JLL India appoints Chirag Agrawal head of investment banking

Real estate professional services firm JLL India has appointed Chirag Agrawal as the managing director & head of investment banking in its capital markets team. Based in Mumbai, Agrawal will be responsible for the firm’s central capital markets businesses, grouped under its investment banking core such as cross border capital, equity & debt advisory, mid-markets, alternatives, retail capital markets and industrial capital markets.

Agrawal will report to Ramesh Nair, CEO & Country Head, JLL India. He will also be part of JLL’s India Leadership Council (ILC) and the India Capital Markets Board. His appointment demonstrates the firm’s focus on getting on board senior industry talent in order to offer integrated real estate focused investment banking services such as mergers & acquisitions, private equity placements, REIT advisory, debt syndication and fund raising across a broad spectrum of clients.

A seasoned M&A and corporate finance specialist, Agrawal has over 18 years of experience in investment banking. In his previous roles, he was a founding member of teams which set up investment banking platforms for Jefferies and Goldman Sachs in India. Earlier in his career, he worked in the investment banking divisions at Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort and JM Morgan Stanley. He is a Masters in Finance from the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE).

“The realty sector in India is witnessing interesting times across different asset classes. My priority and focus will be to ensure JLL’s investment banking franchise builds significant scale and size by broadening and deepening its client base, exploring newer and innovative capital raising instruments, and above all developing a comprehensive range of corporate finance solutions to help our clients achieve their ambitions,” said Agrawal in a statement.