FCL Search is an India-based executive search firm specializing in legal, tax, and compliance recruitment for law firms, accounting firms, financial institutions, and corporate legal departments. Established in 2009, FCL Search has experience placing lawyers at all levels, from associates to partners. They offer bespoke recruitment services tailored to their clients' cultures and strategies. FCL Search prides itself on its integrity, market insights, and relationships within the legal, accounting, and consulting industries.

2. ABOUT
US
FCL Search is a leading India-based executive search firm specialising in law
firm mergers, strategic hires and senior-level legal, tax and compliance
recruitment for law firms, accounting firms, fund houses, financial institu-
tions and corporate legal departments.
Established in 2009, we have earned the reputation of a premium search firm
and are well known in the market for our swift action and discreet approach.
We offer 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 firms, fund houses,
financial institutions and business houses across sectors. We regularly place
lawyers at all levels from associates to partners and senior in-house counsel.
We pride ourselves on our honesty, market insight and the respect we have
earned through our integrity, tireless energy, drive and passion for what we
do. Our access to the most desirable candidates is unparalleled and the
'most relevant' people in the industry highly regard our deal-making skills.
We also provide specialist consultancy services designed specifically for
those clients who, as part of their growth strategy, wish to strengthen their
structure, profile, financial efficiency and internal operations. Our team of
consultants have unique experience of global best practice having worked
with both international and Indian law firms. We are well placed to provide
innovative solutions based on international best practice as well as the best
of east and west.

3. 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 firms 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
Team
Acquisitions
SERVICES

4. FCL Search works with large, mid-size as well as boutiqu
firms 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 firm
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 firms
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.

5. 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, finance, management consulting and human
resource professionals with unique experience of working in international
and Indian law firms. As recognised thought leaders in our field, we are able
to foresee, interpret and effectively deliver as per the needs of the business.
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SOLUTION DRIVEN APPROACH:
We have the ability to offer a number of methodologies to reflect client
needs, adopting the most suitable approach for a specific 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?

6. Exclusively represented a top Tier Delhi head quartered firm in
setting up its Mumbai operations in diverse practice areas
National Practice Head – Litigation and Arbitration for a mid
size Indian firm (having an association with a leading UK law
firm)
Funds Partner for a Tier I Firm
Litigation Partner for a Tier I firm
General Corporate and Public M&A Partner for a Tier I firm
Direct Tax Partner for a mid - tier tax consulting firm
Banking & Finance national practice head for a national
midsized firm
Capital Markets Partner for a national mid-sized firm
Initiated & facilitated acquisition of boutique firms in Banga-
lore and Mumbai by a national mid-sized law firm
Head Legal for a leading global private equity fund in Mumbai
TRACK RECORD
90% success rate on
Retained Searches
75%
success rate on
Contingency
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 firms and
accounting/consulting firms 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.

7. 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 specific needs and requirements and
closes mandates 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
firm 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 firms. This gives him the unique ability to match candidates
with the law firms that are of their exact professional and cultural fit. I would unreservedly recommend Premal to law
firms 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 fill 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 firm. 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

8. 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 firms, accounting/consulting firms, corporate houses, financial
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 offices, partnership structuring, peer reviews, overall firm strategy and its implementation
including business planning, and the positioning of law firms in their market.
Having experience as a lawyer and a finance professional, his ability to connect with candidates and
comprehend client requirements is exceptional. He is also the founder of AFCL - a boutique firm he
established to train transactional lawyers and commercial litigators in areas such as financial state-
ment analysis, corporate finance 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

9. With unique experience of both international and Indian law firms, Valerie heads our specialist service to
international firms wishing to strengthen their India inbound strategy and development of their related
operational planning. Valerie has over 30 years experience as CEO and COO within a range of legal practices
throughout the world in both the developed and emerging economies. She possesses a wealth of practical
knowledge of all aspects of strategic planning, legal market analysis, legal practice management, operational
development and implementation. She has worked in and advised leading international and national law
firms within Australasia, Asia, Europe, the Indian sub-continent and Africa.
Valerie is also the Managing Partner of legal practice management consultancy Silk Legal Consulting which
specialises in Strategic analysis and planning; Governance; Profiling, positioning and branding; Differentia-
tion methodology; Mergers; Financial and operational efficiency; Bottom line turnaround; Technology lever-
age; Quality & Risk Management; Compliance; Business Development, PR and CRM; Market analysis; Evalua-
tion of work processes and flow; Resource planning, performance and career management; Navigating turbu-
lent economic conditions. processes and flow; Resource planning, performance and career management;
Navigating turbulent economic conditions.
VALERIE BOWLES - Specialist Partner - International Law Firm M&A
As a Partner, Raghu brings with him over two decades of experience in management consulting, valuation
and financial training. He plays a key role in FCL Search's consulting mandates, particularly those relating to
partnership structuring, profit margin analysis, financial due diligence and deal structuring in mergers, acqui-
sitions and combinations. He is also the lead trainer for AFCL's financial training modules for transactional
lawyers and commercial litigators.
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, valu-
ation, due diligence, analytics and various other consulting assignments. Raghu Iyer is a fellow of the Insti-
tute of Chartered Accountants of India. He qualified 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

10. Pratiek is a Senior Consultant in the private practice and in-house legal area, where he oversees
comprehensive coverage of the market, focusing on mid to senior-level hires for domestic and
globals firms 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
Mahima is a consultant at FCL Search. She focuses on in-house, compliance and law firm support
roles, including business development. Mahima is involved in indepth research of the legal land-
scape in India. She holds a first class honours degree in Human Resource Management and is
currently pursuing a law degree. With her HR background, she is quick to grasp client needs and
provide prompt solutions. Mahima enjoys spending her free time with her family and friends,
besides watching movies and TV shows. You would find her engrossed in mythological books or
works of fiction when not at work.
MAHIMA SINGH - Consultant

11. 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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info@fclsearch.com
www.fclsearchconsulting.com