Our Investment Banking team provides institutions, entrepreneurs and investors with high-quality, independent financial advice and meticulous execution of deals. Our range of expertise spans from private placements of equity, capital raising in public markets, mezzanine and convertible instruments, to debt syndication, mergers & acquisitions and restructuring advisory. We enjoy strong relationships with leading commercial banks, financial institutions, public & private funds and domestic & foreign institutional investors. Our robust client relationships, world-class human capital, innovation and ethical business practices, have helped us execute transactions across various sectors.
Global Operations
Our global footprint through affiliations with International Investment Banks gives us coverage across North America, Europe & Asia, enabling us to provide companies in India with the finest investment banking products and services.
Sectoral Focus
We firmly believe in the philosophy of initiating coverage through a sector-focused approach and have dedicated teams covering core sectors such as BFSI, TMT, Building material, Consumer, Infrastructure, Power, Defence and Real estate amongst others.
Leadership
Rajendra has over 25 years of experience across multiple market cycles in Equity Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, Debt Structuring and Placements and Project Finance. He is a member of the team that founded the Centrum Group in 1996.
A Commerce Graduate, Rajendra has completed his Masters in Management Studies (MMS) from Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
- Initial Public Offer for Canara Bank Rs 3850 mn
- Initial Public Offer for DB Corp Rs 3842 mn
- Initial Public Offer for Adlabs Entertainment Rs 3750 mn
- Initial Public Offer for Union Bank Rs 2880 mn
- Initial Public Offer for Uco Bank Rs 2400 mn
- Qualified Institutional Placement of Indiabulls Financial Services Rs 12,820 mn
- Qualified Institutional Placement of Syndicate Bank Rs 11,500 mn
- Follow-on Public Offer for Allahabad Bank Rs 8,200 mn
- Follow-on Public Offer for Punjab National Bank Rs 31,200 mn
- Right Issue for Godrej Consumer Rs 3968 mn
- Right Issue for Jyoti Structures Limited Rs 3,694 mn
- Buy Back of Deccan Chronicle Rs 3500 mn
- Bond Placement of IDBI Rs 41,500 mn
- Sale of Adlabs Film Exhibition business to Reliance ADAG Rs 7,000 mn
Sandeep Upadhyay joined Centrum Capital Limited in June 2008 and is currently serving as Managing Director of Infrastructure Practise at Centrum Capital Limited. As a senior Coverage Banker he is responsible for covering the Stressed asset resolution apart from leading Investment Banking initiatives across core sectors like Transportation, Logistics, Energy & Utilities space.
He is an alumnus from XLRI, Jamshedpur besides holding a Post Graduate Degree in Project Management specialising in Infrastructure sector alongwith a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Gujarat University. He has over sixteen years of extensive experience in raising Private Equity, Project Finance and advising Government & established private sector clients on M&A, Stressed asset resolution and Bidding initiatives.
Prior to Centrum, he worked with SBI Capital Markets and with IL&FS Group in financial advisory and fund raising domain on marquee Infrastructure Projects.
Kapil comes with more than 27 years of diverse experience in leadership positions across industries such as Financial Services & Media & Entertainment. He has worked in areas of Investment Banking, Corporate Advisory, Debt Capital Markets, Project Financing, Investment Management, Venture/ PE Investments, Business Management, Strategic and Project Planning and Finance. In his last assignment, he was managing the Family Office investments for the promoters of the Centrum Group.
As the erstwhile CEO of Adlabs Entertainment Ltd, Kapil was instrumental in creation of Adlabs Imagica – India’s first premier theme park destination. He was responsible for business management, strategic planning, project implementation, general management and corporate finance. He continues to serve on the Board of Adlabs. Prior to joining Adlabs Entertainment Limited he was working with Adlabs Films Limited as the Corporate Head – Strategic Planning and Acquisitions and Centrum Capital Limited as an Executive Director.
Kapil holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Master’s degree in Management Studies with specialization in Finance.
