Jayesh Kariya
Leader Transaction & Business Advisory
Background
- Jayesh is a Bachelor of Commerce and a Fellow Chartered Accountant. He is the Founder and Managing Partner at Artes LLP, Cofounder of a real estate stress situation fund, a Director in a leading real estate company, and a Member of the Advisory Board of a Credit Fund. He has previously served as an Independent Director of a reputed EPC company
- Before founding Artes LLP, he spent over 12 plus years as a Partner at KPMG leading the Real Estate, Building & Construction practice. He was also a Partner at Deloitte for the Private Equity and Real Estate business, and earlier worked with PwC and Ambit-RSM.
- With 25+ years of experience, Jayesh has advised multinational corporations, Indian conglomerates, financial institutions, global and domestic funds, and fast-growing start-ups across business advisory, tax, fund management, governance, and real estate strategies.
Skills
His areas of expertise includes knowledge of the following:
- Business & Transaction Advisory
- Cross-border transaction and investment Structuring
- Tax & International Taxation
- Transfer Pricing
- Regulatory Advisory & Approvals
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Transaction Tax
- Real Estate & Infrastructure Advisory
- Litigation & Representation
- Advocacy Support & Representation
- Capital Structuring, Fund Raising & Fund Management
- AIF / PE / VC Structuring
- Governance & Process Advisory
- Start-up Advisory & CFO Advisory
Professional experience
- Led the Real Estate, Building & Construction practice as Partner at KPMG
- Headed Private Equity and Real Estate verticals at Deloitte.
- Co-founded and managed a stress situation real estate–focused AIF
- Advised domestic and global funds on structuring, investments, exits, and governance.
- Supported clients in setting up funds, REITs, InvITs, and cross-border structures
- Led major mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, and international tax mandates
- Represented clients before courts and authorities including AAR, APA, MAP.
- Guided MNCs on India entry, regulatory approvals, incentives, and compliance.
- Assisted start-ups with fund raising, valuations, ESOPs, and growth planning.
- Experience across various sectors like infrastructure, healthcare, hospitality, defense, power, oil & gas, transport & logistics, real estate & construction, transportation and movability solutions, airports, water treatment, manufacturing, financial services, Insurance, funds and asset management, telecom, media & entertainment, start-up ecosystems, pharmaceuticals, IT-IES and technology, e-commerce, etc
- Worked with Indian corporates and investors on policy matters before CBDT, RBI, SEBI, RERA, IFSC, and others
- Frequently lectures and writes articles in Indian leading news papers, Indian & international publications on cross-border taxation & Infrastructure sector, real estate, construction sector, EPC contract structuring, life cycle of investing in real estate and infrastructure sector, cross-border investments and cross- border transactions, international taxation, corporate laws, mergers & acquisitions, RERA, FEMA & regulatory, funding strategies, etc