Copal Partners

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Copal Partners

Type	Limited
Founded	2002
Headquarters	New York, London & India
Key people	Rishi Khosla, CEO Joel Perlman, President
Industry	Knowledge Process Outsourcing
Revenue	N/A
Employees	500
Website	www.copalpartners.com

Copal Partners (known as Copal) is a leading Knowledge Process Outsourcing firm based in Gurgaon, India. Established in 2002, Copal Partners is focused on providing outsourced research and analytics services to the Financial Services industry. Clients include several of the leading bulge bracket investment banks, private equity funds, hedge funds and corporations. The company was founded by Rishi Khosla and Joel Perlman. It currently hires its employees with select backgrounds including, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, McKinsey & Co and the large accounting firms such as Ernst & Young and KPMG.

In June 2005, it was reported that revenue was growing at 50% month on month. As of that date, 90% of Copal Partners' business was retained work, where Copal takes ongoing responsibility for certain functions or products for clients. ^[1] The compnay has now grown approximately 10x in the last 2 years and has a team of more than 500 professionals

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Copal Partners currently operates in the following areas:

Investment Banking: Assist leading bulge bracket banks and mid size investment banks with a wide range of products including:

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Copal Partners Website

• Equity Analysis: The types of clients include equity long/short Hedge Funds and Sell Side Equity Research Divisions of leading investment banks or independent research firms. Analysis includes Valuation Models, Sector/Thematic Research, Company Studies & Summary Research Products. • Credit Analysis: The types of clients include buy side credit/distressed Hedge Funds and Sell Side Fixed Income Research Divisions of leading investment banks or independent research firms. Analysis includes Analysis of Capital Structure, Debt Covenants, Risk Exposure, Business Analysis, Bankruptcy Analysis and Credit Reports • Strategy & Consulting: Assist leading consulting firms, corporates and or private equity firms with analysis such as Industry trends, competition analysis, industry profit/value chain analysis, consolidation analysis, and SWOT analysis.

An Opportunity Forged on Three Continents By Chris Hughes , The Financial Times