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The engagements listed here represent the mandate types this practice has advised on across three decades. Client names are not disclosed. Confidentiality has been the default of this practice since its first engagement. It remains so.
Mandate contexts are described at the sector and structural level only. The specificity ends there. A client who has worked with this practice will recognise the category of work. That is sufficient.
Structured Finance · India
Advised a mid-sized Indian manufacturing business on the restructuring of its trade finance facilities following a period of banking relationship deterioration. Engagement covered LC structure correction, BG renegotiation, and counterparty reintroduction across three private sector banks.
Outcome: facility limits restored and extended within the original banking relationships.
Private Credit · India
Facilitated access to a private credit facility for a promoter-led Indian business that had exhausted conventional banking capacity ahead of a time-sensitive acquisition. Engagement covered counterparty identification, structure advisory, and introduction facilitation.
Outcome: bridge capital secured within the required timeline without equity dilution.
Cross-Border Structuring · India-Gulf
Advised a Gulf-based principal on the FDI structure for an inbound India investment. Engagement covered entity selection, FEMA compliance review, RBI notification requirements, and banking relationship establishment for the India-side vehicle.
Outcome: India entry completed with clean FDI structure and operational banking in place before capital deployment.
Investor Readiness · India
Prepared an Indian promoter-led business for its first institutional capital conversation. Engagement covered financial model reconstruction, information memorandum development, narrative alignment with investor expectations, and sequencing of investor outreach.
Outcome: term sheet received within the first round of conversations.
Regulatory Intelligence · India
Provided ongoing regulatory watch for an Indian business with active FEMA and RBI exposures across a period of significant policy change. Engagement covered advance notice of regulatory developments, structural implication analysis, and advisory on preparatory steps before changes took effect.
Outcome: no compliance surprises across a three-year watch engagement covering two significant FEMA amendments.
Capital Advisory · India
Provided a retained financial intelligence advisory for a CFO-led mid-sized Indian business navigating a multi-year growth capital requirement. Engagement covered ongoing capital structure review, lender market monitoring, and funding window identification across a 24-month engagement.
Outcome: two separate capital raises structured and executed across the retainer period at terms reflecting the business's actual strength.