Our Sponsors and Partners
LexCounsel
LexCounsel is a corporate and commercial law firm based in New Delhi with a close network of associate offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai. The Firm has a substantial practice representing in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, education, infrastructure projects (power, oil & gas, roads, ports, telecommunications), financial services, insurance, venture capital and private equity, life sciences, media and entertainment, licensing & franchising, software and IT, business process outsourcing, labour and employment, taxation (direct and indirect).
The Firm also has considerable expertise representing investors, education services providers, education equipment and infrastructure providers, private equity/venture capital funds, on regulatory and licensing issues, investment structuring, joint collaborations, funding, tax structuring, statutory affiliations and related documentation in the education sector including from K12 to higher education, vocational studies, test prep and other unregulated areas.
With the diverse expertise of its partners and its network of associate offices and professional relationships, LexCounsel is sufficiently well placed to provide legal representation throughout all major Indian cities. The Firm is highly responsive and prides itself on the quality of its work and excellence in legal services.
Senior Partners of the Firm, in recognition of their exemplary work, have been consecutively for three years voted leading lawyers in IT, Telecommunications & Media, Venture Capital and Private Equity, and Labour & Employment, respectively. In addition, other professionals/consultants of the Firm are noted for their work in Project Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, etc.
LexCounsel has been nominated and successfully recognized in Chambers and The Legal 500 rankings in several practice areas including Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Project and Energy, Tax, and Telecommunication, Media & Technology.
Members of the firm are members of the International Bar Association and the Firm is a member of International Lawyers Network and Alliott Group.
Lexis Nexis
Lighthouse
Lighthouse Canton
Lightspeed
Lightspeed manages over $2 billion of committed capital and invests across the U.S., China, India, and Israel. We are currently investing out of Lightspeed VIII, an $800 million fund raised in 2008. Lightspeed has invested in direct and cross-border Indian companies since 2004, and has an Indian advisory team with offices in New Delhi.
Lightspeed invests across stages and sectors in India, with investment sizes in the range of $2 million to $25 million. Our principal interest is to provide growth-stage or early-stage capital to talented entrepreneurs and management who seek to disrupt or transform large markets in the domestic economy. We invest in technology-led businesses as well as in non-technology opportunities in sectors such as financial services, education, energy and rural markets.
LMExellence
Lmn Technology Pvt Ltd
Loan Xpress
LoanXpress was born out of the idea to service the SME/MSME sector in the country. It is an Online Advisory and Funding Platform To Educate, Assist & Guide SME’s and MSMEs.
LoanXpress is an initiative by a likeminded group of individuals from diverse fields of banking and fiancé, who have seen the plight of budding entrepreneurs during their careers in Banks and Investment Banks.
LoanXpress aspires to be a one stop solution for the young and budding companies which need debt capital in the form of loans (secured and unsecured) and working capital finance. LoanXpress leverages technology integrates the process of availing and facilitating finance to corporates owing to its tie ups with various financial institutions. In addition to facilitating and executing the debt funding process, the online portal also ensures the businesses get the much needed advisory ahead of availing finance keeping in mind the long term objective of the business. This helps in providing right solution for the business that is most suitable at a point in time.
The supply side financial institutions also derive benefits in terms of curated proposals as per their lending guidelines thereby reducing their TAT and higher conversion ratio. LoanXpress aims to change the debt financing landscape by automating the processes currently adopted through an online intelligent platform which address varied needs of all the stakeholders.
LoanBaba.com
LoanBaba.com is an online destination for all retail loan products. We offer an online comparison and application platform for various retail loan products like home loans, personal loans, car loans, etc. If an individual requires a loan, he has to hunt various banks, keep track of different products on offer, co-ordinate with multiple banks at a time and narrow down on one. Moreover, the whole process of availing a loan can get quite complex .
On the other hand, one can simply log onto loanbaba.com, compare products on offer from various financial institutions, compare the rate of interest, select a Bank/NBFC and apply. The USP of loanbaba.com is the User Experience and the User Interface. With simple terms, easy info and quick eligibility calculation, it makes it easy for an individual to browse through the products and Apply for a Loan. The portal is easy to understand and requires no knowledge of finance. LoanBaba.com was born out of the need to reduce the complexities, increase efficiency and decrease the hassles in availing a Loan.
The Company is co founded by Sanket Hasabnis and Satchit Hasabnis, having a cumulative experience of more than 10 years in the financial services space.
Lodha Capital Markets
- » Advised on the sale of majority stake in BookmyShow.com to Network18 group
- » Advised on the sale of majority stake in Moshe’s to USD 1.4 billion PE firm, New Silk Route
- » Advised Costa Coffee on its partner search and eventual Franchisee Agreement with Devyani
- » Advised the Indian Master Franchisee of Papa John’s, the world’s third largest pizza chain, on its Rs. 50 crore private equity raise from TVS Capital
- » Advising an ethnic womens’ wear retail chain with revenues of Rs. 120 crores in a majority stake sale
- » Advising a highly profitable, multi cuisine Indian thematic restaurant chain with dominant presence in western and southern India
- » Advising a western womens’ wear chain on raising Private Equity - Term Sheet signed
- » Advising one of the fastest growing dairy companies from western India for its private equity fund raise
- » Advised Mirah (owners of Rajdhani Thali) on its investment of Rs. 40 crores in Impresario (owners of Mocha, Smoke House Deli)
- » Also advised Mirah on its investment in new restaurant venture promoted by Zorawar Kalra, co-founder of the ‘Punjab Grill’ restaurant chain
Lodha Capital Markets specializes in M&A and PE advisory and has a strong focus in the retail and consumer industries. LCM was ranked as the 6th most active financial advisor for PE for 2013 and 6th most active M&A advisor in India for 2012 as per Venture Intelligence’s League Table. Select retail and consumer transactions LCM has advised on include: