Our Financial Institutions Group (FIG) vertical is focused on India's high-growth financial services sector. The team has extensive experience in both mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity (PE) transactions.
Our mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory and private equity (PE) syndication services are recognized as amongst the best in these chosen sub-sectors.
Anshul Agarwal heads the Financial Institutions Group vertical for Avendus’s investment banking business and is based in Mumbai.
He has over 16 years of investment banking experience across sectors including financial services, consumer & business services, aviation and metals & mining sectors.
Prior to joining Avendus, he worked for over 13 years at Rothschild, India. At Rothschild, he was responsible for coverage and execution of financial services and aviation verticals. He has rich experience of working on multiple cross-border transactions in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity (PE) syndication and Initial Public Offering (IPO) advisory. Anshul has spent some early years of his career working with Lazard’s investment banking team.
He holds an MBA degree from IIM, Calcutta and has done his Bachelor's in production engineering from Pantnagar University.
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