Dr. R. K. Agarwal, a Fellow Member of the ICAI and ICSI is also an Associate Member of the ICAI-CMA. In addition, he possesses M.Com, MBA, LL.B., LL.M and Ph.D. degrees.

Mr. Agarwal has over 30 years of standing as a practising Chartered Accountant and holds comprehensive experience of handling Income Tax Survey, Search and Seizure Cases, Tax Planning & Strategic Business Planning for Corporates.

Mr. Agarwal has been associated with the academic activities of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and represented its various committees. He was also a member of Accounting Standard Board, of ICAI. He has also been associated with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India ICSI) and has represented various committees of its Northern India Regional Council (NIRC) He was elected as Chairman NIRC-ICSI in the year 2003. He was also elected as President of Faridabad Income Tax Bar Association in the year 2000. Presently he is the Co- Chairman of Company Law and Corporate Governance Committee of PHD Chamber.

Mr. Agarwal is a visiting faculty at various management institutes and has appeared at various news channels for discussions/analysis on Union Budget and professional topics. He has written a book on “Taxation of Real Estate Developer and Joint Development Arrangements with Accounting Aspects” and co-authored a book on “Income Tax Search and Seizure”. He has also written several articles and made presentations on Taxation, Tax Audit, Accounting Standards, Strategic Planning and Economic Analysis etc., at various seminars organized by the professional institutes and Trade Chambers.

Dr. Rakesh Gupta, a Fellow Member of the ICAI, ICSI is also an Associate Member of ICAI-CMA. He is Gold Medalist in his LL.B examination and holds Master’s degree in Law and management. He has also done Ph.D. in “Corporate Governance and Business Ethics”. He practised as Chartered Accountant from 1984-2000, before he was appointed as a Member of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in the year 2000, when he was 37 years of age.

Dr. Gupta resigned from ITAT and resumed his practice as an advocate representing income-tax cases before various High Courts and the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. He has over three decades of rich experience in tax and business advisory matters. He represents U.P. Government in Supreme Court of India as a Special Counsel.

Dr. Gupta is an eloquent speaker and has addressed several seminars and workshops on legal and practical topics relating to Income Tax and has co-authored a detailed commentary on ‘Law Relating to Search and Seizure’. He has been contributing articles in various professional magazines, writing columns in newspapers and making appearances on various television channels.

Dr. Gupta has widely travelled abroad and in the recent past attended on invitation a conference on International Tax for updation of UN Model Tax Convention at United Nation’s Head Quarters at New York, USA.

Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal, a Fellow Member of the ICAI and ICSI is also an Associate Member of ICSA London (UK). He also holds post-graduate degree in Accountancy and Business Statistics and has done his Ph.D. in “A Conceptual Approach to Corporate Governance: Preparation for Global Interface”.

Dr. Agarwal has over 30 years of experience as a Practicing Chartered Accountant in Service Tax, Advisory & litigation practice, Goods & Service Tax advisory & implementation issues, Corporate Laws, Corporate Governance and Financial Services. He is the founder Chief Editor of Service Tax Counsellor, a weekly e-newsletter on service tax since 1999 and GST Counsellor, a fortnightly e-newsletter launched in 2015.

Dr. Agarwal was Chairman NIRC-ICSI in the year 1999. He had been a SEBI nominated director on the Board of Jaipur Stock Exchange Ltd. and JSEL Securities Ltd. and independent director on the Board of State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur. Central Government had nominated him as member on the Working Group constituted for suggesting changes in Companies Act in 2002-03. He was nominated as a Member of Secretarial Standards Board (SSB) of the ICSI for four terms. He was also a member of Indirect Tax Committee of ICAI in 2009-10. Presently he is on the board of few companies/ corporations including Government companies and is also a Member of Expert Advisory Board of the ICSI.

Dr. Agarwal is an active participant and speaker at Seminars and Conferences organized by ICAI, ICSI and Apex Chambers. He is also a visiting faculty at various Management Institutes and Banks. He is a regular contributor of articles and has to his credit a large number of published articles in various professional journals, websites and economic dailies on various subjects including Service Tax, Goods and Service Tax (GST), Corporate Laws, Banking and Corporate Governance. He has authored/edited over twenty-five books.

Mr. P. Nagesh, is a renowned Corporate Lawyer with over 26 years of experience in Corporate Laws, Advisory and Litigation. He started his practice as a litigation lawyer and gained wide experience in corporate matters during his professional career. He is a research oriented person and has represented wide-ranging and complicated nature of corporate cases before the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court and NCLT. He had also represented complex cases before the erstwhile Company Law Board, BIFR and MRTP Commission amongst others. He is rendering legal services to many companies on retainer-ship basis.

Mr. Nagesh is Vice Chairman of NCLT Bar Association and Member Company Law & Corporate Governance Committee of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Earlier he was Vice President of CLB Bar Association. He has also been a guest speaker at programmes organized by professional bodies and Chambers.

Mr. Ashwani Taneja a Member of the ICAI, ICSI and ICAI-CMA also holds B.Com (Hons.), LL.B and LL.M degrees and diploma in DISA from ICAI. He has to his credit more than 25 years of experience. He practiced as Chartered Accountant during the year 1995-2006 in the fields of Tax Planning, Litigation, Business Advisory, Due Diligence and audit of different segments of business organizations.

Mr. Taneja, a former Member of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), in the year 2006 switched over to advocacy and practised as Lawyer, with a strong focus on appellate side of Income Tax Law, he appeared before Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, High Courts and Supreme Court of India till 2015.

In the year 2015, when he was appointed as a Member of ITAT till 2017, before resuming his practice once again as Lawyer, he authored / co-authored more than 2000 judgements dealing with large variety of issues of Domestic as well as International Tax for numerous types of taxpayers.

Mr. Taneja is a prolific speaker on various issues pertaining to income tax and has delivered lectures and talks at various forums across the country. He has given many interviews on TV Channels on union budgets and various developments that keep taking place in country in the area of policy making and administration of income tax law.

Mr. Taneja has widely travelled abroad and on invitation attended a conference on International Tax for updation of UN Model Tax Convention at United Nation’s Head Quarters at New York, USA. He was also invited by Chief Justice of Tax Court of Canada for membership of International Association of Tax Judges, Canada (IATJ) and became member of IATJ in the year 2017 and also participated in their Global Tax Conference held at Helsinki (Finland).

Mr. Vikas Bhurat Jain is a Law graduate and a Member of the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Bar Council.

Mr. Jain possesses over 15 years of experience in Stock Market, besides having blend of expertise, skill and ability in Restructuring; Value Creation; and M&A Advisory.

Mr. Jain has to his credit restructuring of seven listed entities successfully across market capitalization.

Mr. Abhishek Sethiya is an Advocate, Fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and Commerce Graduate. He has over 15 years of experience including the position of CS & Legal Head at different MNC’s and consulting firms.

Mr. Abhishek has served more than 200 companies as a corporate legal consultant. He is interested in corporate laws and commercial laws and his area of expertise includes:

• Compliance & Advisory into corporate & commercial laws;
• Corporate Transaction Advisory including Drafting/ Negotiation of Shareholders Agreements, Share Purchase/ Sale Agreements, Joint Venture Agreements in terms of the [Indian] Companies Act, 2013 and other applicable laws and conducting legal due diligence on the target Indian company;
• Advisory on cross border investment;
• Litigation Management at different levels (Civil Court, High Court, Tribunals);
• Appearance before various government authorities and representing client companies;
• Legal Due Diligence for different purposes;
• Drafting & vetting of multiple type of agreements & documents
• M&A and Business Restructuring Advisory (including demerger, acquisition, asset sale & slump sale);
• Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency related services including filing of Insolvency Petitions on behalf of Corporate Debtors, Financial Creditors, and Operation Creditors and advisers to Insolvency Resolution Professionals & Insolvency Professionals;
• Approval matters at ROC, RD and NCLT/NCLAT;
• Creation of private trust, gift deed and their registrations at appropriate authority.

Mr. Sanchit Vijay, Bachelor of Commerce with Honours is a Chartered Accountant and possesses Diploma in Strategic Management from London School of Economics and Political Science. He has also attained Certifications in ‘Mutual Funds’ and ‘Equity Derivative’ from NSE Academy.

Mr. Sanchit is presently Director of Corporate Professionals (Valuation) Services Pvt. Ltd. and Head – Deals & Valuations Services Earlier he served as Associate Consultant (Data and Analytics), Infosys Limited and as Equity Research Analyst at CapGrow Capital Advisors LLP. He has co-authored CP’s Research Publications and written articles, which have been published in journals, online portals and business magazines.

Mr. Sanchit has an insatiable appetite for learning. He has planned, addressed and attended several webinars during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. He is an out-of-the-box thinker and given innovative ideas and insights to his employer company for growth of business.

Mr. Nitesh Latwal is a Commerce and Law Graduate and Member of the ICSI. He has to his credit 9 years of experience. He has been mainly dealing with Corporate Advisory, Opinions, Streamlining the Complexities in Transactions. He has also been conducting Compliance Audit covering all laws including Industrial & Labour Laws, etc.

Mr. Suman Kumar Jha, a Law graduate and Member of the ICSI possesses nearing 8 years’ experience in corporate restructuring and corporate legal matters. He manages Merger and Transaction
Advisory of various listed and unlisted companies and helps his team in preparation of different type of complex and composite schemes of arrangement. He is a Member of Bar Council of Delhi
and is regularly appearing before the National Company Law Tribunal.

Mr. Jha has done extensive research on various issues related to corporate restructuring, e.g., Stamp Duty, Direct and Indirect Taxation and the scope of Corporate Restructuring. He has delivered lectures at training programmes organized by ICSI and has written articles on Mergers & Acquisitions.

Mr. Ravi Prakash an Associate Member of the ICSI and a Member of Bar is Head of the Litigation Team. He is well equipped in advising and representing clients in contentious regulatory proceedings and litigations before judicial and quasi-judicial authorities spanning across Securities and Exchange Board of India, Securities Appellate Tribunal, National Company Law
Tribunal, High Courts, etc. Besides, Mr. Ravi has also advised clients on several intricate questions of law, emanating in course of their business.

Mr. Vivek Vijay, a Techno-Legal professional handles broad range of technological activities. He provides expert advice on best IT practices & strategies, diagnoses problematic areas,
and offers technological solution to achieve the desired business goals of the group companies. He has made a niche in creating customized solutions to address specific client’s requirements,
improve overall productivity, and increase efficiency within the organization. He defines organization requirements, select cloud services and creates cloud governance strategies.

Mr. Vivek an adept graphic & web designer has been instrumental in successfully conceptualizing, designing and creating innovative websites for the group, viz., www.companiesact.in; www.companywiki.in; www. corporateprofessinals.com; www.esopguardian.com; www. takeovercode.com; and www. femaindia.in Alongside he also develops Mobile apps, techbased information governance and compliance modules etc.

Mr. Vivek with several years of experience, possesses a unique mix of management, legal and IT skills, and is currently working on projects embedded with modern-day technology, which can
change the way legal and transactional advisory are currently availed and rendered.

Ms. Ruchika Sharma obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree with Honours from Delhi University and also holds Associate Membership of the ICSI. She possesses over seven years’ experience specializing in Transaction advisory for various deal transactions and acquisitions of listed companies. She played a significant role in managing the highest number of Takeover Open Offers dealt with by the firm in the year 2015-16. Presently, she is working on a new product ‘Corporate Value Enhancer’ launched by CP.

Mr. Vinod Kumar Aggarwal (M.Com), Ex Director of Studies and Research and Ex Principal Director, Academics, Professional Development and Publications of ICSI had also held the positions as Dean, ICSI-Centre of Corporate Research and Training, Navi Mumbai, Officiating Secretary and Principal Advisor to ICSI. He possesses rich and diverse experience of over 45 years with forte in Company Law. Presently is heading the Research Division of the Group.

Mr. Aggarwal was Member of various committees/ Expert Groups set up MCA, SEBI, IGNOU and other bodies and had been closely associated with the Government of India in framing the Companies Act, 2013 and the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 and the rules made thereunder. He has delivered lectures at various forums and authored numerous articles, research papers and books.