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Expertise

Four pillars. Each is set out with the capabilities it covers and the mandates advised under it.

01

Structured Credit

Capital engineered around the underlying economics of the situation.

  • Bridge financing
  • Asset-backed structures
  • Mezzanine and hybrid capital
  • Cash-flow based financing
  • Refinancing
  • Rating-linked capital solutions

₹1,805 Cr advised

  • Structured Credit

    Listed non-banking financial company

    ₹500 Cr

    Non-convertible debenture issue

    Primary issue placed privately with pension funds and long-only institutional investors.

    Financial services

  • Structured Credit

    Listed infrastructure group

    ₹350 Cr

    Holding company funding

    Holdco facility against pledged listed securities, structured around a defined deleveraging path.

    Infrastructure

  • Structured Credit

    Listed non-banking financial company

    ₹300 Cr

    Non-convertible debenture issue

    Repeat primary issue for the same borrower, placed into a tightening rate environment.

    Financial services

  • Structured Credit

    Housing finance company

    ₹275 Cr

    Non-convertible debentures

    Debenture placement against a granular retail mortgage pool.

    Financial services

All transactions

02

Special Situations

Capital and advisory for businesses and assets where the ordinary process has stopped working. The range runs from stressed and non-performing exposures, settlements and restructurings through to event-driven and time-bound situations that are not distressed at all, but which no standard credit process will clear in time.

  • Stressed and non-performing asset take-outs
  • One-time settlements and post-settlement funding
  • Corporate debt restructuring and lender negotiation
  • Turnaround and revival financing
  • Promoter and holding-company transitions
  • Event-driven and time-bound situations
  • Delayed and part-completed projects
  • Last-mile and completion capital
  • Distressed asset sale, downselling and resolution advisory

₹5,100 Cr advised

  • Special Situations

    Integrated steel and power producer

    ₹2,550 Cr

    Special situations financing

    Structured against operating assets in a contested creditor environment, with security and enforcement rights defined before terms were issued.

    Steel & metals

  • Special Situations

    Healthcare and financial services holding company

    ₹1,900 Cr

    Special situations financing

    Holding-company facility structured against pledged operating subsidiaries, sized to a defined promoter resolution.

    Financial services

  • Special Situations

    Listed telecom infrastructure company

    ₹270 Cr

    Corporate debt restructuring

    Multi-lender restructuring negotiated across a consortium with divergent security positions.

    Telecom

  • Special Situations

    Foreign bank, India book

    ₹180 Cr

    Stressed asset downselling

    Assisted exit from a non-convertible debenture exposure through a structured downsell of the stressed position.

    Financial services

All transactions

03

Debt & Capital Advisory

Reconfiguring capital structures to create financial flexibility.

  • Debt syndication
  • Restructuring
  • Refinancing
  • Lender strategy
  • Capital stack optimisation
  • Institutional investor engagement

₹605 Cr advised

  • Debt & Capital Advisory

    Private medical college

    ₹165 Cr

    Restructuring advisory

    Debt reorganised around fee-cycle cash flows and campus security, restoring the institution's ability to operate.

    Healthcare & education

  • Debt & Capital Advisory

    Small finance bank

    ₹160 Cr

    Short-term debt syndication

    Short-dated facility syndicated to institutional lenders across two consecutive raises.

    Financial services

  • Debt & Capital Advisory

    Integrated steel producer

    ₹150 Cr

    Working capital facilities

    Two facilities renewed with a public sector lender against receivables and finished-goods inventory.

    Steel & metals

  • Debt & Capital Advisory

    Branded apparel retailer

    ₹80 Cr

    Debt funding

    Facility structured around inventory and a franchised store network with seasonal working capital swings.

    Retail

All transactions

04

Strategic Transactions

Select corporate finance mandates where capital and strategy intersect.

  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Private placements
  • Strategic fundraising
  • Select equity transactions

₹68 Cr advised

  • Strategic Transactions

    Australian financial services group

    ₹43 Cr

    Acquisition advisory

    Buy-side advisory on the acquisition of an Indian non-banking financial company, including diligence and regulatory pathway.

    Financial services

  • Strategic Transactions

    Listed steel products manufacturer

    ₹25 Cr

    Equity placement

    Primary equity placed with institutional investors to fund a capacity expansion.

    Steel & metals

How we structure

  1. 01

    Identify

    • Mispriced risk.
    • Capital gaps.
    • Structural opportunities.
  2. 02

    Underwrite

    • Assets.
    • Cash flows.
    • Legal position.
    • Downside scenarios.
  3. 03

    Structure

    • Security.
    • Escrow.
    • Waterfalls.
    • SPVs.
    • Milestone controls.
  4. 04

    Execute

    • Capital sourcing.
    • Negotiation.
    • Documentation.
    • Closing.
  5. 05

    Realise

    • Monitoring.
    • Deleveraging.
    • Exit.
    • Capital recovery.

Discuss a mandate

Send the position, the existing debt schedule and the timeline. We come back with a view on whether it is structurable and what it would take.

Enquiries are treated as confidential and are not shared outside the firm.

Offices

  • Gurugram

    Ground Floor, 76D Udyog ViharPhase 4, Sector 18Gurugram 122001
  • Noida

    19th Floor, Berger OneSector 16BNoida
  • Mumbai

    C-20, G Block RoadBandra Kurla Complex, Bandra EastMumbai 400051
  • Singapore

    101 Cecil Street, #23-05Tong Eng BuildingSingapore 069533
info@ascentpinnacle.com