Yashesh Ashar
PartnerIllume Advisory
- +91 9769460006
Illume Advisory is a multi-disciplinary professional service organization with expertise in the areas of accounting, taxation, regulatory, transactions and M&A, corporate finance, and business advisory based in Mumbai, India.
Given our diverse capabilities to navigate complex and strategic aspects we are uniquely positioned to provide end-to-end services, from conceptualizing to planning to implementation. Our experience enables us to provide research based, holistic and customised approach to issues at hand.
True to our name, we are passionate in solving clients’ issues and meeting their requirements with the right blend of technical knowledge, industry expertise and business acumen. Keeping the clients at the core of all the things we do, we endeavour to foster strong relationships based on confidence, integrity, and trust which enables us to become their sounding board
Our expertise include:
1. Direct tax – advisory, compliance and representation service
2. International tax and transfer pricing
3. Corporate advisory, M&A & structuring
4. GST advisory compliance and representation services
5. Company secretarial services
6. Regulatory advisory and compliance services
7. Due Diligence
8. Valuation services
9. Internal audit and risk advisory
Our services offerings span the following segments through their entire life cycle of the following:
1. Startups and emerging businesses
2. Established businesses
3. Overseas businesses
4. Investment Funds
5. Families and HNIs
Yashesh has over 15 years of tax and regulatory space as well as in M&A, group restructuring, inbound and outbound investment structuring, transaction structuring, due diligence, fund and structuring, tax modelling and negotiations, wealth and estate planning.
Prior to this, he was a part of various Big 4 firms including PwC and EY.
Yashesh is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Bachelor of Commerce from the Mumbai University.
Yashesh has authored / co-authored various articles on tax, regulatory and transaction aspects. Yashesh is regularly invited by leading business dailies for contributing expert views / articles.
Yashesh has been on the advisory board of a venture capital firm. Yashesh is a TiE Charter Member and, executive council member of the MSME Business Forum.
Professional Experience:
Experience on variety of transactions and M&As ranging from USD 0.5 million to USD 3.5 billion
Experience on structuring and implementations of domestic as well as offshore funds with AUM of USD 5 million to USD 1.5 billion
End to end transaction implementation from term sheet stage through valuation, diligence, structuring, negotiations, documentations, closing and post-acquisition integration
Advising various private equity firms – offshore as well as domestic on structuring the fund as well as management structures
Experience in setting up alternative asset platforms across the entire spectrum.
Advised various financial services entities and capital market intermediaries in formulating their entry strategy into India / structuring platforms, obtaining approvals from regulatory authorities, tax and regulatory advisory and compliances.
Advising various start-up entrepreneurs in setting up businesses, transaction documents, due diligence, financial modelling, ESOPs, externalization, exits / listing opportunities
Advising HNIs / business houses in wealth and succession planning avenues as well as on immigration / migration abroad as well as setting up trust structures in India and overseas
Show more +Tax (Law) in India
Godrej & Boyce, Gate No. 2, Plant No. 6, LBS Marg, Vikhroli West, Mumbai - 400079
Illume Advisory