Langham Capital provides expert corporate finance advisory services to companies seeking to build their global businesses. With offices in India, the US and the UK, Langham Capital has built a strong global network of senior executives, entrepreneurs, investors, attorneys and advisors, and can execute transactions across all key geographies. Clients include large multinationals, financial sponsors and private companies.
We offer cross-border mergers & acquisitions, debt & equity capital raising, and corporate finance advisory services in the Technology and Consumer sectors. We pride ourselves on the strength of our relationships, the integrity of our advice and a thorough analytical approach to our work.
Our team is comprised of experienced professionals with backgrounds in investment banking, consulting, operations, technology, and research. Our bankers pride themselves on working closely with our clients to provide tailored advice for specific situations.
Shiv is responsible for managing all aspects of the firm's activities including origination and executing transactions, client relationship management and financial management.
Immediately prior to founding Langham Capital, Shiv managed two technology ventures in Europe. Previously, Shiv worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions divisions of JP Morgan and Dresdner Kleinwort in London and New York. He managed M&A, privatization, equity raising and private equity transactions for global clients in a number of markets and jurisdictions including the UK, Europe, US, India, South Korea, Russia, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Brazil.
Shiv began his career with the Tata Group of Companies in India. As a member of the Tata Administrative Service, he worked on a number of projects in areas such as hotels, luxury goods, telecoms and soft drink bottling and distribution. He is also a non-executive Director of Baroda Pioneer Asset Management and Chairman of F1F9 (India).
Shiv has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Sussex, a Master’s degree in Development Economics from the University of East Anglia and an MBA from London Business School.
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Isaac runs the Information Technology practice at Langham Capital. In a career spanning over 30 years, Isaac managed operations in software and hardware products and services, working with mobility, wireless, telecom, networking, storage, security, media and semiconductor industries and emerging technologies.
Isaac has held several positions in various companies, most recently as the Chief Strategy Officer of L&T Technology Services. Prior to this, he was the EVP and head of the Product Engineering Services division managing worldwide sales and delivery and was also the CEO of GDA Technologies which was acquired by L&T.
Prior to L&T, he served as the CEO of Codenomicon, a Finnish security software company (acquired by Synopsys). Previously, he was the head of sales, marketing and product development in CoWare, a silicon virtual prototyping start-up (acquired by Synopsys). Before his time in CoWare, Isaac worked with Cadence, when the company was still a start-up, and helped grow the now billion dollar company in electronic design automation. Isaac began his career at Intel, managing microprocessor based systems, micro-controller based ASICs, and computer-aided design systems.
Isaac earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Madras, a MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology, and a MBA from Arizona State University.
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Vikram has over 20 years of experience as a strategic and financial adviser to clients worldwide. He has advised on major privatizations, investor relations, mergers & acquisitions, debt restructuring and public offerings for clients such as the Government of India, the Government of the state of Orissa (India), Indian Oil Corporation, the Tata Group, Wipro, rediff.com, Sterlite, EXL Service, Religare and Genpact, while based in Delhi, Mumbai, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Prior to joining Langham Capital, Vikram was Managing Director & Country Manager-India for FTI Consulting, a multi-segment business advisory firm, headquartered in the US and listed on the NYSE. At FTI Consulting, he was responsible for establishing the firm’s India operations across the key practices of corporate finance/restructuring, forensic accounting and investigations, litigation consulting, strategic communications and investor relations.
Before FTI Consulting, Vikram founded a boutique advisory and investment firm to focus on investing personal and co-investor capital in early-stage and mid-market companies. He advised on strategy and funding, with a view to introducing these companies to international best-practices in management and finance.
Prior to this, he worked in the investment banking and corporate finance division of Credit Suisse, based in Mumbai, Singapore and Hong Kong, and the investment banking arm of Barclays Bank (then known as BZW), based in New Delhi. He started his career at Standard Chartered Bank. During this time he executed a variety of transactions in equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, privatization, and debt restructuring.
Vikram has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology, MESRA, Ranchi and an MBA (Finance Major) from the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi.
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Hugh has 30 years of experience in finance and investment banking, based in New York, Tokyo, London and Frankfurt, and for the past 10 years focusing on transactions in India.
Prior to joining Langham Capital, he was managing director, senior coverage officer for India with Jefferies International, and was previously head of business development for India for the London Stock Exchange.
Before focusing on India, Hugh was managing director and head of the telecommunications practice at Dresdner Kleinwort, where he had earlier specialized in merger and acquisition and financing transactions for energy and utility companies, with a focus on the UK, Germany and Russia. He joined Dresdner Kleinwort after working in the mergers and acquisition group at Merrill Lynch in New York and Tokyo. Hugh has worked on transactions in 15 countries.
Hugh was a journalist in 1977-1986 for The Economist, as the magazine’s Tokyo correspondent, World Business Editor in London and finally New York correspondent. He is a Non-Executive Director of JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust PLC, and has held Non-Executive Director roles at three other companies in the UK and India. He is also a Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE IDEAS diplomacy and strategy think-tank at the London School of Economics.
Hugh has a BA in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University, was a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard, and has an MSc in sociology from the London School of Economics.
CloseStructuring: Within the commercial framework of a transaction, a wide range of financing and structuring options are possible. Our familiarity with cross border deal structures helps focus on the most effective options to maximise value creation for our clients. Our activities involve:
Negotiation: We understand that effective time and resource management is critical to the successful completion of a transaction. We manage the negotiation process towards closure by setting and monitoring the timetable, taking each step forward towards completion and liaising closely with the other parties involved in the transaction.
Valuation: Valuations constitute a significant part of any transaction process, be it in the nature of an acquisition, divestiture, joint venture, merger, de-merger or the setting up of a new operation. Langham will evaluate the deal and provide a valuation range using variables from both macro and micro levels.
Documentation: Legal documentation is integral for any business transaction or alliance. We help clients in preparing documents at all stages including non-disclosure agreements, letters of intent and definitive transaction documents.
CloseLangham Capital advises companies on sourcing capital from the public markets (NASDAQ, AIM) as well as private equity. We also work selectively with early stage companies to raise venture funding.
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General corporate finance advisory work undertaken by Langham Capital includes advisory work (valuation, due diligence, structuring and negotiation), private placements, joint ventures, restructurings, spin-outs, and management buy-outs.
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