World Renowned Faculties
Anne Maree Byworth, Founder & Managing Director, Watledge Consulting Limited
Anne-Maree Byworth manages a private equity advisory firm that advises clients who are active in newer private equity markets, particularly in Asia and Africa. She acts as a business coach for general partners seeking to develop robust business platforms, and also carries out due diligence, strategic advisory and training services for investors with active investment mandates for emerging private equity markets. Engagements completed to date include work on strategic positioning, portfolio construction, fund structuring, team development, succession planning, investor relations, preparation for fund raising (including writing and reviewing documentation), performance benchmarking and analysis, portfolio review, due diligence and referencing, process mapping and reporting. Since the firm commenced business in 2008, she has worked with around 30 private equity clients.
Prior to founding Watledge Consulting, Anne-Maree was Director of Private Equity at CDC Group plc, the fund of funds business owned by the British Government that invests in the developing economies of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Commencing in 2004, she was instrumental in transforming the institution into a fund of funds operation from its previous role as a direct private equity investor. Before Anne-Maree left CDC in June 2008, she chaired CDC’s investment committee and coordinated the firm’s private equity fund investment activity across the globe. Between June 2004 and April 2007, Anne-Maree was responsible for the selection and monitoring of CDC’s private equity commitments to funds investing in South and South East Asia and the Pacific. Funds selected during this time spanned the spectrum of alternative asset investment strategies, including SME, expansion capital, buyout / change of control, mezzanine and distressed debt.
Anne-Maree commenced her career in private equity in 1992, and worked for UK and Australian based institutions prior to joining CDC. These included Morley Fund Management (now known as Aviva), where she was responsible for the due diligence, selection and post-commitment monitoring of European private equity funds, and Hermes Fund Managers, where she made fund commitments on behalf of the Hermes UOB European Private Equity Fund of Funds and the Post Office Pension Scheme. She has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Auckland (New Zealand) and a Master of Arts (Dist.) from London Guildhall University (UK).
Anuj Jain, Director - Transaction Advisory Services, Ernst & Young India
Anuj is a Director in the Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) of Ernst & Young. He specializes in Transaction Support (Financial Due Diligence) and Operational Restructuring (OR) practice.
Anuj is commerce graduate (1997) and is member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2001).
Anuj joined Ernst & Young in 2004 and is currently based out of the Mumbai office. Anuj has also worked in EY New Delhi and EY London offices.
Prior to joining Transaction Advisory Services, Anuj has worked in Assurance services of Deloitte in India.
Anuj focuses mainly on Healthcare, Automotive, Industrial products, Consumer Products, Food and Beverages, IT and ITES Services, Metals & Mining, Oil & Gas sectors.
His functional expertise includes Corporate Transformation Services (including interim management support), Operational Restructuring, Financial due diligence and Transaction Integration.
He is experienced in managing complex engagements in Operational Restructuring, Financial Due Diligence/Vendor Due Diligence, Carve Outs.
Anuj has worked on many large and complex due diligence projects both in India and overseas and for Private Equity clients as well as Corporate clients.
Anuj Mehta, Associate Vice President, Merisis Advisors Private Limited.
Anuj Sah, Associate Partner, Khaitan & CO
Anuj is a member of the firm’s mergers & acquisitions, private equity and securities groups. Anuj regularly represents financial institutions, private equity investors, corporations and promoter families in a broad range of transactions and complex regulatory issues. Anuj also recently completed a six months secondment with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP across their various offices in London, New York and Hong Kong.
Representative Matters:
Strategic and Private Equity Investments:
• The Blackstone Group on its investment in Financial Inclusion Network and Operations Limited;
• The Blackstone Group on its investment in Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited;
Joint Ventures and Collaborations:
• SIBUR Holdings, Russia on its joint venture with Reliance Industries Limited;
• Hitachi Limited, Japan on its joint venture with SFO Limited;
Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds:
• IDFC Private Equity Company Limited in establishing a domestic venture capital fund and an offshore feeder fund;
• Tata Capital Limited in establishing various venture capital funds including Tata Capital Growth Fund, Tata Capital Healthcare Fund and Tata Capital Innovations Fund;
Aparna Mittal, Partner- Corporate/M&A, Luthra & Luthra Law Offices
Aparna Mittal, Partner- Corporate/M&A, Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, regularly advises multinational and domestic clients on significant and complex headline M&A matters, and has been - ranked as Top 100 International Advisors, 2014, by Finance Monthly a leading UK publication; awarded the Deal Maker of the Year Award, 2013, by Finance Monthly, for her lead role on the PVR- Book My Show online ticketing arrangement; consistently ranked by Chambers and Partners- as a Leading Lawyer / Leaders in their Field – for Corporate M&A– in 2014, in 2013, 2012 and 2010; and ranked as Asialaw Leading Lawyer (Rising Star), 2014- for Corporate /M&A.
Her clients include multinationals such as Abbott Laboratories, Nokia Corp, Fendi International, Ingredion, Global Infrastructure Partners, F&C REIT Asset Management, Toshiba, AXA-SA, EL-Rothschild, Petronas, Hilton International, Clinton Foundation, and key domestic players like the Tata group, DLF Retail Brands, PVR Limited. She was lead advisor to Abbott Laboratories, in its USD 3.8 billion acquisition of Piramal Healthcare’s domestic formulation business, which was the largest business transfer in the pharma sector in India and was recently advising Nokia Corporation in the proposed sale of its Devices and Services business to Microsoft.
She graduated from India’s foremost law school, the National Law School of India University, Bangalore (2005), and can be contacted at amittal@luthra.com
Aparna Mittal, Partner , AZB & PARTNERS
Aparna Mittal, Partner - Corporate/M&A, at AZB & Partners, regularly advises multinational and domestic clients on significant and headline M&A matters, and has been - ranked as Top 100 International Advisors, 2014, by Finance Monthly a leading UK publication; awarded the Deal Maker of the Year Award, 2013, by Finance Monthly; consistently ranked by Chambers and Partners - as a Leading Lawyer - for Corporate M&A - in 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2010; and ranked as Asialaw Leading Lawyer (Rising Star), 2014 - for Corporate / M&A. She graduated from India’s foremost law school, the National Law School of India University, Bangalore (2005).
Apurva Shah, Partner Deal Advisory, KPMG
Apurva has spent more than 12 years within Big 4 firms and has diversified experience across various sectors in the domain of valuation and financial due diligence. He has advised number of clients on deal-related valuations. The nature of engagements include divestments, fund infusion, joint-ventures, stake sale etc. He also understands and supports on regulatory, accounting and tax-related complex valuations. Having interacted and worked with number of early stage companies, he understands the investors’ mind-set and advises his clients accordingly.
Apurva is a merit-holder Chartered Accountant and has also done his MBA in finance from MDI, Gurgaon. He has earlier worked with organisations such as GE India, EY India and is currently a partner within Deal Advisory division at KPMG India.
Arjun K. Perikal, Partner, J. Sagar Associates
Arjun specializes in Mergers & Acquisition, Regulatory & Policy and Dispute Resolution He has an extensive experience in M&A related transactions including all manner of re-structuring; Dispute Resolution through Arbitration & Mediation, Corporate Litigation in relation to oppression & mismanagement; liquidation and Corporate Regulatory & Policy.
He has also appeared and argued before various judicial forums in the original and appellate jurisdictions. Arjun also advises on the incorporation of companies, general corporate secretarial compliance, corporate commercial contracts, leasing, joint development agreements and mining licensing.
In addition, he also has an experience in advising clients on setting up of townships and liaisoning with Government/Statutory bodies for approvals/consents. He has been practicing law since 2003 and before joining JSA in July 2009 he has worked with AZB & Partners and M&C Partners, at Bangalore.
Arpita Garg, Partner, J. Sagar Associates
Arpita practices in the areas of Banking & Finance and General Corporate Commercial.
She has advised domestic and international clients in Banking & Finance related transactions including Syndicated Lending (secured & unsecured), domestic & External Commercial Borrowings, Project Financing, Acquisition Financing and Debt Restructuring. She has also advised clients on exchange control laws, security creation and general Corporate Commercial laws.
Before joining JSA, she was working with ICICI Bank Limited, Mumbai in their Corporate Legal Department. During her time spent at ICICI Bank, Arpita has worked on various corporate financing and project lending to multinational and domestic companies.
Arun Scaria, Attorney, Nishith Desai Associates
Arun Scaria is an attorney at Nishith Desai Associates. He has a wide range of experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate and securities law, structuring of inbound /
outbound transactions and is a senior member of the Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisition practice group at the firm.
With a strong focus in private equity and mergers and acquisitions, he has advised multitude of international and domestic investors in structuring, negotiations and documentation of their investment transactions by creating innovative structures to address the constraints as well as commercial considerations. His expertise includes advising on complex cross border M&As and private equity transactions in the most tax efficient manner.