Est. Mumbai — India × MENA × Hong Kong

Investment Banking · M&A · Strategic Advisory

Senior-led investment banking for founders, promoters and businesses navigating capital, partnerships and complex transactions.

A boutique advisory practice serving founders, promoters, family offices and enterprises across India, the MENA region and Hong Kong. Direct partner engagement, cross-border execution and forty years of tier-1 pedigree — applied to mandates that actually close.

Execution Driven · Investment Banking · Unlike Everyone Else

Firm Notes01 / 04
EstablishedMumbai · 2026
Leadership40+ years combined
RegionsIndia · MENA · Hong Kong
EngagementPartner-level, always

“Advice you can actually take to the board.”

— Firm Philosophy

ScrollSection 01 · Credibility
01Credibility

Four decades of collective leadership across investment banking, M&A execution and strategic advisory — shaped by tier-1 institutions and applied to founder-led situations that demand candor, speed and a partner in the room.

40+
Years of combined leadership experience
03
Regions actively served
04
Tier-1 institutional alma maters
1:1
Partner-to-mandate engagement

Institutional Pedigree

IIM AhmedabadHKUSTNIT TrichySP Jain Global
02What we do

Three practices, one discipline: the transaction has to close on terms the client would defend.

End-to-end capability across the deal and strategy lifecycle. Every mandate is scoped to a definable outcome — not a retainer that outlives its usefulness.

01Practice

Investment Banking

Capital, structuring and placement for growth-stage and established businesses.

  • Growth and late-stage capital raises
  • Private placements to strategic and financial investors
  • Structured capital, mezzanine and hybrid instruments
  • Pre-fundraise diagnostics and fund-readiness
02Practice

Mergers & Acquisitions

Buy-side and sell-side execution — from origination through negotiated close.

  • Sell-side mandates for founder and family-owned businesses
  • Buy-side origination, target evaluation and outreach
  • Valuation, deal structuring and financial modelling
  • Due-diligence coordination and negotiation support
03Practice

Strategic Project Advisory

Feasibility, market entry and joint-venture work for large-scale initiatives.

  • Market entry and cross-border expansion strategy
  • Feasibility studies and investment cases
  • Joint-venture structuring and partner selection
  • Execution roadmaps and board-level advisory
03Why NoBS

Six commitments we're prepared to be held to — from first call to close.

These are working principles, not marketing bullets. They govern how we scope, staff and see mandates through.

01Principle

Senior-led, always

Every mandate is handled directly by senior partners with decades of transaction experience. No juniors, no farmed-out execution.

02Principle

Founder-aligned

We speak the language of founders, promoters and family owners — commercial, direct and mindful of the person whose name is on the door.

03Principle

Cross-border in practice

Real deal execution across India, MENA and Hong Kong — with local relationships and international grammar, not just a map on a slide.

04Principle

Execution over theatre

We build the deal to close. Materials, positioning and process exist to move a transaction forward — not to fill a data-room for the sake of it.

05Principle

Candor by default

If a transaction is not the right transaction, we say so. Trust is built by the advice we decline to give as much as the advice we do.

06Principle

Discreet by design

Client identities, financials and situations are held in strict confidence. Reputation compounds slowly — we protect it.

04Selected Sectors

Sectors we understand deeply enough to be useful in the second meeting.

We work with founders, promoters and family offices across a set of sectors where our operating experience and network create tangible advantage on live mandates.

01Sector

Consumer & Retail

Branded consumer, D2C, food & beverage, specialty retail and consumer platforms.

02Sector

Financial Services

Non-banking financial companies, wealth, fintech and specialty finance platforms.

03Sector

Industrials & Manufacturing

Advanced manufacturing, engineering, chemicals and industrial platforms with export exposure.

04Sector

Infrastructure & Real Assets

Roads, ports, logistics parks, urban infrastructure and asset-heavy operating platforms.

05Sector

Technology & Digital

B2B SaaS, enterprise software, digital-native platforms and technology-enabled services.

06Sector

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Hospitals, diagnostics, pharma services, medical devices and healthtech platforms.

07Sector

Real Estate & Hospitality

Grade-A commercial, hospitality platforms, mixed-use developments and REIT-ready assets.

08Sector

Energy & Sustainability

Renewables, energy transition, green fuels and sustainability-linked infrastructure.

05How We Work

A tight, six-phase process — designed to shorten the distance between a mandate and a close.

Every engagement follows the same disciplined arc. Nothing is delegated to a name the client hasn't met.

  1. 01

    Diagnostic

    A short, senior-led review of the situation, the objective and the counterparty universe. Direct honesty about what will and will not work.

  2. 02

    Mandate framing

    Scope, timeline, success measures and fee construct — designed around a definable outcome rather than an open-ended retainer.

  3. 03

    Positioning & materials

    A precise investment narrative, information memorandum and process artefacts — built for decision-makers, not paginated for effect.

  4. 04

    Counterparty engagement

    Curated, sequenced outreach to strategic and financial counterparties across India, MENA and Hong Kong. No blanket teasers.

  5. 05

    Negotiation & structuring

    Term-sheet negotiation, deal structuring, diligence coordination and shareholder alignment — driven from the partner level throughout.

  6. 06

    Close & continuity

    Documentation, closing mechanics and a handover the client can operate from Day 1. Post-close continuity when the relationship warrants it.

06Selected Work

Representative mandates — client identities held in confidence.

A summary of the type of work we take on, described in the anonymised terms our engagement letters allow. Full case discussions are handled under NDA.

01Closed

Cross-border sale of a founder-led branded consumer platform to a Middle-East strategic acquirer.

Sector

Consumer & Retail

Geography · Mandate

India → GCC
Sell-side M&A

02Closed

Structured minority round for a family-owned industrial platform with export exposure and expansion capex.

Sector

Industrials & Manufacturing

Geography · Mandate

India
Growth Capital Raise

03Executed

Cross-border joint-venture framework between an Indian NBFC and a MENA family office for shared distribution.

Sector

Financial Services

Geography · Mandate

India · UAE
Strategic Advisory

04Closed

Exit for founders of a B2B software platform to a strategic buyer with an Asia-Pacific consolidation thesis.

Sector

Technology & Digital

Geography · Mandate

India → Hong Kong
Sell-side M&A

05Signed

Acquisition of a specialty healthcare asset by a promoter-led platform pursuing a national roll-up strategy.

Sector

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Geography · Mandate

India
Buy-side M&A

06Executed

Feasibility, structuring and partner-selection for a large-scale infrastructure initiative in the Gulf region.

Sector

Infrastructure & Real Assets

Geography · Mandate

MENA
Project Advisory

Note: Transaction values, counterparties and identifying details are withheld in line with client confidentiality obligations. Complete case discussions are available under a mutual NDA.

07Team

Senior, hands-on and personally on every mandate.

Clients work directly with senior advisors — not through them. Additional profiles will be added as the practice expands.

Mahesh Kadaba, NoBS Advisors.
Portrait — Mahesh KadabaNoBS Advisors · Mumbai

Managing Partner

Mahesh Kadaba

40Year career3×Former CXO∞Global expertise

Senior business leader supporting strategic partnerships, stakeholder alignment and complex transaction execution.

Draft biography · Pending factual review

Mahesh Kadaba is a senior business leader and strategic advisor with a forty-year career of global expertise across energy, mobility, industrial partnerships and business development. He has held CXO roles three times in his career, and works closely with promoters, institutional stakeholders and strategic counterparties to originate, structure and advance complex commercial relationships.

At NoBS Advisors, as Managing Partner, Mahesh leads senior stakeholder engagement, strategic partnerships, joint ventures and transaction execution. His approach combines relationship-led business development with practical commercial judgment and long-term promoter alignment.

Areas of Focus

  • Strategic partnerships and joint ventures
  • Promoter and stakeholder alignment
  • Energy and industrial opportunities
  • Government and institutional engagement
  • Senior-level business development

Additional senior advisors will be introduced as the practice expands. Engagements are always staffed at the senior level and led directly by the partner in charge of the mandate.

08Geographic Reach

Three corridors where founder capital and cross-border ambition intersect.

Deep local relationships combined with international grammar. We move where founders and family offices are actively deploying capital, forming partnerships and executing exits.

INRegion 01

India

Full-lifecycle M&A, capital raising and strategic advisory for founders, promoters and enterprises nationwide.

Coverage

MumbaiDelhi NCRBengaluruChennai
MERegion 02

MENA

Cross-border transaction execution and strategic project advisory across the key Middle East and North Africa markets.

Coverage

UAESaudi ArabiaEgyptQatar
HKRegion 03

Hong Kong

Asia-hub deal execution and JV structuring — Hong Kong as a gateway between India, MENA and Greater China.

Coverage

CentralKowloonGreater ChinaAPAC
09Contact

Start a conversation with a partner, not a form.

For M&A mandates, capital raises and strategic project advisory across India, the MENA region and Hong Kong — reach the partner directly, or share the outline of a situation and we'll come back to you within one business day.

Direct channels

Email partner directly

Studio

Ground Floor, Winchester
Hiranandani Gardens, Powai
Mumbai — 400076
Maharashtra, India

Regions

India · MENA · Hong Kong

Hours

Mon – Fri · 09—19 IST