OUR PEOPLE
Abhijeet Shah
Founder & Structuring Specialist
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Abhijeet Shah is the Founder of Coortus and is a Structuring specialist. Abhijeet continues to work very closely with Promoters, Business families and large to mid-sized businesses/ companies on complex structurings, deals, negotiations.
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Abhijeet has over 15 years of core experience in Structurings and has worked on multiple large & complex structurings, M&As – from term sheet negotiations to closure of transactions. Abhijeet has also worked with multiple business families on ownership structures – domestic and cross-border, family settlement situations and succession plannings. Abhijeet has successfully implemented more 25 family ownership structures involving size of wealth, regulatory and cross border complexities.
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Abhijeet also possess strong expertise on global M&A and Structuring related laws.
Amit Dodani
Practice Head – Deals
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Amit Dodani is transaction advisory professional with deep knowledge in buy-side & sell-side advisory, value negotiation, financial and accounting due diligence,
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Amit has assisted clients on matters relating to transactions; be it buying/ selling of companies, determining the value of a business, doing due diligence, assisting clients prior to/ during due diligence by setting up data rooms, raising private equity finance and research
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Prior to Coortus, Amit worked with BDO International and Woodbridge International.
Amit Dodani
Practice Head – Deals
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Amit Dodani is transaction advisory professional with deep knowledge in buy-side & sell-side advisory, value negotiation, financial and accounting due diligence,
valuations, financial modelling and other management consulting services. -
Amit has assisted clients on matters relating to transactions; be it buying/ selling of companies, determining the value of a business, doing due diligence, assisting clients prior to/ during due diligence by setting up data rooms, raising private equity finance and research
requirements related to M&A transactions. -
Prior to Coortus, Amit worked with BDO International and Woodbridge International.
Pruthvi Mota
Practice Head – Valuations & Business
Modelling
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Pruthvi Mota leads the valuation practice in Coortus. He has more than 8 years of experience in the valuation field. Prior to Coortus, he was associated with BDO India in the valuation practice. He has gained immense experience in valuation of businesses, intangible assets, financial instruments with complex options and valuation for regulatory purposes including
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In addition, he has worked on detailed business models for start up / new ventures.
Per Hornung Pedersen
Managing Director, Coortus Advisors GmbH Germany
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Per Hornung Pedersen anchors our German/ European Practice as we believe strongly on the Indo-German Business Corridor. He brings 30+ years of international experience working as an executive and for the past decade as a professional Board member. His focus for the past 20 years has been the renewable sector with focus on strategy, business development and M&A.
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Per has been in the renewable energy sector since 2000 working in executive positions with leading global wind OEMs. Until mid 2004 as CFO with NEG Micon/Vestas, thereafter building the international organization for Suzlon, responsible for the world outside of India as CEO. From end 2007 to mid 2011 CEO of Repower in Hamburg Germany.
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Since mid 2011 working as independent director /non-executive director and advisor to various companies as: Senior Advisor to McKinsey, Senior Advisor Atrium Partners , Copenhagen. Senior Advisor MCF Corporate Finance Hamburg .
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Abdul Barrister
Partner -Structuring
• Abdul Barrister is a rank holding Chartered Accountant and bring over 13 years of expertise in M&A consulting, with a strong focus on Transaction Advisory, FEMA Advisory, group restructurings, and internal reorganisation's.
• He provides comprehensive support
throughout the restructuring process,
including stamp duty and real estate law
matters.
• Abdul has a broad client base, working
with both foreign and domestic clients
across a range of industries, including Real Estate, Pharmaceuticals, Automotive, Renewables, and IT/ITeS.
• His experience allows him to deliver end - to- end solutions tailored to each client's needs.
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Anirudha Jain
Partner -Structuring
• Anirudha Jain is a Chartered Accountant & Chartered Financial Analyst, USA with over 11 years of specialized experience in Mergers & Acquisitions. He brings expertise in executing concept - to - completion engagements across a wide range of strategic and financial transactions.
• His work spans transaction structuring, business and asset valuations, engagement with family offices and succession planning, negotiation
support and drafting of complex structuring
documents.
• Anirudha also has experience in handling
insolvency and bankruptcy advisory, guiding stakeholders through resolution processes under IBC and executing voluntary liquidations