What DAA Consulting does

DAA Consulting Private Limited is a Mumbai-headquartered, full-service Indian consulting firm founded in 2010 by D. Arvind, a Chartered Accountant from England and Wales with prior senior roles at KPMG, Deloitte, PwC and Castrol India. The firm delivers advisory and compliance services across five practice areas: Taxation & Regulatory, Sustainability & ESG, Valuation & Insolvency, Risk & Assurance, and Management Consulting. Its primary technology product is the Litigation Management System (LMS), a cloud-based SAAS solution co-developed with IRIS that enables large enterprises to manage PAN-India tax litigations from pre-litigation through to the Supreme Court.

The firm operates through six Indian branch offices (Mumbai HQ, Chennai, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Delhi, Pune) with a stated team of 100+ qualified professionals including Chartered Accountants, Cost Accountants, Company Secretaries and lawyers. The leadership bench is anchored by founding partner D. Arvind, Managing Director Satish S (ex-PwC Sr. Partner and ex-Global Head of Tax at L&T Group), and partners including IBBI Registered Valuers and Insolvency Resolution Professionals. The client base is concentrated in large enterprises and Fortune 500 corporates, with named engagements spanning ONGC, Siemens, Aditya Birla Group, P&G, L&T, Sun Pharma, MRPL, Castrol, J&J, Michelin, ACC, and Hinduja Group, among over 200 clients across 14+ industries.

DAA generates revenue through professional consulting fees billed on a project or multi-year retainer basis to enterprise clients, supplemented by two adjacent subsidiaries: DAA Capital (wealth management) and Rosefield DAA International (energy-sector consulting). The firm is privately held with no external funding, distributes exclusively through direct partner-led enterprise engagement, and supports go-to-market through thought leadership at CII, Assocham, and IoD conferences, a research blog, and a LinkedIn presence. The founder's July 2023–January 2025 tenure as Member (Technical) of NCLT Kolkata yielded 700+ rulings with multiple landmark judgments upheld by NCLAT and the Supreme Court, materially strengthening the firm's regulatory credentials in the IBC space.

Name

DAA Consulting

Legal name

DAA Consulting Private Limited

Website

https://daa-india.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DAA Consulting is a Mumbai-headquartered, full-service Indian consulting firm founded in 2010 that delivers taxation, ESG, valuation, insolvency, risk advisory, and management consulting services to large enterprises, Fortune 500 companies, and PSUs through six offices and a 100+ professional team, anchored by Big 4 alumni leadership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tax & Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Offices of Certified Public Accountants (541211)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Software/Application Support (SaaS, Enterprise Apps) (BPAAACAC), ERP, CRM & Enterprise Applications Consulting (BPAHAEAI)

Keywords

• Tax advisory services
• Tax litigation management
• Business valuation services
• Sustainability ESG consulting
• Compliance outsourcing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: DAA Consulting generates revenue through professional consulting fees for taxation advisory and compliance, sustainability and ESG services, business valuation, insolvency and bankruptcy support, risk and assurance, and management consulting. Services are billed on a project or retainer basis for enterprise clients requiring specialized expertise.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

DAA Consulting provides professional consulting services focused on taxation, sustainability and ESG, business valuation, insolvency and bankruptcy, risk and assurance, and management consulting for enterprises across India. The firm complements its advisory practice with a proprietary cloud-based Litigation Management System (LMS), co-developed with IRIS, that enables large enterprises to manage tax litigations PAN India from pre-litigation stage through to Supreme Court. Services are delivered through a partner-led model by 100+ qualified professionals across seven Indian offices (Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Delhi, Pune).

Product overview

DAA Consulting is a consulting firm offering a portfolio of professional services centered on taxation, with the Litigation Management System (LMS) as its primary technology product. The LMS is a cloud-based SAAS solution developed in partnership with IRIS for tax litigation management. Beyond this technology product, the firm provides ten distinct service verticals: Management Consulting (business turnaround, strategy, India entry), Taxation & Regulatory (direct/indirect taxes, litigation, transaction advisory), EXIM & FTA Support, Business Valuation, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code services, Sustainability & ESG, Life Cycle Support, Risk & Assurance, and Compliance Outsourcing. The services are delivered through a network of 6 offices across India with a team of 100+ professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Litigation Management System (LMS) Cloud-based SaaS solution developed in partnership with IRIS that enables large enterprises to manage tax litigations PAN India, handling complex audit and litigation requirements from pre-litigation through Supreme Court.
• Taxation & Regulatory Comprehensive tax advisory covering direct and indirect taxes, corporate tax, international tax, regulatory advisory, tax litigation support, securities law, tax endowment planning, customs support, and transaction advisory for M&A and PE investments.
• Management Consulting Advisory services including business turnaround, supply chain restructuring, CXO services, strategy consulting, cost optimization studies, startup mentoring, and India entry strategy support.
• EXIM & FTA Support Foreign trade policy and free trade agreement support including licenses (Advance Authorisation, EPCG, MEIS, SEIS, RODTeP), FTP advisory, country of origin certificates, and support for SEZ/EOU/EHTP/STPI setup.
• Business Valuation IBBI registered valuer services for securities and financial assets valuation, with support from founding partner D. Arvind and a team of registered valuers led by senior partner G Sivakumar.
• Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC) IBBI registered insolvency professional services including end-to-end compliance support during CIRP proceedings, advisory support, and valuation requirements under Indian corporate and insolvency laws.
• Sustainability & ESG Environmental, Social, and Governance services including gap analysis, ESG implementation, ESG investing advisory, ESG reporting (BRSR), materiality assessment, and technology support for ESG tools.
• Life Cycle Support Comprehensive India market entry support including market study, business model advisory, project reports, SPV setup, licensing support, partner identification, ERP implementation, and function outsourcing (accounting, payroll, compliance).
• Risk & Assurance Due diligence services for finance and tax, internal audit, and forensic and transaction audits conducted by seasoned professionals.
• Compliance Outsourcing End-to-end compliance management covering direct taxes (computation, TDS, tax audit support), indirect taxes (GST compliance, reconciliation, IDT team), FTP/FTA schemes, corporate secretarial, and labor & HR law compliance.

Quantifiable outcome

• Conducted 100+ Tax Optimization Studies for Large Companies
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• IRIScoreTechnology or IntegrationDAA Consulting along with IRIS has developed a Litigation Management System (LMS) to handle complex audit and litigation requirements. The LMS solution is an intelligent cloud-based SAAS Solution which enables large enterprises to manage their tax litigations effectively on a PAN India basis.
• DAA Capital Pvt. Ltd.coreOthersDAA Capital provides a best-in-class platform for wealth creation and wealth retention. It is a subsidiary of DAA Consulting.
• Rosefield DAA International (RDI)coreOthersRosefield DAA International (RDI) is a specialized consultancy providing end-to-end solutions for the Energy Sector. It is an international subsidiary of DAA Consulting.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan: Large Indian law firm with a deeply established indirect-tax (GST, customs, excise) and direct-tax litigation practice serving large corporates. Comparable on tax-litigation depth and enterprise client roster.
• Khaitan & Co: Major Indian full-service law firm with established tax, corporate, and ESG practices. Overlaps with DAA on tax dispute resolution and corporate advisory for large enterprise clients.
• Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas: India's largest full-service corporate law firm with strong tax, regulatory, and ESG advisory offerings. Comparable to DAA on tax litigation and corporate regulatory advisory for large Indian corporates and MNCs.
• Dhruva Advisors: India-focused tax advisory firm specializing in domestic and international tax, transfer pricing, regulatory, and transaction advisory for multinational and large Indian clients. Directly comparable on tax advisory scope, enterprise clientele, and India-centric delivery model.
• BMR Advisors: India-headquartered tax, regulatory, and advisory firm historically focused on direct-tax and transaction advisory for large Indian corporates and MNCs. Closely comparable to DAA on tax and regulatory advisory scope and target customer profile (enterprise CFOs/finance leaders).

Emerging players

• Sattva Consulting: India-focused social impact and ESG advisory firm supporting corporates on sustainability strategy and BRSR reporting. Comparable to DAA's Sustainability & ESG practice, particularly for listed-company ESG mandates.

Broad incumbents

• PwC India: Indian member firm of PwC with tax, consulting, and risk advisory practices. Founder D. Arvind and MD Satish S both previously led tax practices at PwC; directly comparable on enterprise tax advisory and indirect-tax litigation.
• EY India: Indian arm of Ernst & Young providing tax, transaction, assurance, and consulting services. Comparable on full-service enterprise advisory and competes with DAA for the same large-corporate and PSU tax mandates; multiple DAA partners were trained at EY.
• Deloitte India: Indian arm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu offering tax, consulting, risk, and financial advisory across large enterprises. Directly comparable to DAA's tax & regulatory and management consulting practices and absorbs BMR Advisors, historically DAA's closest mid-tier peer.
• KPMG India: Indian member firm of the KPMG network delivering tax, advisory, risk, and ESG services to large enterprises and MNCs. Overlaps with every DAA service line at much greater scale; comparable as the 'Big 4' benchmark that several DAA partners emerged from.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/daa-india

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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