Mr. Ankit Singhi has 20 years of experience providing advisory services in Corporate Laws, Due Diligence, Acquisitions, IPO, Corporate Governance, Foreign Exchange Laws, and Business Setup, among others. He leads the Corporate Affairs & Compliances Team of the Group and plays a pivotal role in providing value-added services to a significant number of large and medium-sized listed and unlisted clients. Additionally, he possesses sound IT knowledge and has been instrumental in successfully conceptualizing and creating innovative websites for the Group. He has acted as a guest speaker at various prestigious forums such as ICSI,

ICAI and IICA. He possesses extensive expertise in the Companies Act,

2013, having conducted through research on the subject. Notably, he has been involved in the conceptualization, design and editing of the Group’s highly successful publications on the Companies Act, 2013.

Furthermore, he is an accomplished author with numerous articles on

corporate laws to his credit. His academic qualifications include a

bachelor’s degree in Law and Commerce, along with fellow membership of ICSI.

Mr. Manoj Kumar possesses over two decades of experience in M&A,

Transaction Advisory, Valuations and Investment Banking. He is Partner & Head of the M&A, Transactions and Investment Banking Team of the

Group. Manoj possesses exceptional financial skills coupled with in-depth understanding of corporate legal matters. He has successfully

conceptualized and managed approximately 600 mergers/demergers,

acquisitions, takeovers, corporate restructuring, insolvency resolution and business valuation among other investment banking transactions. His diverse clientele includes both listed and unlisted companies from various sectors and industries, including Infrastructure, Real Estate, Auto

Components, Capital Goods, Power, Finance and Investments, NBFC,

Broking, Pharmaceuticals, IT and ITES, Iron & Steel, Metals, Steel Products, Plastic Products, Sugar Textiles, Consumer Goods, Capital Goods and Mining, among others. Manoj is a member of the ‘NCLT & IBC Committee of PHDCCI’ and ‘ASSOCHAM Task Force on Corporate Restructuring and M&A’. He has addressed numerous programs organized by various forums, including ASOCHAM, ANMI, CKF, ICSI, ICAI, IICA, NALSAR Law University, JIMS and Apeejay School of Management. Additionally, he is a prolific writer and has co-authored books on the Companies Act, 2013, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and Business Valuation. His research orientation is evident from several articles he has written on topics relating to mergers, demergers, takeovers and insolvency resolutions. His quotes and comments

are regularly featured in major financial dailies, e-papers and business

Magazines.

Mr. Nitesh Latwal (ACS) is a Commerce and Law Graduate and Member

of the ICSI. He has to his credit 15 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. Sanchit Vijay, Bachelor of Commerce with Honours is a Chartered

Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from Ireland.

Furthermore, he 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. Besides, he is an IBBI Registered Valuer for Securities and

Financial Assets. He 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. He 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. Shivam Singhal (ACS, B.Com), Principal Associate- Research,

Corporate Professionals is a Commerce Graduate and Member of ICSI

possesses more than 10 years’ experience in academics. He has written

several articles published in ICSI and ICAI journals. He has also won case

study competitions three times, with his work published in ICSI journal. He acted as a guest speaker at various ICSI Chapters. He made a significant contribution in the drafting of the syllabus of ICSI curriculum (Syllabus 2017). He won the 15th All India Company Law Quiz organized by ICSI in 2015 at regional level & qualified for the national level. He has been the Chairman of the Modinagar Chapter of ICSI in 2021. He conceptualized and designed publications of Corporate Professionals

including - “Hand Book of Company Law Procedures”; “Company Law

ready Referencer”; “Compendium on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016” and “Handbook on SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015”.

Mr. Vinod Kumar Aggarwal possesses rich and diverse experience of over 50 years, with a forte in Company Law. He currently heads the Research Division of the Group. Previously, he served as the Principal Director of Academics, Professional Development and Publications and Director of Studies and Research at ICSI. Additionally, he held various positions, such as Dean at ICSI-Centre of Corporate Research and Training in Navi Mumbai, Officiating Secretary and Principal Advisor to ICSI. He was Member of various committees/Expert Groups set up by MCA, SEBI, IGNOU and other bodies. He 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 was Member Secretary of the Rule Making Committee for framing rules under the new Companies Bill. He has authored several books, numerous articles and research papers. He has acted as a guest speaker at various prestigious forums such as ICSI, ICAI, IICA, IGNOU, DU, BHU, Management Institutes. He is a member of the Company Law Committee of PHDCCI.

Ms. Anjali Aggarwal, an accomplished professional possesses 23 years’ experience of advising listed companies, undertaking different types of Merchant Banking, Stock Exchange and SEBI related matters. She has been an integral part of the CP Group for the last two decades, holding the position of Partner & Head-Capital Market Services. She has provided innovative solutions to various sectors such as Microfinance, Hospitality, Pharma, E-Commerce, Infra, Auto Ancillary and more.
She Specializes in handling Capital Markets transactions, including Rights Issues, Buybacks, Preferential Allotments and related Stock Exchange/ SEBI matters. She is well-versed in areas such as Letters of Offers, Prospectus, Allotment of Securities, Insider Trading Regulations and Delisting.
She has addressed professional development programs organized by professional bodies and several in-house webinars. She has also co-authored bestselling books and contributed articles and quotes to financial publications etc. and appeared in TV talk shows.
Anjali is a fellow member of the ICSI and an Executive MBA from IIM, Calcutta.

Ms. Mohini Varshneya possesses over 19 years of expertise in providing

end-to-end solutions for all kinds of share-based employee benefit plans, along with offering in-depth advisory, opinions, educational and technical sessions to the Board and other employees on Insider law matters. Mohini is currently heading the ESOP and SEBI Insider laws compliance Division of the Group. She played a key role in developing Web-based Techno-Legal Applications – ESOP Guardian (to manage ESOPs) & Insilysis (to comply with SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015). Her clientele includes over 500 companies comprising listed, unlisted, startups and MNCs. SEBI has nominated her as a Member of the Working Group constituted to review provisions of Trading Plan under SEBI (PIT) Regulations, 2015. Previously, Mohini dealt with Securities Law and provided comprehensive solutions to client companies, including planning, restructuring, obtaining complex listing approvals, managing further issues, delisitng, revocation of suspension and compliance management. Mohini has been a guest speaker at various programs organized by ICSI and has contributed several articles and quotes to financial dailies, e-papers and business magazines. She holds a master’s degree in Commerce and is a Fellow Member of the ICSI.