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1 Corporate ProfileWho We AreR & A Associates is an integrated service law firm focussed on Corporate laws, registered as a practicing company secretaries firm with the institute of Com-pany secretaries of India (ICSI).R & A has immense knowledge and experience in dealing with matters relat-ing to Company Law, Securities Laws, inbound and outbound Investment, Legal Due Diligence, Transaction documents, Joint Ventures, Foreign Collaborations, Technology Transfers, Mergers and Acquisitions, Listings and Capital Market & A s key offerings also include setting up compliances, approvals from all the government departments including approvals from the Registrar of Com-panies, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), Secretariat of Industrial Approvals (SIA), Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)

2 , Software Technology Parks of In-dia (STPI), approvals for establishment of 100% Export Oriented Units (EOU), approvals for establishment of units in the Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Foreign Exchange Regulations, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Real Estate, Retail, Trading, Non-banking finance companies in Hyderabad and having a branch in Delhi & Gurgaon and associates representing us in all the major cities of India, R & A has been in the forefront of the Corporate sphere, having advised and represented Corporate clients from across the globe, through a combination of hand holding and partners have an average experience of over 15 years in handling complex Legal issues touching on almost all aspects of Indian Corporate are a technology savvy firm.

3 And are equipped with the latest technology and communication have our business presence across India and around the world by the way of strategic alliances and networking with fellow professional firms to ensure timely deliverables to our valuable clients. PeopleMs. Rashida Adenwala is a founder partner of the firm. She has distinguished exposure and over two decades of experience in private equity, public offerings, preparation of business plans, and advising on valuations. Before forming the firm, she was associated with various corporates in Mumbai and has extensively traveled abroad on professional profile was published under the title Women of Worth in Indian Express, the English daily on 16th February, have our business presence across India and around the world by the way of strategic alliances and networking with fellow professional firms to ensure timely deliverables to our valuable clients.

4 She has been a regular speaker at various training programs conducted by the institute of Company secretaries of India (ICSI). She was a member of the Secretarial Standards Board constituted by ICSI for the years 2006 and 2008. At present she is the member of Expert Advisory Board of has participated in the Board Leadership Training of Trainers Workshop in 2008 conducted by International Financial Corporation, Global Corporate Governance Forum, NISM and major assignments in recent times include listing of securities of DQ Entertainment on AIMs, FCCB and the GDR issue for Country is a Fellow member of the institute of Company secretaries of Inida, Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of G.

5 Raghu Babu is a founder partner of R & A Associates. He has immense knowledge and over 15 years of experience in Corporate Legal , Secretarial , cor-porate restructuring, foreign collaborations and joint venture the last 5 years Mr. G. Raghu Babu has lead Legal Due Diligence assign-ments for the acquisition, M & A, private equity etc., Also drafted and vet-ted number of agreements like., Shareholders Agreement, Share Subscription Agreement, Collaboration Agreement etc. He has also done international as-signments in Sri Lanka and Thailand. Closely associated with a number of start up companies and advised on capital structuring, stock options, seed and angel round of investments, shareholder agreements etc.

6 ,He is a Fellow member of the institute of Company secretaries of India (ICSI) and obtained Masters Degree in Commerce and Bachelors Degree in was the Managing Committee member of the ICSI - Hyderabad Chapter for the term 2004-06 and Vice-Chairman for the year 2006. He was a member of the Expert Advisory Board of the institute of Company secretaries of India (ICSI) for the year 2008. He was the member of Secretarial Standards Board of ICSI for the year 2009. He is also a member of Federation of AP Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hyderabad Management Association and AP Tax Bar has been associated with the Hyderabad Chapter, ICSI as a faculty and ad-dressed number of Seminars, Secretarial Modular Training Programmes (SMTP), Training Orientation Programme (TOP), Seminars and Workshops conducted by ICSI.

7 He was also a faculty of the Hyderabad Chapter of ICWAI in the year authored an Article on Indian FCCBs - Current Scenario which was pub-lished in Taxmann s Corporate Professional Today in the month of June 2009. He has attended number of personality development programmes, national and international seminars and conferences. Mr. R. Ramakrishna Gupta (Ramki) is a partner of the firm. He has immense knowledge and experience in stock option plans, public issue management, takeover regulations, various Listing formalities with the Stock Exchanges, and Corporate Law Compliance including regulatory Ramki started his career with R & A as a trainee, and was thereafter el-evated as a is a fellow Member of the institute of Company secretaries of India, and a Bachelor of Law as well as a Bachelor of B.

8 Bhavani Raj is a Partner of the Firm. Her expertise, inter-alia, is in regulatory approvals, licenses, registrations for any organisation set up in India including Labor license, Professional Tax, Trade License, Value Added Tax, Serv-ice Tax etc. Beside Companies Act, 1956, she has good command on Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA), Import Export Policy, Securities Ex-change Board of India (SEBI) and Stock Exchange related rules, regulations and bye has good exposure to compliance audit and compliance management sys-tem, Legal due diligence, drafting and vetting of various Legal involves in drafting manuals, guides, interpretations and providing opinions on the above topics.

9 She has very actively participated and associated with the ICAI in a seminar addressing the articled clerks of ICAI and chartered accountants on MCA 21 and won the appreciation from the audience and organizers of the is an Associate Member of the institute of Company secretaries of India and a Bachelor of Laws. She is a member of Foreign Trade Committee of the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FAPC-CI).She has been associated with R & A since 2004. Considering her contribution, she is elevated as Partner in Vaishali Vohra is the Branch Head - Delhi & Gurgaon. She has started her career with R & A in 1996 as a Trainee and was absorbed here as an As-sociate, after successful completion of her training.

10 She was associated with R & A till September, 2000. Since then she has been re-locating to various destinations and worked as a Company Secretary in whole time employment with corporates in Bangalore and Delhi. She also had been associated with a reputed and dynamic education institution as a Senior Program Educator. She has hands on experience in Corporate Secretarial matters. In addition to the compliances under the Companies Act with specific impetus on Sec-retarial Compliance Audit, she has also handled compliances with the regula-tions of MCX, NSDL and the NSE, drafting Legal agreements and contracts, Export subsidy matters, MIS Reporting, Insurance related issues, reporting to the Management and Statutory Bodies and also liasoning with the Department of Consumer Affairs.