Villalongo & Pallieres on Euromax Capital Board

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Euromax Capital, one of the top investment banking firms in Europe— which has extensive presence and operations in emerging markets, particularly in the area of crossborder activity between developed countries and emerging markets like India and Africa—has announced the induction of Mr Juan Villalongo, renowned global corporate leader, and eminent
international banker Bertrand Des Pallieres on its the Company's Board of Directors.

“We are very excited about Mr Juan Villalonga joining our Board. His leadership experience across geographies will be invaluable as we drive toward our goal of emerging as the pre-eminent international
deal boutique connecting the developed world to emerging markets,” Mr Subodh Agrawal, Co-Founder and Chairman of Euromax Capital, said. “Juan’s appointment will enable us to further deepen our global M&A footprint—particularly into Spain, Portugal and Latin America.”

“We are also fortunate that someone of Bertrand’s stature, vast experience and expertise has agreed to join the Board of Euromax Capital,” Mr Darshan Desai, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Euromax Capital, said. “Bertrand’s appointment provides us with the opportunity to further leverage our unique emerging market positioning and help us become even stronger in the niche investment banking sectors in which we operate,” he added.

Euromax Capital positions itself at the forefront of fast-emerging economies, and specializes in big ticket international finance and strategic M&A opportunities. The financial services giant has served clients in industries as diverse as convergence (telecom, media and entertainment), metals (steel and aluminum), natural resources (mining, oil and gas), infrastructure (power, roads, ports, airports, etc.),logistics, textiles & fashion, food, beverages and restaurants, hospitality, chemicals, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, finance, aviation, technology, real estate, retail and engineering. In India, Euromax Capital has worked with top corporates like the Tatas, Essar Group, NEO Sports, Jindal Group and Welspun, amongst others.

PROFILES

Juan Villalongo

Holding degrees in Law, Economics and Management, Juan is a seasoned global strategist with a track record of building successful multinational businesses. Having been the builder as Chairman & CEO of Telefonica into one of the top Telcos in the world, he presently sits on the Board of many multi-billion dollar companies such as Espirito Santo Financial Group, Portugal,Telecom Malaysia International Bhd, Malaysia and TeleKom Group, USA. Previously, he was a Partner in McKinsey & Company. Mr Villalonga divides his time between London and Spain and his myriad talents include management of the interests of the Valencia Football Club. He is acknowledged as a visionary business leader across world markets.

Bertrand Des Pallieres

Mr Pallieres is a leading light in international structured finance with over 16 years of experience at top banking echelons. Founder and CEO of SPQR, an Alternative Asset manager with main focus on Structured Finance and Special Situations, Mr. Pallieres was previously Global Co-head of Principal Finance at Deutsche Bank (handling an over €10bn Balance sheet) and member of the Global Market Leadership Group. Before that he was Global Head of Structured Credit business at JP Morgan for 13 years where he was one of the key drivers behind the JP Morgan leadership in derivatives, and among his achievements was the creation of the credit derivatives and structured credit market, one of the major financial innovations of the last decade. The Structured Credit Business at JP Morgan under leadership of Mr Pallieres was recognized as a market leader having
won awards for several consecutive years (2001–2006) in Derivative, Structured Credit, CDO House of the Year, Structured Finance Deal of the Year, etc…

About Euromax Capital
London based Euromax Capital is a niche international investment banking, strategic advisory & corporate finance boutique with a unique positioning in emerging markets including India and Africa. Euromax Capital originates, advises and assists on international M&A and joint venture opportunities and advises on cross-border equity, debt and structured finance facilitation across a broad spectrum of industries and geographies. The vision of is to be the conduit of choice between emerging markets and the financial centers of Europe and North America. The firm has participated in M&A transactions valued in excess of $30 billion, particularly in the telecom, steel, oil and gas and mining sectors and has advised on equity & other financings in excess of $5 billion in infrastructure, engineering, telecom, metals, media, textiles, aviation, hospitality, and many others in India, Africa and Europe.
Euromax Capital has built a unique franchise stemming as much from its facilitation of high value international finance for many large Indian companies as from the firm’s proactive origination of large M&A deals across geographies including for Indian majors like Reliance Telecom, Essar, Jindals and Welspun & global majors like Alfa Group of Russia.

For more information, contact:

Mr Atul Kumar Gupta Mr Bijal Doshi
Executive Director India Head
+44 7951685864 +91 9820330279
atul@euromaxcapital.com bijal@euromaxcapital.com