About the Training
Overview
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the end-to-end IPO process and key procedural steps
- Identify the right timing and strategic considerations for launching an IPO
- Learn how to prepare effectively, including documentation and due diligence
- Gain insights into regulatory, audit, and compliance requirements
Who Should Attend?
- Mid-sized and growth-focused corporates
- Companies with existing financial investor backing
- Promoters, CEOs, CFOs, Finance Directors, and Board Members
- Corporate finance teams
- Company Secretaries and Legal Advisors
- Financial Consultants and Investment Bankers
- Any organization planning to raise capital through public markets
Agenda
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9:30 AM – 9:40 AM
Welcome Remarks by VCCircle
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9:40 AM – 10:20 AM
Session 1: Global & Domestic IPO Landscape - Trends & Outlook
Key Topics:
- Geopolitical risks, macro environment
- Domestic IPO outlook & hot sectors
- Investor sentiment shifts
Trainer: Anuj Pethia, Partner, JSA
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10:20 AM – 11:00 AM
Session 2: IPO Readiness in Uncertain Times
Key Topics:
- Pre-IPO funding avenues
- Role of PE/VC and strategic investors
- Group restructuring & governance upgrades
Trainer: Akash Aggarwal, Managing Director | Investment Banking, Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors Limited
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11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Tea/Coffee Break
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11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 3: Valuation Challenges & Best Practices
Key Topics:
- Valuation techniques amid volatility
- Role of anchor and cornerstone investors
- Navigating investor skepticism
Trainer: Anurag Verma, Executive Director - Investment Banking, Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors Limited
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12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Session 4: Pre-IPO Advisory & Restructuring Strategies
Key Topics:
- Legal & regulatory restructuring
- Operational clean-up and group consolidation
- ESG and governance alignment
Trainer: Vishal Yaduvanshi, Partner (regional co - head - capital markets - north), Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
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9:30 AM – 10:10 AM
Session 5: Regulatory Developments & SEBI's Focus Areas
Key Topics:
- Latest SEBI amendments (ICDR, LODR, etc.)
- Global listing options & dual listing
- Enhanced ESG disclosures
Trainer: Lakha Nair, Managing Director - Corporate Finance, Axis Capital Limited
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10:10 AM – 10:50 AM
Session 6: Due Diligence in Today's IPO Environment
Key Topics:
- Financial, legal, and operational red flags
- Cybersecurity, ESG, litigation risks
- Director liability & enhanced disclosures
Trainer: Gautham Srinivas, Partner, Khaitan & Co.
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10:50 AM – 11:15 AM
Tea/Coffee Break
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11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 7: IPO Execution in a Tough Market
Key Topics:
- Roadshows, book-building, fixed price
- Managing investor roadshows & anchor investors
- Listing day volatility and stabilization
Trainer: Arka Mookerjee, Partner, JSA
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12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Session 8: Post-Listing Compliance & Performance
Key Topics:
- Post-listing disclosures & governance
- Managing market perception
- Strategies for re-rating and future fund-raising
Trainer: Thomas George, Partner, Khaitan & Co
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12:45 PM – Onwards
Training Concludes
Experts
Akash Aggarwal
Managing Director | Investment Banking, Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors Limited
Akash Aggarwal
Managing Director | Investment Banking, Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors Limited
Akash Aggarwal serves as Managing Director – Investment Banking at Motilal Oswal and brings over 21 years of experience in investment banking, including approximately 17 years with Axis Capital. A Chartered Accountant by qualification, he has successfully led several marquee capital market transactions in India. His notable deals include the largest NBFC IPO (HDB Financial Services), one of the largest IPOs in the Indian market (One 97 Communications), two of the largest rights issues (Bharti Airtel), and the largest QIP in the telecom sector (Bharti Airtel). He has also been instrumental in pioneering new-age tech IPOs such as TBO Tek and Ixigo, the first privately listed renewable energy InvIT (Virescent InvIT), and the first rights issue by a publicly listed InvIT (India Grid InvIT), among many othersx.
Lakha Nair
Managing Director - Corporate Finance, Axis Capital Limited
Lakha Nair
Managing Director - Corporate Finance, Axis Capital Limited
Lakha Nair - Managing Director - Corporate Finance- Axis Capital Limited. She has handled over 200 transactions, across capital market products including Initial Public Offerings, Follow on Offerings, Private Placements, Qualified Institutional Placements, Buybacks, Open Offers, Delisting’s, etc across various sectors. A Chartered Accountant by profession, she has over two decades of experience in Investment Banking and have worked on various marquee and pioneering capital market transactions. She has actively participated in various regulatory discussion papers and was member of the subcommittee that worked on the disclosure requirements for Insurance Companies doing IPO.
Gautham Srinivas
Partner, Khaitan & Co.
Gautham Srinivas
Partner, Khaitan & Co.
Vishal Yaduvanshi
Partner (regional co-head - capital markets - north), Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Vishal Yaduvanshi
Partner (regional co-head - capital markets - north), Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Anuj Pethia
Partner, JSA
Anuj Pethia
Partner, JSA
Arka Mookerjee
Partner, JSA
Arka Mookerjee
Partner, JSA
Thomas George
Partner, Khaitan & Co
Thomas George
Partner, Khaitan & Co
Anurag Verma
Executive Director - Investment Banking, Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors Limited
Anurag Verma
Executive Director - Investment Banking, Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors Limited
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