M&A Tax & Deal Advisory (buy & sell-side)
Transaction structuring, tax due diligence, and deal support whether you’re acquiring or being acquired.
Tax, Regulatory & M&A / Deal Advisory
When the stakes get high, get deal work done by someone who’s done it at the top.
Raising a round, buying or selling a business, restructuring, or planning an exit, these are the moments where getting the structure wrong is expensive and hard to undo. Brighterr’s tax, regulatory & M&A practice is led by Jagannathan M, a Chartered Accountant and former Director at KPMG Deal Advisory, with 15+ years in deal advisory and cross-border tax. One named partner, accountable for the whole engagement.
Not sure where to start? Begin with the free revenue audit, and we’ll loop in the deal work when you’re ready.
Who it’s for
Built for founders at the moments that matter most.
This isn’t day-to-day bookkeeping. It’s the high-stakes, get-it-right-once work that decides how much of your company, and your money, you keep.
If you’re at one of these moments, the wrong advice is far more expensive than the right partner. That’s the whole reason this practice exists.
What we help with
The deal work, end to end.
The areas Jagannathan leads, the structuring, tax and regulatory work behind real transactions.
Corporate Restructuring
Mergers, demergers, carve-outs and entity rationalization, done with the tax and regulatory consequences mapped up front.
Corporate & International Tax
Domestic and cross-border tax positions for groups, MNCs and growing companies.
Startup Advisory, holding-structure internalization & externalization
Getting your holding structure right for where you’re raising, operating and exiting, including India-vs-offshore decisions.
Regulatory Advisory & Valuation
Regulatory clearances and valuation support for transactions and structuring.
Transfer Pricing
Policy, documentation and structuring for related-party and cross-border transactions.
Succession Planning
Passing ownership and control on cleanly, with tax and family-transition considerations handled.
Finance Advisory
The broader financial structuring and advice around the deal.
This is senior, partner-led advisory, you work directly with someone who has done this work at the top, not a junior running a template.
The partner
The deal work is led by Jagannathan M.
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Jagannathan M
Partner, Finance, Tax & Deal Advisory
Jagannathan spent over a decade as a Director in KPMG’s Deal Advisory (M&A and PE) practice, and is a Chartered Accountant with 15+ years in domestic and international tax, M&A tax and deal advisory. He has structured buy-side and sell-side transactions, run due diligence, and advised large listed and unlisted groups, and MNCs, on cross-border tax and regulatory matters across pharma, financial services, fintech, FMCG, auto, telecom, infrastructure and real estate. At Brighterr he leads the full finance and deal side: from fractional CFO support and fundraising advisory through to tax, restructuring and M&A. He’s a regular speaker at tax events and a contributor to journals and the press.
Areas he leads
Chartered Accountant (Member, ICAI) · Commerce Graduate · ex-Director, KPMG Deal Advisory (M&A & PE) · 15+ years in deal advisory & cross-border tax
Brighterr’s tax practice is led by Jagannathan as a named partner, this is genuine senior advisory, not a large in-house department dressed up as one. When a deal needs more hands, he brings in specialists he’d put his own name next to, and Brighterr stays accountable for the engagement.
One accountable partner
One accountable partner, including for the hardest work.
Most founders meet Brighterr through the Revenue Engine, the sales & marketing system we build in-house. The deal work sits under the same promise: one accountable partner, real specialists, no false bench. So when you raise, restructure or exit, you’re not hiring a stranger and hoping the handoffs hold. You’re working with the same partner who already knows your business, with a named deal expert leading the room.
Sales & marketing is built in-house by our founder. Finance, tax & deal advisory, fractional CFO, fundraising and M&A, is led by Jagannathan. Cybersecurity, cloud and operations are handled by dedicated resources at Brighterr. One point of contact. Accountable for all of it.
Got a deal, a raise, or a restructuring on the horizon? Let’s talk.
Tell us what’s coming up. We’ll tell you honestly whether and how we can help, and if the right first step is the free revenue audit, we’ll say so. No obligation, and no jargon for jargon’s sake. Just a straight read on your situation from people who’ve done this work at the top.