Assistant Vice President – Corporate Finance – Infrastructure RiverForest Connections

The Corporate Institute; Mumbai; On-site; INR 7,000,000 - 12,000,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute is seeking a senior professional to lead business origination and execution across M&A, corporate restructuring, capital raising and strategic advisory in the transport infrastructure sector, with a focus on roads, highways, toll assets and PPP projects.

The role emphasizes developing senior client relationships, originating mandates, structuring transactions and driving revenue growth through end-to-end deal execution and advisory services.

Qualifications

• Experience in originating and winning mandates across M&A, restructuring and capital raising.
• Strong client relationship building with promoters, CXOs, and financial stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience in executing M&A, debt/equity financing and corporate restructurings.
• Solid exposure to transport infrastructure sectors including roads, toll assets and PPP models.

Responsibilities

• Originate and win mandates in transport infrastructure, M&A, and capital raising.
• Build and maintain relationships with promoters, CXOs, funds, lenders and investors.
• Identify opportunities in road/highway assets, toll roads, HAM/BOT/PPP projects.
• Lead transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and platform investments.
• Originate and execute private capital raising from PE and infrastructure funds.

Skills

Investment Banking

Corporate Finance

M&A

Infrastructure Advisory

Job description

Lead business origination and execution across M&A, corporate restructuring, capital raising and strategic advisory opportunities in the transport infrastructure sector, with a focus on roads, highways, toll assets, HAM/BOT/PPP projects and related infrastructure businesses. The role will be responsible for developing senior client relationships, originating mandates, structuring transactions and driving revenue growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Originate and win M&A, corporate restructuring, capital raising and strategic advisory mandates from transport infrastructure companies, developers, investors and asset owners.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with promoters, CXOs, infrastructure funds, PE investors, lenders and other financial stakeholders.
• Identify and originate opportunities across road/highway assets, toll roads, HAM/BOT/PPP projects and transportation infrastructure platforms.
• Lead transactions involving acquisitions, divestitures, strategic investments, joint ventures, platform investments and asset monetization.
• Originate and execute private capital raising from PE funds, infrastructure funds, special situation/distressed funds and strategic investors.
• Drive debt and equity capital raising for infrastructure companies and projects, including structured financing and refinancing opportunities.
• Support and originate capital markets transactions, including IPOs, QIPs, rights issues, open offers, delistings and other strategic transactions, where relevant.
• Lead end-to-end execution of mandates, including financial analysis, valuation, transaction structuring, due diligence, negotiations, deal documentation and closure.
• Develop and review financial models, valuation analyses, transaction structures and investment cases for infrastructure assets and companies.
• Work closely with capital markets, debt syndication, project finance and other internal teams to originate and execute transactions.
• Provide industry and company-level analytical support for pitch books, client presentations, transaction proposals and investment memoranda.
• Monitor the transport infrastructure sector to identify market opportunities, consolidation trends, distressed assets, refinancing requirements and potential M&A targets.
• Liaise with SEBI, lenders, legal advisors, transaction advisors and other regulatory/stakeholder bodies as required for transaction execution.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Strong experience in Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, M&A, or Infrastructure Advisory.
• Proven track record in business origination and winning mandates, with strong client relationships.
• Demonstrated experience in executing M&A, debt/equity capital raising and corporate restructuring transactions.
• Strong exposure to transport infrastructure, roads, highways, toll roads, HAM/BOT/PPP projects is preferred.
• Experience raising capital from PE funds, infrastructure funds, special situation funds and distressed funds.
• Strong understanding of valuation, financial modelling, transaction structuring and due diligence.
• Good understanding of SEBI regulations and capital market transactions, including IPOs, QIPs, rights issues, open offers and delistings.
• Strong network among promoters, infrastructure companies, PE/infrastructure funds, banks and institutional investors.
• Excellent origination, negotiation, influencing and relationship-management skills.
• Strong commercial orientation with the ability to identify opportunities and convert them into mandates.
• High ideation capability with demonstrated ability to take transactions from origination through successful closure.
• Strong leadership, team management and mentoring capabilities.
• High standards of compliance, governance and transaction execution discipline.