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Name of the Company: Avista Advisory

About the Company: Avista Advisory is a financial services group, which provides specialist
advisory services coupled with innovative financial solutions to the corporate sector with a
focus on enterprises with high growth and a global vision.
Major Businesses: Investment Banking (Private equity syndication, Debt Syndication &
Structured Finance, Corporate and financial restructuring). Consulting (Entry Strategies,
Mergers and acquisitions & Joint ventures).
Past Major Clients & Deals: Investment Banking
Annapurna Studios : Project financing INR 247 Crore (Case Study), ASTARC group India :
Structured Finance INR 40 Crore, Classic Stripes India Pvt Ltd : Raised structured Debt INR
185 Crores (Case Study), Aspocomp group OYJ (Finland) Structured Acquisition financing
Euro 40 Million(Case Study) & Disinvestment USD 84 Million, Dimexon International
Holdings: Securitization of Receivables USD 100 Million , Morpen Laboratories : Financial
Restructuring INR 800 Crores (Case Study) , Pipavav Shipyard: Pre IPO Equity Placement INR
32 Crore, Semindia Limited: Structured Trade Finance INR 1.8 Crore , Velankani Technology
Parks Ltd India : Real Estate Investment INR 300 Crore(Case Study) Velankani Information
Systems India : Structured Finance & mezzanine facility 342 Crores(Case Study )
Consulting Clients: India Entry Strategy Clients (Aspocomp Group OYJ Case Study), Elcoteq
Se Luxembourg(Case Study), F Secure Corporation Oyj Finland(Case Study), Ensto Oyj
Finland, Kemwater Oyj, Kemira Paper & pulp Oyj(Case Study), ShinEtsu Polymer Company
Ltd Japan(Case Study),
Supply Chain Development & Cost cutting Clients (FI.MO.TEC.SPA Italy ,Emerson Network
Power Pvt Ltd, India)
Latest News: They published a white paper on Envisaging the next wave of ICTE
manufacturing in India. Click here to Download
Mergers & Acquisitions: Avista has Global associates Such as Grant Thornton & Berhan
Limited.
Key People: Rajiv Kocchar Founder & CEO 20 Years Work Experience @ 20th Century
Finance & Tata Finance. He is an alumnus of SP Jain Institute of Management.
Sam Subramaniam: Managing partner worked at Goldman Sachs & Booze Allen Hamilton.
He is an alumnus of IIT Madras, Vanderbilt University & University of Chicago.
Amit Shah (Senior Director) : MBA ITM Mumbai & an CPA. Worked 15 years in CDR &

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Monica Kocchar: Worked in Lakme & Started a successful Kids Clothing Business. She is an
alumnus of JBIMS.
Rohit Malhotra Senior VP Mumbai: Previously worked at Bear Sterns, Capinnova
Investment bank Dubai & Qualcomm. He is an alumnus of Cornell University.
Kian Kiat Tan Senior VP Singapore: Worked for Deloitte, E&Y, and AmInvestment Bank. He
is an MBA from Chicago Booth School of Business.
Haresh Daswani: (Vice President India): Worked at Barclays, Dresdner Kleinwort London,
Quatar Investment Authority, Deutsche Bank & BTG Pactual. He specializes in M&A Advisory
Services. He holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School.
Pratik Adatia: (Vice President India): Worked at Macquarie Capital (Worked on Investments
in real estate & infrastructure). Price Water House Coopers (Private equity & Structured
finance advisory for mid market companies).Started his career at Grant Thornton in Delhi.
Has advised companies such as Tata Sons, Shapoorji Pallonji, Godrej Group, Wells Fargo,
GVK, Monnet Ispat and HDIL. Is a CA & an MBA from IIM Indore.

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