Private Equity & IPO Preparedness Review
Pre-IPO/PE Planning
IPO Readiness Assessment
• Evaluation of IPO/PE considerations, why public, why PE?
• Evaluate IPO/PE destination – India or overseas?
• Understand current state and IPO/PE plan
• Perform diagnostic and gap assessment around financial statements, accounting policies, corporate governance and IT systems
• Tax structure assessment
• Formulate IPO/PE calendar and responsibility matrix
• Assist management to be ‘IPO/PE ready’
• Review of compliances required under Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements Regulations (ICDR) and LODR Regulations (Listing obligations and disclosure requirements)
• Digital and business transformation assessment
• Conduct workshops and training sessions with IPO/PE team
IPO preparation and execution
• Project management office (PMO) services of the IPO/PE process including setting up of PMO,
setting timelines and workstreams, data-room management,
co-ordination with various external and internal stakeholders, monitoring various work-streams and creating IPO dashboard
• Assistance in preparation of historical financial statements as per appropriate accounting standards
• Assistance in enterprise risk management, policies and corporate governance frameworks
• Benchmarking analysis with competitors
• Assistance in validating business plans and market assessment
• Management information system design and integration with IT systems
• Assistance in creating Cyber risk management framework
• Assistance in implementation of digital transformation strategy
• ESOP Advisory and implementation assistance
• Assistance in preparation of prospectus document including business, financial and other
Post-IPO/PE support
• Support in preparation and presentation of quarterly financial results
• Support in regulatory and tax reporting and filings
• Internal audits and ongoing reviews of corporate governance policies
• Support to management in monitoring the use of IPO/PE proceeds as per the prospectus
• Related party transactions review