ABOUTUS

FCL Search is India's foremost legal, tax & governance search �rm specializing in recruiting lawyers, in-house counsels, tax and com-pliance professionals.

Established in 2009, we have earned the reputation of a premium recruiter and are well known in the market for our swift action and discreet approach. We o�er bespoke market intelligence and cutting edge recruitment services to suit your organisation’s culture and business strategy. We have strong relationships with all the large, midsize and boutique law �rms, fund houses, �nancial institutions and business houses across sectors. We regularly place lawyers at all levels from associates to partners and senior in-house counsels.

We pride ourselves on honesty, integrity and the respect we have earned through our tireless energy, drive, passion and love for what we do. Our access to the most desirable candidates is unparalleled and the most 'relevant' people in the industry highly regard our dealmaking skills.

Our consultants have the right combination of legal, �nance and HR backgrounds to help us understand the needs of 'decision makers'

From 2009, we have been successfully catering to the talent requirements of domestic and international legal markets. In 2011, we expanded our services to cover select Big 4 and mid-size accounting/consulting �rms in India. At FCL Search, we thrive on build-ing a connect, engaging with our people (clients / candidates) and ultimately advising them on what's best. We carry out discrete due diligence on every individual by draw-ing upon our unrivalled network in the legal, accounting and consulting spaces.

LEGAL, TAX AND GOVERNANCE RECRUITMENT

Candidate Searches

Assessments & Reports

TeamAcquisitions

SERVICES

FCL Search works with large, mid-size as well as boutiqu �rms seeking, evaluating and engaging in mergers and acquisitions. Our indepth market knowledge is unparal-leled and the most 'relevant' people in the profession highly regard our deal-making skills.

We specialize in team acquisitions, as well as combination of equals. FCL Search has an impeccable track record in successfully advising several strategic �rm

CONSULTING SERVICES - MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

Typically, we work with Senior/Managing Partners, Group General Counsels and Heads of Human Resource functions to bring our range of experience and expertise to help develop creative solutions. In the past, we have worked with law �rms on the following areas:

Mergers / Acquisitions / Combination

Deal Origination, Structuring & Negotiation

Management Structures & Partnership

THE INDIAN LEGAL MARKET STANDS AT THE CUSP OF THE NEXT WAVE OF CONSOLIDATION AND WE, AT FCL SEARCH, ARE LEADING THIS SPACE.

CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS:

Long term relationships are the foundation of our success. Many of our clients have chosen to work with us repeatedly and a reasonable size of our business is undertaken on an exclusive basis, underlining the trusted partner status we enjoy with our clients.

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EXPERIENCED CONSULTANTS:

We are a team of trained legal, �nance and human resource professionals who have a true understanding of their market. As recognised thought lead-ers in our �eld, we are able to foresee, interpret and e�ectively deliver as per the needs of the business.

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SOLUTION DRIVEN APPROACH:

We have the ability to o�er a number of methodologies to re�ect client needs, adopting the most suitable approach for a speci�c requirement. This includes one or a combination of retained, contingent, database or adver-tised search.

Before recommending a professional we conduct a thorough due diligence, which contributes to considerable savings in time and money for our clients.

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WHY FCL SEARCH?

Exclusively represented a top Tier Delhi head quartered �rm in setting up its Mumbai operations in diverse practice areas National Practice Head – Litigation and Arbitration for a mid size Indian �rm (having an association with a leading UK law �rm)Funds Partner for a Tier I FirmLitigation Partner for a Tier I �rmGeneral Corporate and Public M&A Partner for a Tier I �rmDirect Tax Partner for a mid - tier tax consulting �rmBanking & Finance national practice head for a national midsized �rmCapital Markets Partner for a national mid-sized �rmInitiated & facilitated acquisition of boutique �rms in Bangalore and Mumbai by a national mid-sized law �rm Head Legal for a leading global private equity fund in Mumbai

TRACK RECORD

90% success rate onRetained Searches

85% success rate onContingency Searches

We attribute the success of FCL Search to our robust network and warm relationships that we maintain with professionals at leading domestic and international law �rms and accounting/consulting �rms in the country.

We have had 90% success rate on Retained Searches and 85% on Contingency Searches.

WE PRIDE OURSELVES WITH A QUICK TURN AROUND TIME.

TESTIMONIALS

Premal has a unique approach in the sense that he creates hiring opportunities by proactively tapping into FCL Search's super star passive talent pool. He is particularly perceptive to one's speci�c needs and requirements and closes man-dates at an impeccable turn around time. I would highly recommend Premal and his team at FCL Search for senior level legal hires.

Managing Partner of National Mid Size Firm

Premal Shah stands out in the Indian Legal Services Head-Hunting Industry for his deep knowledge and insight of law �rm needs. He not only has direct access to every managing partner that matters but possesses an unmatched network of lawyer friends in all Tier I and Tier II Indian law �rms. This gives him the unique ability to match candidates with the law �rms that are of their exact professional and cultural �t. I would unreservedly recommend Premal to law �rms and candidates for lateral recruitment in the private practice space.

Senior Partner, Indian Tier 1 Legal Firm

Premal and his team at FCL Search helped us �ll Head -Legal level appointment for our India operations. Before engag-ing him, we attempted to conduct our own search and also used services of another search �rm. However, Premal's in-depth grasp of the Indian legal market and his willingness to go the extra mile in terms of candidate due diligence helped us identify the perfect candidate. He played the role of a trusted adviser both for us and the candidate, and closed the deal well within the tight timelines. I highly recommend Premal for complex and challenging time bound searches in the Indian legal market.

General Counsel - Global Private Equity Fund

Premal Shah is the founder of FCL Search and has led on a range of senior level search mandates for leading domestic and global law �rms, accounting/consulting �rms, corporate houses, �nancial institutions and fund houses. On the consulting front, he has worked alongside senior/managing partners and his advice covers matters such as team acquisitions, mergers, combinations, alliances, new o�ces, partnership structuring, peer reviews, overall �rm strategy and its implementation including business planning, and the positioning of law �rms in their market.

Having experience as a lawyer and a �nance professional, his ability to connect with candidates and comprehend client requirements is exceptional. He is also the founder of AFCL - a boutique �rm he established to train transactional lawyers and commercial litigators in areas such as �nancial state-ment analysis, corporate �nance and taxation. Premal is a competitive sailor and road trips enthusi-ast. He also loves his daily dose of Hatha Yoga.

PREMAL SHAH - Founding Partner

CORE TEAM

Pratiek is a Senior Consultant in the private practice and in-house legal area, where he over-sees comprehensive coverage of the market, focusing on mid to senior-level hires for domes-tic and globals �rms and corporate houses. Pratiek is also involved in consulting assignments, and assists in business development activities of FCL Search.

Having worked as a lawyer, he is well networked in the legal circuit and is able to quickly grasp the needs of the candidates and the clients, and is able to provide the right talent to the clients with a quick turnaround time. Pratiek is a trained scuba instructor and can be spotted at various diving sites in his spare time.

PRATIEK PARIKH- Senior Consultant

As a Partner, Raghu brings with him over two decades of experience in management consult-ing, valuation and �nancial training. He plays a key role in FCL Search's consulting mandates, particularly those relating to partnership structuring, pro�t margin analysis, �nancial due diligence and deal structuring in mergers, acquisitions and combinations. He is also the lead trainer for AFCL's �nancial training modules for transactional lawyers and commercial litiga-tors.

He works closely with some of India's leading corporate houses including the Tatas, the GMR Group, HDFC bank and business Groups in the U.S., Europe, Africa, and the Middle East for whom he conducts audits, valuation, due diligence, analytics and various other consulting assignments. Raghu Iyer is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He quali�ed as a Chartered Accountant in November 1984. He secured the 4th rank in his Final CA examination (All India) and the 3rd rank in his Inter CA examination (All India).

RAGHU IYER - Partner

CLIENTS WE SERVE

Repeat business coupled with referrals has been the primary driver of FCL Search's growth. We proudly serve a host of organisations including:

NO LEGAL RECRUITING ORGANISATION, WHETHER SPECIALIZED IN LEGAL SEARCH OR AFFILIATED WITH AN EXECU-TIVE SEARCH FIRM, CAN MATCH OUR QUALITY, TURNAROUND

GLOBAL AND DOMESTIC PRIVATE EQUITY/VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS

INDIA DESK OF GLOBAL LAW FIRMS

SPECIALIST BOUTIQUE LAW FIRMS TO TIER I NATIONAL LAW FIRMS

SELECT BIG 4 AND MID-SIZE ACCOUNTING/CONSULTING FIRMS

MULTINATIONAL AND DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

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