leverage the global network of firms, providing detailed knowledge of local laws, regulations, markets and competition. KPMG has offices across India in Chandigarh, Gurgaon, Noida, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Kochi, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata. KPMG in India offers services to national and international clients in India across sectors. We strive to provide rapid, performance-based, industry-focussed and technology-enabled services, which reflect a shared knowledge of global and local industries and our experience of the Indian business environment.

KPMG International
KPMG is a global network of professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 152 countries and have 189,000 people working in member firms around the world. The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative ("KPMG International"), a Swiss entity. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such.

The KPMG Audit practice endeavours to provide robust and risk-based audit services that address member firms' clients' strategic priorities and business processes.

KPMG's Tax services are designed to reflect the unique needs and objectives of each client, whether firms are dealing with the tax aspects of a cross-border acquisition or developing and helping to implement a global transfer pricing strategy. In practical terms that means, KPMG firms work with their clients to assist them in achieving effective tax compliance and managing tax risks, while helping to control costs.

KPMG Advisory professionals provide advice and assistance to help enable companies, intermediaries and public sector bodies to mitigate risk, improve performance, and create value. KPMG firms provide a wide range of Risk Consulting, Management Consulting and Deal Advisory services that can help their clients respond to immediate needs as well as put in place the strategies for the longer term.


KPMG

KPMG in India has a premier market position with private equity (PE) funds and we combine professionals from our Audit, Tax and Advisory practices and across industry sectors to serve more than 100 PE clients and more than 500 portfolio companies.

We combine a global perspective and in-depth knowledge to be a meaningful value-added partner with an array of service capabilities. Our PE group is well positioned to support PE funds on their India transactions, offering extensive services which include deal origination and support, valuations, financial, tax, integrity, business and commercial due diligence and creating progressive and efficient transaction structures.

Reflecting the needs of the current times, our PE Group is experienced in providing a range of services to nurture portfolio companies to create value. The wide range of post deal services includes accounting, risk and controls assessment, corporate governance, IT advisory, corporate and debt restructuring and cost optimisation.

KPMG in India has over 100 partners and more than 5900 employees in India across ten offices.

 

To access our 2011 India report "Returns from Private Equity", please visit www.kpmg.com/IN/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Pages/Returns-from-Indian-Private-Equity.aspx


Kroll

Kroll is the leading global provider of risk solutions. For more than 40 years, Kroll has helped clients make confident risk management decisions about people, assets, operations, and security through a wide range of investigations, cyber security, due diligence and compliance, physical and operational security, and data and information management services. Headquartered in New York with more than 50 offices across nearly 30 countries, Kroll has a multidisciplinary team of over 2,000 employees and serves a global clientele of law firms, financial institutions, corporations, non-profit institutions, government agencies, and individuals.

Kroll has been serving clients in India for over 20 years. We have provided vital information on high-profile M&A and investment transactions, complex internal investigations, and global regulatory actions. This is why, when companies and investors face complex questions on India, they call Kroll.

In the private equity industry, Kroll is renowned for investigations across the transaction cycle - from pre-deal investigative due diligence to post-closing dispute support and internal investigations. In India private equity investors often have inadequate access to good quality information and few options to enforce compliance. In this environment, Kroll has helped investors re-define due diligence by conducting comprehensive due diligence on investment targets to fully unravel the truth behind target businesses.

For more information visit www.kroll.com.


Kyron


L&L Partners

L&L Partners formerly Luthra & Luthra Law Offices is a leading full service law firm, with a team of over 300 counsels including 72 partners, with offices at New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

In keeping with the Firm’s legacy of offering exceptional legal solutions & client advice; teams at the Firm ensure that clients receive practical, innovative & cost-effective advice in a responsive manner, while upholding the highest ethical standards. Enormous amounts of knowledge, experience & commitment, successfully help close/ resolve complex & high value transactions & disputes, with practical & creative legal solutions.

Consistently ranked and globally recognized as leaders in the field, we adopt a forward-looking approach towards the practice of law, combining both conventional practice areas & emerging sectors, setting benchmarks and the highest technical standards within the legal fraternity.


L&T Infra Finance

L&T Infra Investment Partners is a private equity fund focused on investments in the Indian infrastructure sector. The Fund is sponsored by L&T Infrastructure Finance Company, a subsidiary of L&T Finance Holdings and anchored by leading Indian institutional investors. It targets investments in a broad range of infrastructure assets and infrastructure supply chain companies in sectors such as energy, transportation, power, telecommunication, natural resources and water infrastructure. In addition to providing growth capital, the Fund seeks to catalyse value creation by providing strategic guidance and practical support to portfolio companies in operational areas, corporate governance and business networking.


Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (L&S) is a full service Indian law firm offering advisory, litigation and compliance services in direct, indirect and international taxation, intellectual property laws, international trade / WTO law and corporate & commercial matters including competition and environmental laws. Founded by V. Lakshmikumaran and V. Sridharan in 1985, the firm serves clients globally, through its 46 Partners and 300 attorneys. The firm is well-known for its high ethical standards, quality work and transparency in all its business dealings. L&S’s corporate clientele comprises of large business houses, multi-national corporations, banks and financial institutions including several Fortune 500 companies.


Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Attorneys

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (L&S) is a full service Indian law firm offering advisory, litigation and compliance services in direct, indirect and international taxation, intellectual property laws, international trade / WTO law and corporate & commercial matters including competition and environmental laws. Founded by V. Lakshmikumaran and V. Sridharan in 1985, the firm serves clients globally, through its 47 Partners and 350+ professionals. The firm is well-known for its high ethical standards, quality work and transparency in all its business dealings. L&S’s corporate clientele comprises of large business houses, multi-national corporations, banks and financial institutions including several Fortune 500 companies.


Lancers

They are South Asia’s leading ISO 27001 Certified Corporate Intelligence & Security Risk Consulting firm operating in this specialized field for the last 40 years. Their extensive network enables them to serve clients across the region. Their strong pool of professionals from various backgrounds enables them to deliver a high standard of services and meet their client’s expectations consistently. They cover India through a team of 120 professionals operating across our network of 5 branch offices.

Lancers have been serving Nationalised and Private Banks and Asset Reconstruction Companies for over 20 years by providing specialized NPA Defaulter’s Asset Tracing Services. They also provide specialized Investigation services such as Corporate Fraud Investigations, Due Diligence, Insurance Claims Investigations, Mystery Shopping, Profile Verifications, Employee Background Verification & Training across the country.

Lancers is a founding member of the Association of Private Detectives and Investigators India (APDI), Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI), Certified Private Insurance Investigator (CPII). It is also an active member of American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS), Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Council of International Investigators (CII), World Association of Detectives (WAD), World Investigators Network (WIN).

Visit their website www.lancerindia.com and their corporate video on https://youtu.be/OE_-UIXBXTI for further information.