MAPE Advisory Group Corporate Profile
Corporate Overview
Founded in 2001 by ex DSP Merrill Lynch senior bankers as a boutique investment bank focused on M&A advisory and Private Equity
fund raising
Has diversified into Cross Border Advisory over the years
Excellent deal track record:
Has successfully closed over 130 transactions, across sectors, totaling to a deal size of over US$ 4 bn (approx)
Has consistently ranked amongst the top 10 investment banks in the country (per Bloomberg league tables) for last 12 years (CY
2002 CY 2013)
Awarded the Boutique Investment Bank Of The Year Award at the India M&A Atlas Awards 2012
Present across 3 cities Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai
Service Offerings
Mergers &
Acquisitions
ECM
Cross Border
Advisory
Private Equity
Syndication
MAPE Founders and Directors
Prior to founding MAPE, Ram was the Senior VP heading Southern India operations at Merrill Lynch India, where he had
executed several landmark transactions including sale of SPIC Phi seeds to Dupont, acquisition of Tata Group's Hitech Drilling
by Aban Loyd, Bank of Madura - ICICI Bank merger and international capital raising programmes of Dr Reddys laboratories,
Sify, Satyam Computers and SSi
Prior to this, RAM was the Head of Finance of Essar Shipping
M. Ramprasad
Chairman and CoFounder
Ram is an MBA from BIM Trichy and has a first degree in Chemistry
Prior to founding MAPE, Jacob was Vice President (M&A) at Merrill Lynch India where he has driven landmark deals
including acquisition of Coats Viyella's garment business by AV Birla Group, sale of Burnol & Coldarin brand assets, Dr
Reddy's buyout of American Remedies and sale of Diamond Dyechem to Ciba AG
Prior to this, Jacob was the supervising consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was the first employee and setup
the Corporate Finance division. Jacob has advised a host of clients including Amway, Philip Morris, Telstra, Alcatel, Pilkington
etc in their India entry and domestic partner selection assignments
Jacob Mathew
Managing Director
and Co-Founder
Jacob is an MBA from IIM Calcutta and has a bachelors degree in civil engineering
Sughosh
Moharikar
Managing Director
Sughosh is a seasoned senior M&A dealmaker who has led many of the landmark domestic and cross border transactions.
Prior to joining MAPE, Sughosh was Managing Director and Head of M&A for Deutsche Bank, India. Before that, he ran the
M&A business for Credit Suisse India from 2008 to 2011. Earlier to that he was an Executive Director and head of
investment banking at Kotak during his tenure of 14 years with the firm leading the advisory services arena
His key transactions include acquisition of strategic stake in Baramulti(Indonesia) by Tata Power, sale of strategic stake in
Aston Martin to InvestIndustrial group of Italy, sale of Patni to i-Gate, acquisition of Cairn by Vedanta, finalization of
agreement between Heineken and United Spirits group, sale of Anchor to Matsushita, acquisition of Punjab Tractors by
Mahindra & Mahindra, acquisition of Jeco and Schoneweiss by Mahindra group, among other transactions
Sughosh is an MBA from IIM Calcutta and has a bachelors degree in engineering from VNIT
Devyani has been an Investment Banker with some of Indias leading Investment Banks for the last 2 decades. With focus on
business development, she has built strong relationships at senior levels across various sectors in India. Prior to joining
MAPE, she was the Executive Director at Kotak Mahindra for 8 years. She covered Consumer & Retail, EPC, Logistics and
Textiles. Prior to Kotak, she was with DSP Merrill Lynch for close to 11 years
Transactions she has advised on include Gokaldas Exports, Kokuyo Camlin, NCC, SBS Logistics, Aster Teleservices, Allcargo
Logistics, Marico , Godrej Industries Ltd, Jyothy Labs, Speciality Restaurants, TVS Logistics, GMR , Infosys ADR and Biocon IPO
Devyani
Khanvilkar
Managing Director
Devyani is an MBA from IMDR, Pune and has a Diploma in Taxation Laws
Recent Recognitions
THE ANNUAL INDIA M&A ATLAS AWARDS, 2012
MAPE Advisory Group
India M&A Boutique
Investment Bank
of the Year
Acquisition of Shalaks
Brands by Invida Singapore
Cross Border M&A Deal
of the Year Small & Mid
Markets
Cross Border M&A Deal
Team of the Year
THE ANNUAL INDIA M&A ATLAS AWARDS, 2011
MAPE Advisory Group
Jyothy Laboratories
Acquisition of Henkel India
India M&A Boutique
Investment Bank
of the Year
Corporate M&A Deal of the
Year (Mid Market)
Among the Top 10 Investment Banks For Each of the Last 12 Years
Bloomberg League Tables Ranked among the top 10 investment banks for the last 12 years
CY13
Advisor
Ernst & Young
ICICI
Kotak Mahindra
PwC
KPMG
MAPE Advisory Group
O3 Capital
Axis Bank
Morgan Stanley
Rothschild
CY10
Rank Deal Count
1
35
2
17
3
15
4
13
5
11
6
10
6
10
8
9
8
9
10
8
Advisor
Ernst and Young
Kotak Mahindra
Enam Securities
MAPE Advisory Group
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley
JM Financial
ICICI
Ambit Corporate Finance
Barclays Capital
CY12
Advisor
Ernst and Young
Kotak Mahindra
Yes Bank
Ambit Corporate Finance
MAPE Advisory Group
Avendus Capital
Morgan Stanley
KPMG Corp Finance
ICICI
Note: Deal count based on closed transactions
Deal Count
37
21
19
16
16
15
13
13
12
10
Rank
1
2
3
3
5
5
7
7
9
Deal Count
33
15
14
14
13
13
11
11
10
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
6
8
9
Deal Count
56
26
23
21
19
17
17
16
14
CY09
Rank
1
2
2
4
5
5
7
8
8
Deal Count
17
12
10
9
8
8
6
5
5
Advisor
Ernst and Young
ICICI
Kotak Mahindra
MAPE Advisory Group
Enam Securities
o3 Capital
JM Financial
BMR Advisors
Citi
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
5
7
8
8
Deal Count
34
21
20
16
15
15
14
13
13
Advisor
Ernst and Young
ICICI
Yes Bank
Citi
Ambit Corporate Finance
Kotak Mahindra
KPMG Corp Finance
MAPE Advisory Group
Deutsche Bank AG
CY11
Advisor
Ernst and Young
Avendus Capital
Kotak Mahindra
Ambit Corporate Finance
Morgan Stanley
Standard Chartered PLC
o3 Capital
MAPE Advisory Group
KPMG Corp Finance
Rank
1
2
3
4
4
6
7
7
9
10
CY08
Marquee Clients
Pharma
TMT
Financial Services
Indias leading Private Sector Bank
under management control of ING since
2002
Integrated pharma major with
leadership in several emerging
markets
Indian Corporate Houses
Tata Group is the largest private
corporate group in India (by
Mcap)
USD 6.3 billion Group ranking
amongst the top 10 industrial houses
in India
Among Indias Top 3 IT services
Companies (by Mcap)
State Bank of Mauritius
Second Largest Bank in Mauritius
One of Indias largest BPO companies
Glenmark Pharma
Indias largest Private Sector
Engineering Company and a
leading conglomerate
Fast growing generic manufacturer
with additional focus on new molecule
research
USD 2.5 bn Group - one Indias
largest conglomerates
Indias largest Credit Rating Firm
Indias largest listed cable TV services
Company
Real Estate
Bangalores leading
property developers
Among Indias largest Non Banking
Financial Services Groups and Indias
largest Share Registry Firm
Amalgamated Bean
Coffee Trading
Company
USD 0.6 bn Leading Indian Group in
Consumer Products & Services in Global
Beauty & Wellness
Amongst the largest fully integrated
coffee companies in Asia
Leading South Indian real estate
company
Among Indias top 3 online retail
brokerages
Part of Indias leading financial services
conglomerate- Shriram Group
JV between Oiltanking GmbH and Indian Oil
Indias flagship national oil company
One of Indias largest and most trusted Non
Banking Finance Co. groups
Relationship Focus Demonstrated by Repeat Mandates from Clients
Shriram Group
Large Corporate with Business Interests in
Financial Services and Real Estate
Aug 2013 Sale of Sree
Jayajyothi Cements to My Home
Industries (CRH Group)
Sep 2008 Private Equity
Syndication for Shriram Land
CRISIL Limited
Indias largest Credit Rating Agency
May 2012 Acquisition of Coalition
Development Ltd
Sep 2010 Acquisition of the
business of Pipal Research Corp.
Oct 2004 Acquisition of Irevna
WIPRO
Among Indias Top 3 IT services
Companies (by Mcap)
Apr 2009 Acquisition of balance
stake in 3D Networks, Singapore
Sep 2007 Sale of medical
diagnostics business to RFCL
Oct 2006 Acquisition of 3D
Mahindra Group
Among the top 10 industrial houses in
India
Jul 2008 Acquisition of
Business Assets of Kinetic Motor
Company Limited
Feb 2008 Acquisition of GRD
Italy
Networks
Karvy Group
Elgi Equipments
VG Siddhartha Group
Leading manufacturers of compressors
in the world
Large Indian Business Group with interests in
Coffee, Financial Services and Real Estate
Nov 2012 Acquisition of Pattons
Inc, USA
Aug 2012 Acquisition of Rotair
S.p.A, Italy
Dec 2009 Acquisition of BelAir
SA, France
Mar 2009 - Amalgamated Bean
Coffee Trading Co (CCD):
Placement of debt
Nov 2007 - CCD: Private Equity - DB
and Templeton Darby
Mar 2007 - Tanglin Development:
Structured finance for IT SEZ
Among the Largest Financial Services
Intermediaries in India
Nov 2007 Private Equity - ICICI
Venture, Baring Private Equity
Asia
Jul 2005 Private Equity - Pacific
Century Group, Hong Kong
Agile Electric and Igarashi Motors
Indias leading Auto Components
Manufacturer
July 2013 Management buyout
by Blackstone Group
Dec 2010 Sale of Igarashi
Motors & Agile Electric Drives to
HBL Power systems
Feb 2004 Induction of
Computershare as JV partner
Dec 2006 - CCD: Private placement
of debt with IFC
Strong Track Record in Mid Market Cross Border M&A
Worldwide Reach through 28 Investment Bank Partners in 20 Countries
MAPE is a part of Globalscope, a global network of leading mid-market investment banks
Selected Cross Border M&A Transactions
US$45mm
Max Payout
Profab Engineers
Elgi Equipments
Sale of majority stake to
PUK Group, Germany
Feb 2014
Century Seeds
Elgi Equipments
CRISIL
Invida
Acquisition of Pattons Inc
USA
Sale to Groupe Limagrain
France
Acquisition of Rotair S.p.a
Italy
CRISIL Acquisition of
Coalition Development
UK
Acquisition of Shalaks
brands by Invida Singapore
Nov 2012
Nov 2012
Aug 2012
May 2012
Nov 2011
Investment Banking: M&A Deals
US$12mn
US$233mn
Packaging Business of
Murugappa Group
Electronica Machine
Tools
Sree Jayajyothi
Cements
Elgi Equipments
Century Seeds
Sale of majority stake to
PUK Group, Germany
Sale to Amcor
Sale to HMP Poddar
Group
Sale to My Home
Industries (CRH Group)
Acquisition of Pattons Inc
Sale to Groupe Limagrain
Feb 2014
Dec 2013
Sep 2013
Aug 2013
Nov 2012
Nov 2012
US$45mm
Max Payout
US$16mm +
Earn outs
US$13mm
IFCI Ltd
Indo Pacific Housing
Finance
Invida
Sale of Stake in Ocean
Sparkle (OS) to Promoting
Company of OS
Sale to L&T Finance
Holdings Limited
Mar 2012
Mar 2012
Nov 2011
US$103mm
US$17mm
Profab Engineers
Elgi Equipments
Acquisition of Rotair S.p.a
Aug 2012
CRISIL
CRISIL Acquisition of
Coalition Development
Ltd.
Sale to eClerx Investment
Inc
May 2012
Apr 2012
US$45mm
Indian Oiltanking
Acquisition of Newsco
Canada By IOT
Nov 2011
Agilyst Inc
US$190mm
Acquisition of Shalaks
brands by Invida Singapore
Jyothy Laboratories
Sampark PR
Leighton
Holdings Inc.
State Bank of
Mauritius
Sale of Majority Stake
Acquisition of Henkel India
Ltd
Sale of Controlling Stake to
Ketchum
Sale of Strategic
Stake to Welspun Infra
Projects
Sale of 4.9% stake of
Ratnakar Bank
Sep 2011
May 2011
Apr 2011
Jan 2011
Jan 2011
Veta
Investment Banking: M&A Deals
US$ 10mm
US$13mm
US$30mm
Tata Sons
CRISIL
Elgi Equipments
Garden Namkeen
The India Cements
Group
Sale of Igarashi
Motors & Agile Electric
Drives to HBL Power
systems
Acquisition of HBL Elta
Avionics
CRISIL Acquisition of
Pipal Research
Acquisition of BelAir SA
Sale to CavinKare
Acquisition of Indo Zinc
Dec 2010
Nov 2010
Sept 2010
Dec 2009
US$33mm
US$25mm
Igarashi Motors
India
Rohini
Electricals
Sale to Voltas
Mahindra &
Mahindra
Acquisition of Scooter
business of Kinetic
US$16mm
SEMAC Engineering
IMISoft
Engineering
Sale to Revathi Equipment
Sale of majority
stake to Ramboll
Aug 2008
Jul 2008
May 2008
Mar 2008
US$49mm
US$3mm
US$174mm
US$5mm
Quintegra
Solutions
Wipro
Sharekhan
State Bank of
Mauritius
Acquisition of PA
Corporation
Sale of medical
diagnostics business
to RFCL
Sale to Citibank
Private Equity
Oct 2007
Sep 2007
Aug 2007
Aug 2009
Jul 2009
US$8mm
US$185mm
Mahindra &
Mahindra
SSI
Acquisition of GRD,
Italy
Feb 2008
US$5mm
Acquisition of majority stake
by PVP Group
Dec 2007
US$9mm
Doha Bank
Potential Engineers
Purchase of equity stake
in Ratnakar Bank
Acquisition of
Select Securities
Sale to Revathi Equipment
Jun 2007
May 2007
Feb 2007
10
Investment Banking: M&A Deals
US$2mm
US$32mm
US$60mm
Hexaware Technologies
Wipro Infotech
Godrej
Sale of design business to
Flextronics
Acquisition of 3D
Networks
Oct 2006
US$25mm
US$2mm
Ranbaxy Laboratories
L&T
Cepha Imaging
Acquisition of Nutrine
Confectionery
Acquisition of Spectrum
Infotech
Sale to Infomedia
Sale of Allied
business to ICICI
Venture
Oct 2006
Jun 2006
Feb 2006
Dec 2005
Sep 2005
US$9mm
US$23mm
US$12mm
US$3mm
US$5mm
US$5mm
Linc Software
India Switch
Company
Wockhardt
Indian Oiltanking
ICICI oneSource
CRISIL
Sale to MindTree Consulting
Sale of ATM services and
payments processing
business to eFunds
Acquisition of Irevna
Sale of Luton facility to
Bristol Labs, UK
May 2005
Apr 2005
Oct 2004
Oct 2004
US$21mm
US$17mm
Purchase of Stewarts &
Lloyds from TATA Group
Purchase of
Pipal Research
Jul 2004
Jul 2004
US$20mm
US$75mm
US$5mm
US$18mm
Kshema Technologies
Karvy Consultants
SSI
HMA Data Systems
Abhishek Dalmia Group
SSI
Sale to Mphasis BFL Ltd
JV with
Computershare,
Australia
Merger of the IT
Services business with
the Scandent Group
Sale of ATM business
to Diebold
Acquisition of Revathi
Equipment from Atlas
Copco AB
Acquisition of
Aptech
Jun 2004
Feb 2004
Dec 2003
May 2003
Apr 2003
Feb 2003
11
Investment Banking: Financing Deals Private Equity
IVFA / A Mahendran
Buyout of ISS Hi-Care
Jan 2014
US$15mm
US$110mm
US$13mm
US$ 5mm
SemanticSpace
Agile Electric
Eredene Capital
Casa Grande
Secondary stake sale to
Kotak Private Equity
Sep 2013
US$ 23mm
US$37mm
Star Health & Allied
Insurance
Ocean Sparkle
Limited
Private Equity Tata Capital
Mar 2013
US$ 31mm
Star Health & Allied
Insurance
Private Equity Standard
Chartered Private Equity
Dec 2012
US$ 18mm
Sundaram Finance
and TVS Group
Management buyout by
Blackstone Group
July 2013
US$13mm
Sale of stake in Ocean
Sparkle Limited
June 2013
US$30mm
Private Equity Avenue
Venture Partners
Private Equity Asian
Healthcare Fund
May2013
Apr 2013
US$50mm
Kumar Urban
Development Ltd
Indian Oiltanking
Vishwa
Infrastructure
Private Equity Infinite India
Real Estate Fund (Pune
Project)
Private Equity UTI Capital
Advised Olympus capital on
Secondary Stake Purchase
from Axis PE
Apr 2012
Dec 2011
MyDentist
Vienova
Sale of Secondary Stake
Sep 2011
Aug 2011
US$ 27mm
US$
13mm
US$ 10mm
US$ 13mm
US$ 12.5 mm
Star Health & Allied
Insurance
Kalpathi
Investments P.
Ltd
IMImobile
Tutor Vista
Investment by
Pearson
Private Equity Sequoia
Capital
Sale of 6% stake in CARE ltd
to a consortium led by
Milestone Capital
Private Equity ICICI
Ventures
Sale of 10% stake in
Equitas Microfinance to
Sequoia Capital
Private Equity Sequoia &
First Mark
Dec 2010
Aug 2010
Mar 2010
Jan 2010
Nov 2009
Jun 2009
12
Investment Banking: Financing Deals Private Equity
US$ 12mm
US$ 100mm
Shriram Land
RSP Architects
Private Equity - Samsara
Capital
Private Equity - Baring Asia
US$30mm
US$25mm
US$13mm
US$110mm
ExcelSoft
Technologies
Saravana
Energy
South Asian
Petrochem
Karvy Stock Broking
Private Equity - DE Shaw
Private Equity - Jacob Ballas
Private Equity - IFC
Private Equity - ICICI
Venture, Baring Asia
Jul 2008
Apr 2008
Feb 2008
US$25mm
US$41mm
US$60mm
US$8mm
US$12mm
Amalgamated Bean
Coffee Trading Co
Rangsons Electronics
Embassy Group
Hathway Cable &
Datacom
Promac Engineering
International
Print-o-Pac
Private Equity - Deutsche
Bank / Templeton Darby
Private Equity - L&T Capital
Private Equity - Samsara
Capital
Nov 2007
Aug 2007
Jun 2007
US$15mm
US$7mm
US$10mm
Amalgamated Bean
Coffee Trading Co
V&S International
IMImobile
Parksons Packaging
Firepro Systems
Private Equity - IFC
Private Equity - SIDBI
Venture
Private Equity - Pequot
Ventures
Private Equity - ChrysCapital
Private Equity - AIG
Dec 2006
Oct 2006
Jun 2006
Jun 2006
Mar 2006
Sep 2008
US$95mm
Dec 2007
Nov 2007
Private Equity ChrysCapital
Private Equity
- Tano Capital
Private Equity - Blue River
May 2007
Apr 2007
Jan 2007
US$11mm
US$12mm
US$10mm
People Infocom
Private Equity Westbridge,
Intel and Sequoia
Feb 2006
13
Investment Banking: Financing Deals
Fixed Income Financing Deals
US$11mm
US$15mm
US$29mm
US$20mm
US$86mm
Coffeeday Holdings
Indu Project
Egypt India Petrochem
Tanglin Developments
Next Education
Ocean Sparkle
Structured Finance
Promoter Funding
Holding Company Funding
Tata Capital
Structured finance - ICICI
Project financing from IFC
Structured finance for
IT SEZ Hypo AG
Mar 2012
Mar 2012
Mar 2009
Sep 2008
Dec 2007
Mar 2007
US$225mm
US$26mm
PVP Ventures
Granules India
Real estate funding
from Hedge Funds
Debt optimization and
syndication
Jan 2007
Sep 2005
ECM - Financing Deals
Gemini
Communications
Jyothy Laboratories
Ltd.
HBL Power Systems
Open offer for Igarashi
Motors India Ltd.
Buyback of Equity
Shares
Open Offer for Henkel
India Ltd.
Open offer for Igarashi
Motors India Ltd.
Open Offer for Indo Zinc Ltd.
(now Trinetra Cement Ltd.)
July 2013
August 2011
August 2011
March 2011
October 2009
Blackstone Group
India Cements
PVP Ventures
Open Offer for SSI
Limited
October 2009
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