US based investment bank Jefferies has appointed Sidharth Punshi as a Managing Director and Country Head in India. Punshi will lead a team of investment banking professionals covering the Indian market. He joins from Goldman Sachs where he was Executive Director, Head of European IT Services and Software Sector in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Investment Banking Group. Jefferies opened its New Delhi office in 2007.
Punshi was previously at Citigroup, working in London, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore. He has worked with clients like Atos Origin, Capgemini, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Infosys, Reliance Communications, Wipro, among others. Punshi is a BSc (Hons) graduate from the London School of Economics.
It helps companies access international equity and debt capital markets, in addition to cross-border merger and acquisition and advisory services. Jefferies is present in the issuance of foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs), Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) and American Depositary Receipts (ADRs).
Notable transactions among the 10 completed for Indian companies in 2007 include a $250 million FCCB for Adani Enterprises and a $120 million private convertible bond offering for NDTV Networks. Separately, Jefferies also provides equity research on a number of Indian IT and business process outsourcing and offshoring companies that are listed and trade in the US

Posted on 05/9/08, 12:25 AM
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