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Govind Rishi

Founder Partner

Mr. Govind Rishi is one of the partners of the Acumen Juris, he is alumnus of prestigious Campus law Centre, University of Delhi. He has been enrolled with Bar Council of Delhi. He has an experience of more than 15 years in litigation, arbitration and corporate consultancy including proceedings under civil laws, labour laws, company laws, intellectual property laws, business laws, arbitration, corporate laws, criminal laws and others and has served diverse industries but not limited to including manufacturing, IT service provider, real estate, infrastructure, banking, telecom, advertisement / promotional, aviation, energy, waste management, and retail.
Mr. Govind Rishi is panel advocate for Punjab National Bank and NBCC India Limited. He also heads the insolvency prctice of the firm.

Abhishek Bansal

Founder Partner

Mr. Abhishek Bansal, a law graduate from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi and a member of the ICSI, has 15 years of experience to his credit. He is one of the Partners of the Acumen Juris and has been enrolled with Bar Council of Delhi. He is practising in providing services in cross border investment transactions, foreign collaboration and joint ventures, negotiations and agreement drafting. He also specializes in conducting legal due diligences, drafting business and commercial agreements, advising on corporate commercial laws, capital market and security laws, India entry and global business set up services, resolving complex corporate structuring issues, rendering strategic advice and approvals under competition law. He is also practising in the newly enacted insolvency and bankruptcy law in India.He has served for sectors including retail, logistics, hospitality, auto-ancillary, service, real estate, NBFC, IT, gems and jewellery, medicines, art fairs, defence, media, manufacturing, PSU etc.Mr. Bansal has co-authored 5 editions of bestselling book on Companies Act 2013 published by Wolters and Kluwer. He has successfully conceptualized and created the only website on Foreign Exchange Control Laws in India i.e. www.femaindia.in.He has also authored many articles on Corporate Laws including foreign exchange control laws, company law, stamp act, contract laws, competition laws and constitution of India on legal portal and magazines. He also acted as speaker at various forums like IICA, ICSI, ASSOCHAM, CKF, etc.

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Abhishek Chaurasia

Founder Partner

Abhishek is having more than 15 years of experience. He is a research oriented professional and possesses rich and varied experience in M&A, Valuation Analysis, Transaction Advisory and Investment Banking. He specializes in Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Valuations, Corporate Restructuring, domestic and cross border joint ventures deal structuring & negotiations, financial reengineering, business modelling and has hands on experience of conceptualising and managing more than 60 M&A transactions.

Abhishek has also led and executed more than 1800 Valuation of Companies including Share Valuations, Complex Financial Instruments, M&A and Intangible Valuations (Brand Valuations) for eminent companies covering various industries including Automobile and Auto Components, Hotel & Tourism, Healthcare and Healthcare Equipments, EduTech, Foods & Beverages, SpaceTech, AgriTech, Consumer Durables, Co-Living & Co-Workings, Textiles & Apparels, Logistics, Telecom Service and Equipments. Some of his distinguished Clients includes Siemens Healthcare, GMR Group, Minda Group, FabIndia, Aecom, Kinara, Bira 91, DLF Group, Sterlite Group, Organic India, Federal Mogul, Extramarks, Vedantu, PristynCare, Skyroot, Wysa, Healthians, BabyChakra (GoodGlam Group), Unacademy, UrbanClap, Urban Ladder, etc.

Abhishek is an alumnus of Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) and a Delhi based SEBI Registered (Cat -1) Merchant Banker

Manish Dubey

Founder Partner

Mr. Manish Dubey is a fellow member of ICAI having a rich experience in providing end-to-end solutions in direct & indirect taxation, developing and implementing financial systems, devising strategies, processes and controls, and establishing accounting functions and systems. He specializes in devising tax efficient structures, handling tax investigations and providing GST advisory. He also holds extensive record of making successful representations before various tax authorities and tribunals.He is deeply passionate towards growing start-up sphere and has been credited with accelerating the growth of various start-ups through arranged venture capital funding and providing comprehensive taxation and financial solutions. He is also associated with various start-ups as their mentor. He has been a vocal advocate of GST laws and has been presenting his unique insights to the industry and professionals alike at numerous seminars and conferences.

Gaurav Mittal

Partner

Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary with more than 16 years of finance experience. Expertise in fund raising (Domestic/ International), debt management, addressing security structure, working capital management, strategy and compliance, finance cost management, business plans, financial MIS, project evaluation, KPIs identification and setting, cash flow forecasting and structuring, stakeholders management, liaison with Lenders, transaction structuring, legal/ transaction documentation, Rating management, due diligence, IPO readiness, and other regulatory advisory (FEMA, RBI, etc.). Ex Varuna Group (Head F&A, CFO); Apollo LogiSolutions; BILT; Jubilant Pharmova and PolyplexSummary of major experience:? Lead/ part of various long-term fund-raising assignments not restricted to RTL, ECB, Bond, ECA, Private Equity? Handled working capital for more than Rs. 3,000 Crores across Companies? Handled debt profile for more than Rs.10,000 Crores covering long term/ short term, fund based/ non fund based, RTL/ ECBs/ ECA, replacement financing/ project financing, vehicle financing/ receivables discounting/ vendor financing? Dealt with more than 30 banks/ financial institutions over years, ? Handled various types of documentation not restricted to funding, private equity, business contracts etc.? Experienced in framing business guidelines for logistics vertical? Handled Business plans for various purposes? Experienced in various industry i.e., manufacture of polyester films, paper industry, pharmaceuticals, integrated logistics company (having CFSs, ICD, FFD, Warehousing, Road Transportation, Rail Transportation), Hospital, Hydro, Hypermarket, SEZ.? Experienced in rationalizing security structure across lenders

Atul Maheshwari

Partner

A Chartered Accountant with more than 15 years of experience into Risk & Assurance and has worked with international MNCs like Barclays Bank & Moody's.

Over the period he has assisted various organisations in Institutionalisation of their Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERM) which includes designing and regular testing of business processes/sub processes (including SOX), risk & controls, maps, narratives. He also has been assisting organisations in drafting & monitoring their Policies & SOPs, training teams and have organised various national/International level conferences with an audience size of more than 1000 participants.

He is an expert in conducting Risk based Internal Audits and Fraud Investigations which have helped organisations in controlling revenue leakages and generate cost efficiencies by keeping overall risk under the risk appetite. He also has rich experience in designing and testing the IT Applications, IT Controls including general computer controls & EUDAs and has also successfully managed various automation projects which includes designing the system workflow, configuration of reports & controls in an IT system by understanding the user requirements and finally performing UAT.

He carries good experience in managing Onsite/Offsite regulatory Inspections & audits with various regulatory bodies such as RBI, SEBI & SFIO (CBI) along with organisation's In-house Investigations and is equipped with traits of providing satisfactory commentaries & resolving issues raised by regulators & auditors.

Ashish Goyal

Partner

Mr. Ashish Goyal is a fellow member of ICAI and a commerce graduate from the University of Delhi having a rich experience of more than 10 years in providing end-to-end solutions in direct & indirect taxation, audit, assurance, direct and indirect tax litigation, developing and implementing financial systems, devising strategies, processes and controls, and establishing accounting functions and systems. Mr. Goyal is also a Certificate Concurrent Auditor as certified by ICAI. Mr. Goyal has consistently been advising his client with their tax disputes and have been representing his clients in their direct and indirect (GST) tax litigation before various judicial forums, including Income tax Appellate tribunal (ITAT), Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals). Mr. Goyal is a member in good standing of New Delhi Sales Tax Bar Association for over 8 years. Mr. Goyal has been engaging with various banks as his client towards their accounting, auditing, and taxation related requirements, and have conducted stock audit for various banks. Mr. Goyal has been presenting his unique insights to the industry and professionals alike at numerous seminars and conferences, and is a member of various study circles, management groups and associations. Mr. Goyal also possess in depth knowledge of financial market and consistently analyse stock market performance and other related economic indicators.

Neha Malik

Partner

Neha has 17+ years of experience in Equity and Debt Capital Markets. She has led a number of marquee transactions across Equity and Debt capital markets at leading organizations like JM Financial Limited and SBI Capital Markets Limited (consistently ranked amongst the top investment banks in India). She has worked on some of the most intricate and pathbreaking transactions by reputed Private Corporates, NBFCs and PSUs, in this space across multiple capital market products such as IPOs, QIP, Rights Issue, Buy-back, Takeover Open Offers, Pre- IPO Advisory, private placement as well as public issue of NCDs . She has completed CS, Bachelor of Laws, Post Graduate diploma in Financial Management, and cleared level II of CFA from CFA Institute, USA. Her illustrious experience in helping corporates in both private markets as well as public equity and debt listing transactions, coupled with her strong legal and financial acumen, brings immense value for her clients throughout their growth curve from pre-IPO preparedness till post listing support, as well as in follow-on offerings or non-fund raising transactions in capital markets.

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