Mr. Ramakant Kini - Managing Partner

Ramakant Kini is presently the managing partner of Sterling Associates, a law firm specializing in capital markets. Ramakant has carved out a niche in the areas of capital markets, securities laws, taxation, regulatory compliance, and financial law advisory. He is the founder partner of Sterling Associates (founded in 2006). His core area of practice includes advisory services for (i) fund raising through IPOs, FPOs, Rights Issue, Debt Issue, Private Placements, ADRs/GDRs and QIPs. (ii) SEBI compliance with respect to formation and registration of mutual funds, FIIs and their sub-accounts. (iii) negotiating transaction documents in case of private equity transactions, domestic and foreign collaborations, joint ventures and other commercial transactions. (iv) Regulatory compliance with the RBI and SEBI takeovers and Foreign Direct Investment transaction. (v) fund practise dealing setting up of Alternative Investment Funds and advising on their regulatory matters.

He has contributed significantly to the regulatory development relating to securities regulation since the inception of SEBI in 1992 through several Business and Trade Association, AMBI and direct representation to SEBI, Ministry of Finance, Department of Companies Affairs, RBI etc.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Law from the Government Law College, Mumbai. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a qualified Company Secretary. He is enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa.

Prior to this he had experience of over 17 years of working with consultancy firms, listed multinationals and Investment bank. He was a part of JM Financial group until 2006 for 14 years including J M Morgan Stanley where he was heading the Legal and Compliance Cell of the investment banking division with a specific focus on deal structuring, public offerings, open offers, buyback transactions, setting up of mutual funds, regulatory compliance, and transaction support. Prior to his stint with JM Financial Group he was part of the Corporate tax Division of A F Ferguson & Co. and was also part of the corporate tax division of E Merck (India) Limited now part of Procter & Gamble Health limited

Mr. Chintal D Sakaria - Partner

Chintal D Sakaria, has over 22 years of experience in the field of corporate secretarial and compliance, advising on corporate transactions such as fund raising including IPO, private equity documentation and structuring, corporate restructuring in the form of mergers, amalgamations, open offer, delisting, buyback, etc.

He also has experience in compliance of SEBI Listing Regulations, SEBI Prohibition of Insider Trading Regulations, SEBI Takeover Regulations, SEBI ESOP Regulations, drafting and vetting of shareholders' agreement, capital market issue management related agreements, etc.

He brings rich and diverse experience from his past associations with leading corporates such as JM Financial Group, JSW Group, Adani Group, Patni Group and Shapoorji Pallonji Group.

Apart from being a Fellow Member of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Mr. Sakaria also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management and Bachelor's Degree in Commerce.

Mr. P R Ramesh | Legal Counsel

Mr. P R Ramesh practices in the area of Securities and Financial Markets laws, and litigation related thereto having more than three decades of experience in the securities market particularly in policy and regulatory advisory as well as investigating corporate and white collar crimes and has participated in major legal proceedings for prosecution and defense as well. Previously, Ramesh was a Senior Regulator with the Securities and Exchange of India (SEBI) for over 12 years.

Mr. Pradumnya Patil - Senior Advisor

Qualification : M.Com, LLB

Mr. Rajesh Sarfare - Senior Advisor

Qualification : FCA, LLB, M.Com

Mr. Kishor Takmoge

Qualification : ACS, M.Com, LLM

Mr. Varun Shah

Qualification : ACS, B.Com, LLB