World Renowned Faculties

Sumir Verma, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Merisis Advisors

Sumir is the co-Founder and Managing Director of Merisis Advisors (www.merisisadvisors.com) , an investment banking advisory firm, which focuses on the TMT vertical providing both fund raising as well as M&A services to  companies in this space. Merisis is currently ranked 4th in the number of M&A deals for this year and counts Ola Cabs, Housing and Snapdeal as its clients.

Sumir has worked across various roles in corporate finance - as part of the Strategy & M&A team at the Aditya Birla Group, M&A at Scandent Group an IT services company and then as a banker at Meghraj and now Merisis. Sumir is a Chartered Accountant and an MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur.

Sumit Seth, Partner, Price Waterhouse & Co.

Sumit is a Partner in the Assurance Practice of Price Waterhouse & Co (‘PW’) in India and has over 18 years of experience providing professional services to public and privately held companies in various sectors, including emerging and large multinational companies.

Sumit is the leader of IFRS and US GAAP/GAAS technical accounting and reporting for PW in India. He has significant experience with multiple financial reporting frameworks - Indian GAAP, IFRS and US GAAP. In addition to his current national office role, Sumit is also involved in client service comprising US GAAP and IFRS reporting clients.

In his national office role involving technical consultations, Sumit is also involved in delivering GAAP/GAAS related technical trainings and firm’s thought leadership publications. He is the editor of PW’s thought leadership publication “PwC ReportingPerspectives” which comprises articles related to accounting, auditing and regulatory matters in the areas of Indian GAAP, IFRS, US GAAP etc.

Sumit is a member of Confederation of Indian Industries’ National Committee on Financial Reporting, which comprises senior members from the standard setter bodies, large accounting firms and industry. The objectives of this committee are to ensure timely identification, discussion and resolution of issues in accounting standards, auditing standards and corporate reporting by providing constructive comments on exposure drafts/proposals and engaging in dialogue with standard setters and regulators.

Sunil K Goyal, Managing Director & Fund Manager, YourNest

Sunil runs YourNest, an early stage venture fund he conceptualised & founded in 2011. Sunil is one of the pioneers in the angel investing space in India. He is a successful Angel with global exits to Twitter, PCCW & PayTM in his forays.

Before YourNest he has played pivotal roles in the unprecedented growth of startups like Airtel and of complete business transformations in Dabur. Sunil continues to be an independent director in the group companies of Airtel.

Sunil believes in conscious capitalism and relishes driving business that involve a high sense of purpose and vision. Sunil thrives on the challenges of transforming ingenious start-ups into viable enterprises.

He is an avid golfer and a health enthusiast - a gentle way of saying he stays healthy without going to the gym. Sunil is a qualified CFA, a Management Accountant and has a Masters Degree in Business Economics.

Sunil Kumar, Partner, Rajani Singhania and Partners

Sunil is a Partner at the New Delhi office with an experience of more than three decades in legal arena. Prior to joining the firm he was with Arthur Andersen and subsequently with Ernst & Young. Earlier he had served for 22 years in the Indian Revenue Service, the Finance Ministry and worked with Commerce Ministry/DGFT on Foreign Trade Policy issues and has experience in handling foreign exchange regulatory laws in enforcement directorate. He counsels several European and North American corporations on commercial and legal matters. His areas of practice including Corporate & Commercial, Joint Ventures & Acquisitions, Employment issues, Litigation and advising on Indirect taxes, as well as transfer pricing in indirect and direct tax.

Suraj Malik, Partner, Transaction, Tax and Regulatory Services, BDO India LLP

Suraj Malik is a partner with the Transaction Tax Advisory practice at BDO India LLP.He is a CA with over 15 years of diverse experience with large accounting firms and family office. He has diverse experience in deal structuring, inbound investments, M&A Transactions, corporate restructuring, and private equity. He has led and managed several transactions across multiple sectors such as Media, Hospitality, Real Estate, IT/SEZ  and other general manufacturing industries. He has also advised and implemented one of the largest family settlement in India and structured and executed succession strategy for HNIs and entrepreneurs. Suraj has spoken on various national and international events organized by the different institutions and also co-authored articles on various M&A related topics.

Swetabh Pareek, Partner - Investor Relation Banking, Felix Advisory Private Limited

Swetabh has over 15 years of experience in deal advisory and transaction services. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has also cleared the Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CA equivalent in the US) exam from the Colorado State Board of Accountancy. Furthermore, Swetabh was a associated member with the American Society of Appraisers for 7+ years.

During last decade and half, Swetabh has advised more than 500+ high growth companies across India and the US. Currently, he is responsible for leading the India and cross border-focused Investment banking division of Felix. His current service focus area includes mandates involving expert advisory needed throughout the deal cycle for fundraising, acquisitions, investments, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic partnership.

During his more than a decade old career, he has worked for Ernst and Young, Kotak, Aranca and Credit Suisse. He has led large teams on advisory assignments involving corporate transactions, strategic management decision making, dispute resolution and management reporting. he has served a variety of clients, mainly from India, US and Middle east region.

Talha Salaria, Partner, Lawyers At Work

Talha Salaria has more than a decade of experience as a corporate lawyer, representing companies across a wide range of industries, entrepreneurs, venture capital and private equity investors on a host of corporate, commercial and transactional matters, including franchising and retail.

Prior to founding L.A.W. (Lawyers At Work), Talha was a Co-Founder at a full service corporate and commercial law firm where she was focused on advising clients from different industries (including the IT/ITES, Education and Real Estate Sector). Talha’s work in the Indian private equity markets has been acclaimed by Indian Lawyer 250, which recognized her as an expert in structuring private equity transactions in India.

Her extensive engagements with clients in IT/ITES has been recognized by the leading global legal publication, Who’s Who Legal, which has listed Talha as one of India’s leading practitioners in the Internet & E-Commerce industries. She has also been called upon by educational institutions and industry bodies such as TiE and IE Singapore to conduct workshops and to speak at seminars.

Talha has, in the past, had brief secondments with CMS-Hasche Single and Lovells at Germany, Dr. Widmer & Partners in Switzerland, Gassauer Fleissner Rechtsanwalte Gmbh in Vienna, Matheson Ormsby Prentice in Ireland and Setter walls in Sweden. She has published articles in the Computer Law Review – International and has also been designated as an Honorary Fellow of the Center for International Legal Studies.

Talha began her professional career at the Mumbai office of J.Sagar Associates (JSA), a leading Indian law firm, before relocating to Bangalore.
Talha graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and is currently registered with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa. She is a Director on the board of the Itech Law Association and the Vice-Chair of the Committee on Internet & E-Commerce.

Tapas Ram Misra, Executive Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Tejas Marfatia, Director, Financial Advisory - Valuations, Deloitte India

Tejas has been with Deloitte in India for around 16 years working across Assurance and Financial Advisory practices.

In his association with the valuations services of Deloitte in India, Tejas has successfully assisted and lead in various engagements spanning valuation of shares, businesses, intangibles portfolio valuations, for a host of purposes including fund raises, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and regulatory purposes and across a variety of sectors spanning manufacturing, energy and resources, infrastructure, hospitality, retail, financial services and TMT.

Tejas has served a broad repertoire of listed / unlisted clients / Indian and International business groups.

Tejesh Chitlangi, Partner, IC Legal, Advocates & Solicitors

Tejesh is a Law and Management graduate from National Law University, Jodhpur, with a specialisation in capital markets and securities laws. He has worked with reputed law firms like ARA Law and Finsec Law Advisors in senior positions prior to joining IC Legal in May, 2013.

Tejesh has been listed as India’s one of the top ten ‘Upcoming’ law firm partners in PE/Funds space for 2014 by leading and reputed international law firm agency “Chambers & Partners”. He has assisted several clients in setting up Alternative Investment Funds and is one of the leading lawyers in India in the field of Investment Funds. Tejesh has also advised leading Indian Mutual Funds and Portfolio Managers in their operations and structuring of complex offerings and investments in structured products. Tejesh has assisted several domestic and offshore clients in establishing their innovative and unique domestic and offshore structures and has advised on aspects pertaining to securities law.

Tejesh has assisted offshore investors in obtaining Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) and Foreign Venture Capital Investor (FVCI) registrations and advised them on compliances pertaining to Indian laws and regulations. Tejesh has advised a number of offshore investors on issues pertaining to Participatory Notes (P-Notes) and advised on making investments in India from SEBI and Indian exchange control perspective.

Tejesh is a columnist for ‘The Hindu’ and ‘Financial Express’. He regularly writes articles / columns in various business newspapers, journals and websites including The Economic Times, Business Line, The Hindu, Business Standard, Financial Express, Money Control, Company Law Journal, etc. and is frequently quoted in the print media. Tejesh has spoken at various seminars including the IACC Seminar on “Corporate Governance - Emerging Dimensions” and at the “National Conclave on Indian Financial Markets - Roadmap 2020” organized by Assocham.