Capital markets act as a great catalyst to capital formation in a nation. The multi-dimensional approach of financial, regulatory, accounting and commercial enables the team at Bathiya to seamlessly hand-hold the entity in its desire to raise resources and list of Indian and International capital markets. The research-based and knowledge driven approach has enabled Bathiya to dominate in a specialized and niche area of 'IPO advisory'. An IPO is an event that occurs only once in a lifetime of an entity and it is extremely crucial and critical to get things right in the least amount of time. A public-market listing exercise is also a once-in-a-lifetime situation for every business. The cyclical nature of capital markets also makes 'time' the essence of the exercise. Having assisted large number of companies to raise resources through capital markets, the integrated IPO readiness approach at Bathiya is curated with to achieve maximum efficiencies in minimum go-to-market time. India has been a fairly late entrant in the Private Equity space. However, the recent traction evidenced by India Inc. in relation to Private Equity engagements has been encouraging and an indicator of things to come. At Bathiya, the advisory team endeavours to facilitate the private equity process with a vision to have a win-win situation for all participants. An ideal mix of financial and regulatory skill-set enables Bathiya to envision a transaction from a holistic perspective. Businesses thrive on a right mix of debt and equity in the capital structure. The ability to raise debt resources at sustainable terms is critical for the success of a business or a project. The team at Bathiya has enabled various businesses to raise debt resources at terms that have enabled their businesses to remain competitive at market place. The debt practice at Bathiya, would also enable businesses to raise debt resources through the capital markets or through internations bond issuances. To know more about our Capital Markets service offerring, feel free to write to Umesh Lakhani (umesh.lakhani@bathiya.com) or Ankit Davda (ankit.davda@bathiya.com) or Jayesh Mehta (jayesh.mehta@bathiya.com) or Vandan Jani (vandan.jani@bathiya.com).

As the world becomes a smaller space, India is further being stitched with the rest of the world. Within the Firm a dedicated team assists its international clients to set-up shop in India and efficiently act as local representatives in financial, accounting, regulatory and tax matters. The Firms network affiliates though being present in every major city in the world, enables its Indian clients in giving wings to their global ambitions. The international tax and regulatory service lines within Bathiya enable the India In-bound and Out-Bound service line to provide a comprehensive solution to an expanding international business. The various locations across major Indian cities enable Bathiya to work closely with international businesses set-up across India. To know more about our India In-bound and Out-bound service offerring, feel free to write to Rima Gandhi (rima.gandhi@bathiya.com) or Jimesh Shah (jimesh.shah@bathiya.com).

The advent of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) ushered a new era in the Indian corporate world. IBC has been instrumental in ensuring the required discipline amongst businesses and also enabled a speedy resolution of stressed businesses. The team at Bathiya has the benefit of qualified Resolution Professionals that are equipped to handled corporate insolvency resolution processes. Within a short span of its implementation, the Restructuring and Insolvency team at Bathiya has advised businesses on various capacities being advisors to the resolution professional, advisors to resolution applicant, advisors to creditors, voluntary liquidation advisors, etc. Having worked under erstwhile Sick Industrial Companies Act regime, the transition to the IBC regime has been a steady progression for the team at Bathiya. As the IBC law evolves it will be of great interest to watch the changing corporate dynamics in India.