One of the leading independent financial advisers in India
Rothschild & Co worldwide
With 4,600 financial services specialists in over 40 countries across the world, we provide independent advice on M&A, strategy and financing, as well as investment and wealth management solutions to large institutions, families, individuals and governments, worldwide.
Having been at the centre of the world's financial markets for over 200 years, our expertise, intellectual capital, and global network enable us to provide a distinct perspective and achieve outstanding results for our clients.
Our teams in India provide expert advice to clients
Our services include M&A, Equity Markets Solutions including fundraising and strategic capital, and Debt Advisory and Restructuring across a wide range of sectors including Auto, Consumer & Retail, Energy & Power, FIG, Healthcare, Industrials, Life Sciences, TMT and Transport & Infrastructure.
Our experienced locally based advisory bankers have a great understanding of the region's economic development, challenges facing industries, and in-depth understanding of the local regulatory and market environment.
As part of our network of advisory bankers on-the-ground in 59 locations around the world, we provide superior advice to clients on both domestic and cross-border situations.
bankers based in India
years of experience in India
M&A deals since 2010
Who we work with
Large and mid-sized corporations
Our clients include many of the world’s largest corporations, as well as leading mid-market companies. We advise our clients on some of the most complex, and industry defining transactions across M&A and financing advisory.
Private equity
We are the leading independent adviser to private equity. Our approach to building long-term relationships with clients has seen us repeatedly advise many of the world’s most notable private equity companies on major milestone transactions.
Families and entrepreneurs
Expert advice to families and individual shareholders. Our 200 years+ of continuous family control, places us in a unique position to understand the challenges faced by family and founder owned companies.
Governments
We are the trusted adviser to governments, having advised several nations through the world financial crisis, on issues wide ranging as restructuring national industries to economic support schemes and privatisations.
Our history in India
The Rothschild businesses played an instrumental role in the financing of railways worldwide in the nineteenth century, including large parts of India’s railway network. Between 1881 and 1887 the London house issued Indian Railway shares totalling £6.4m for companies and projects across the country totalling c.1,500 miles of track, including the creation of the first coast-to-coast connection between Kolkata and Mumbai.
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Naina Lal Kidwai
Non-Executive Chair of the Board, India
Aalok Shah
Managing Director and Head of India
Subhakanta Bal
Managing Director
Chandresh Ruparel
Senior Adviser
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Rothschild & Co
With a team of 4,600 talented financial services specialists on the ground in over 40 countries, Rothschild & Co's integrated global network of trusted professionals provide in-depth market intelligence and effective long-term solutions for our clients across our four divisions:
Our history
The foundation of our business is a reputation for trust, integrity and expert advice.
Over the past 200 years we have nurtured this reputation through close collaboration, and by embracing and supporting innovation in order to remain at the forefront of our industry.
"We are like the mechanism of a watch... each part is essential..."
Salomon von Rothschild to his brother Nathan Mayer Rothschild, c.1818
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Important Disclaimer
Rothschild & Co India Private Limited (“Rothschild & Co India” or “the Company”), is registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) as a Category-I Merchant Banker, bearing registration number INM000010668.
Rothschild & Co India also provides certain fee-based services to its clients, which may not be regulated by SEBI or any other financial sector regulator.
Non-SEBI Regulated Activities
The business activities undertaken by the Company which are not regulated by SEBI, are as follows:
- buy-side or sell-side advisory to private or unlisted public companies involving unlisted securities;
- financial advisory to private and unlisted public companies;
- general corporate advisory to private and unlisted public companies.
Please note that the SEBI investor protection mechanism, including the SCORES platform, will NOT be available for any grievances or disputes arising out of or pertaining to the aforementioned non-SEBI regulated activities undertaken by the Company. This disclosure is made pursuant to the SEBI Circular dated January 2, 2026, on “Specification of the consequential requirements with respect to Amendment of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Merchant Bankers) Regulations, 1992.