World Renowned Faculties
Ravi Singhania, Founder Member and Senior Partner, Singhania & Partners
Ravi is the founder member and Senior Partner of the firm. He heads the corporate practice at the New Delhi office with an experience of more than 19 years in both national and international arena. He has advised Foreign Corporations, Ministries, large PSUs, Banks and Multinationals on legal issues relating to Mergers & Acquisitions, Foreign Direct investments, Cross-border Transactions, Project Finance, Capital Markets, Private Public Partnership, Investment Options, Disinvestment, Corporatization, Debt & Equity offering. Ravi is also adviser to World Bank on issues relating to Foreign Direct Investment. Ravi was felicitated with the "National Law Day Award" for Corporate Laws (2006) by Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh. He is identified as one of the most highly-acclaimed legal experts in Asia-Pacific in Corporate Sector by Asia Law Leading Lawyers Survey.
Ravishu Shah, Associate Director (Financial Advisory Services), PwC
Ravishu is an Associate Director in PwC Financial Advisory Services in Mumbai and has been with PricewaterhouseCoopers for over 12 years. He is a graduate in commerce and is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is also a member of Association of Certified International Investment Analysts and Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India.
Ravishu focuses in the areas of mergers and acquisitions including business and financial due diligence, business and equity valuations and transaction advisory for strategic and financial investors.
Prior to joining PwC, Ravishu was working in the project finance section of the Associated Cement Companies Limited (‘ACC’) which is one of the largest cement manufacturing company in India. His responsibilities at ACC included internal evaluation of acquisition/ disinvestment proposals, mobilisation of long term finance and capital budgeting.
Richard Dailly, Managing Director, South and Southeast Asia Investigations and Disputes, Kroll Singapore
Richard Dailly is a managing director in Kroll’s Investigations and Disputes practice based in Singapore. Richard is responsible for high-level case management and business development in South and Southeast Asia, with particular focus on new markets. With 25 years of professional experience, Richard has managed a wide range of risk mitigation engagements, including numerous sophisticated investigations, intelligence gathering and complex problem-solving assignments, often focusing on compliance issues, fraud and corruption. He is an experienced interviewer and confident operating in hostile environments.
Richard joined Kroll’s London office in 2005, focusing on complex corporate intelligence and investigative projects throughout the EMEA region. He moved to Mumbai in 2007 to establish and lead the company’s South Asia operation. Under his leadership, the team developed high-level delivery capability and a wide Indian client base
comprising law firms, government, multinational enterprises and some of the country’s largest and most respected corporates. A former British diplomat with experience in counterterrorism,Richard brings in-depth knowledge of operating in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and South and Southeast Asia.
He has a deep understanding of investigative and intelligence gathering, assessment and analysis techniques in support of complex corporate investigations, political risk projects, litigation support and sophisticated multijurisdictional cases.
Richard Hayler, Managing Director, FTI Consulting , Singapore
I specialise in the assessment of quantum, financial and accounting issues in contentious matters. Before joining FTI Consulting, I spent eight years in the audit, corporate finance and financial advisory groups of two Big Four accountancy firms working in London, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.
I have led, managed or consulted on a diverse array of issues including valuation, loss of profits, shareholder and contractual disputes, necessity of capital injection, accounting treatment and irregularities, financial implications of contractual terms, financial instruments and markets, patent infringement and royalty rates, market manipulation, alleged misappropriation, asset tracing and fraud investigations.
I have received more than ten appointments as an expert and have testified multiple times in both arbitration hearings and court. The quantum in my cases ranges from low millions to over a billion US dollars. My case experience includes the U.K. High Court, Singapore High Court, Singapore International Commercial Court, Tokyo District Court, Cayman Grand Court, Australian Federal Courts, U.S. Supreme Court and various arbitral tribunals under ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL and SIAC rules.
In 2015, I was independently appointed to the Singapore International Mediation Centre’s first expert panel for forensic accountancy and financial services. I have also sat on the Board of Directors of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in Singapore since 2012 and hold the office of Honorary Treasurer.
Rishi Aswani, Head Strategic Investments and Policy Advisory Group , Duff & Phelps
Rishi is a director in the Valuation Advisory Services group and is based in Mumbai. He is responsible for overseeing Portfolio Valuations and Secondary Market Advisory in India.
Rishi has over 14 years of financial advisory experience, both on the consulting and client side. His clients primarily include alternative asset managers, including private equity funds, hedge funds and credit funds both in India and in the U.S and U.K. Rishi specializes in mark-to-market valuations across diverse portfolios of illiquid and privately-held securities including loans, bonds, convertibles, preferred equity, equity, and derivatives under the guidelines of IFRS 13, ASC§820 or the equivalent local GAAP standard.
Rishi returned to Duff & Phelps in 2015 through the firm’s acquisition of American Appraisal. Prior to joining American Appraisal, Rishi provided Apollo Global Management, then a $160bn investment firm, a range of internal advisory services for its Credit funds domiciled in the United States, India and Singapore.
Prior to this stint, Rishi worked with the Avista Houlihan Lokey partnership in India, and Duff & Phelps in the New York office where he advised Board of Directors, CFOs and Controllers on a variety of valuations of businesses and assets for transaction, financial reporting and tax purposes across a broad spectrum of industries.
Rishi has been a speaker on valuation-related topics at forums organized by the Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (IVCA), VCCircle, the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) and ASSOCHAM. He is also a contributing author to journals such as the IVCA semi-annual publication.
Rishi received his Bachelor’s degree in Finance and International Business from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University. Rishi has passed the FINRA Series 7 exam, and is RICS member and CFA charter holder.
Rohan Solapurkar, Partner, Deloitte Singapore office
Rohan Solapurkar is a Partner based in Deloitte Singapore office. He has more than 20 years of experience in International Tax.
Rohan’s clients include a diverse range of companies in different sectors. such as IT, Hospitality, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Media. Rohan also has a deep understanding and knowledge of Singapore tax and the Indian tax and regulatory framework and has been advising multinationals on entry strategies, cash repatriation strategies, tax minimisation strategies etc.
Rohan is a Chartered Accountant from India and has been awarded his Bachelor of Commerce from Bombay University. He has also spent several years in Singapore and is an Accredited Tax Advisor with the Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals. He has also worked with another Big 4 firm in Hong Kong and London.
Rohit Singh, Managing Partner, Dexter Capital Advisors
Rohit has over 18 years of experience having worked in Singhi Advisors, Copal Partners and CMIE. He has long-standing relationships with Promoter Fraternity across various industries in North India. He has successfully closed multiple deals in sectors like Pharma, Power Equipment, Outsourcing, Chemicals
He is a BA(Hons)-Economics from Delhi University, MBA Finance from L N Mishra Institute Patna and has completed the EPAF Program from IIM Kolkatta
Roy Ling Chung Yee, Managing Director, RL Capital Management
Roy is currently a Managing Director at RL Capital Management. Concurrently, he also serves as an Independent Board Director at 6 listed companies across Asia, as an Adjunct Professor in Finance at the EDHEC Business School and at the SP Jain School of Global Management, and as a Consultant for RHT Strategic Advisory and RHT Academy.
Prior to RL Capital, Roy was a Managing Director with JPMorgan’s Asia real estate investment banking team. JPMorgan was honored by FinanceAsiaas the Best Real Estate Investment Bank in Asia for 2008-2010 and Roy was responsible for the origination and execution of investment banking mandates for regional clients. Prior to JPMorgan, Roy held senior banking positions for Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs and Salomon Smith Barney, performing a broad range of corporate finance, equity research and real estate financings.
Roy is a Chartered Financial Analyst and was formerly a Board Director of the CFA Society of Japan. He was honored as one of 20 Rising Stars in Real Estate by Institutional Investorin 2008. Roy currently serves on the judging panels of the South East Asia Property Awards, International Property Awards, Cityscape Asia Awards and the 13thStart-Up @ Singapore competition.
Roy graduated from INSEAD with a Global EMBA and from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration.
Ruchira Dabas, Partner, Financial Risk Management (FRM), KPMG
Ruchira has over 15 years of experience in Corporate Treasury, Rating Agency, Regulatory Authority, Banking and Consulting environments in India & the US. At KPMG, she leads the Corporate FRM Advisory Practice that focuses principally on the Treasury function covering– Cash/Liquidity Management; Debt Management (including bank/bond covenant compliance) and Risk Management (currency, commodity and interest rate risk) and related policies and procedures.
Previously,worked as Senior Director (Corporate Finance) atFitch Ratings, New York.
Her insightful research on leveraged finance debt structures, corporate debt restructuring, bankruptcy law & covenant analysis has been requisitioned for case studies by the Harvard Business School and is part of the I-banking training curriculum at Bank of America, US.
As a lead derivatives trader at General Motor’s Treasurer’s Office in New York, Ruchira hedged GM’s foreign exchange, energy & metals exposure for U.S., Europe & Asia.
She is an Alumnus of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US.
S. R. Patnaik, Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
S. R. Patnaik is a Partner in at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and heads the Tax Practice. He has more than 17 years experience. In addition to being a lawyer, he is also a qualified chartered accountant.
Mr. Patnaik has expertise in various aspects of direct tax, such as international tax, transfer pricing, corporate tax etc. He also has experience and expertise in various in-bound and out-bound M&A transactions. The clients with whom he had worked in the past operate across sectors including Aerospace, Automotive, Banking, Defence, Hospitality, Infrastructure, Insurance, ITES, Media & Entertainment, Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceuticals, Private Equity, Real Estate, Retail & Consumer Goods, Roads & Highways, Telecommunications, etc.
He has represented clients before multiple judicial fora including ITATs and High Courts and briefed Senior Counsels. He has received several accolades including being nominated as one of the leading Tax Lawyers for three consecutive years by Asia Law. He has been featured as one of the 34 Tax Controversy Leaders in India by the international publication “International Tax Review” in its Tax Controversy Leaders Guide 2014 publication.