Buy-Side M&A
End-to-end support for acquisition strategy, target sourcing, valuation, diligence, negotiation, and transaction structuring to help enterprises pursue disciplined inorganic growth.
Transjovan Capital helps enterprises structure complex M&A transactions with strategic clarity, disciplined execution, and cross-border insight. For Houston, TX businesses navigating energy transition, industrial consolidation, or technology-led growth, our team supports deal frameworks that align valuation, governance, integration planning, and long-term value creation.
Strategic transaction support for acquisitions, partnerships, divestitures, and integration planning across complex enterprise deals.
End-to-end support for acquisition strategy, target sourcing, valuation, diligence, negotiation, and transaction structuring to help enterprises pursue disciplined inorganic growth.
Advisory for international acquisitions involving multi-jurisdiction deal structures, cross-border coordination, and strategic alignment across global markets and stakeholders.
Structured guidance for evaluating, negotiating, and designing joint venture arrangements that balance governance, capital allocation, and long-term strategic objectives.
Support for carve-outs and asset sales with attention to transaction readiness, buyer positioning, value articulation, and separation planning.
Post-close integration planning and synergy management designed to connect deal structure decisions with execution, reporting, and measurable value capture.
Ongoing corporate development support for multi-deal pipelines, portfolio reviews, and transaction priorities that require structured decision-making over time.
Effective deal structuring goes beyond getting a transaction signed. Transjovan Capital helps clients shape terms, governance, valuation logic, and integration priorities so each deal supports broader business goals. For Houston, TX companies operating in industrial, energy, and technology-driven markets, that means building structures that reflect sector realities, cross-border complexity, and post-close execution from the outset.
Clients rely on our team for senior-led advice, global perspective, and value-focused execution.
Every mandate benefits from senior execution, not handoffs to junior-only transaction teams.
Houston clients gain access to global transaction experience across the US, Europe, India, and APAC.
Ex-Big-4, ex-CEOs, CFOs, and board leaders bring practical structuring judgment to complex deals.
For Houston's acquisitive industrial and energy-linked businesses, value is measured through synergy capture, not volume.
Experienced dealmakers with deep strategic and sector insight.
Managing Partner
Gaurav Asthana is the Managing Partner at Transjovan Capital and brings more than 21 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity. An ex-Ernst & Young and KPMG professional, he is widely recognized for cross-border M&A execution across four continents. He has advised Fortune 500 corporations, large conglomerates, and private equity funds on cumulative transactions worth USD 15 billion. His experience includes retained buy-side mandates for globally recognized enterprises such as Blackstone, Mahindra, Legrand, Altana, Sumitomo, and Cummins. Under his leadership, the firm earned recognition as the Best M&A Advisory Firm in India. He also serves in prominent industry bodies including the Indo-American, Indo-French, and Indo-German Chambers of Commerce, reflecting his strong global business network.
Head - Consumer
Deoki Muchhal is a strategist and advisor with extensive leadership experience across large multinational organizations. Having served as MD and CFO at Cargill India, he has led acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and technology transformation initiatives designed to unlock long-term enterprise value. His background includes board-level exposure, corporate restructuring, turnaround strategy, and successful merger integration. Deoki brings a practical operator's perspective to strategic advisory, helping clients align financial, operational, and transformation priorities. He also has a strong interest in ventures that improve competitiveness through digital technologies. A meritorious Chartered Accountant and alumnus of a Fortune 50 high-performance leadership academy, he adds seasoned financial and strategic judgment to complex growth and transaction mandates.
Head – Financial Services
Rajesh Relan brings 37 years of experience, including 25 years in senior leadership roles across the insurance industry in India and the Asia Pacific region. He previously served as Managing Director of PNB MetLife India Insurance and has deep expertise in strategy, governance, financial planning, business transformation, and M&A. His career includes launching and scaling businesses, leading turnarounds, and executing acquisitions, including the purchase of an insurance broking company. Rajesh also serves as an independent director on boards of publicly listed companies, including Singer India Ltd. and Jaykay Enterprises. His involvement with industry bodies such as CII, FICCI, Amcham, and USIBC reflects broad market engagement. He contributes seasoned boardroom insight to strategic growth and transaction advisory assignments.
Head – IT Services
Anuraag Guptaa has 27 years of experience in IT services spanning BFSI, consulting, professional services, and BPO. He has held CEO and board-level roles at organizations including First Meridian, Quess Corp, Capgemini, and Gulf Bank. At Quess Corp, he helped build India's largest technology staffing firm, culminating in a 2016 IPO at a valuation of USD 2 billion. His strengths include operational transformation, P&L leadership, greenfield venture incubation, organizational restructuring, and navigating complex M&A environments. Anuraag also mentors and invests in niche startups, bringing a growth-oriented perspective to advisory work. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and holds an MBA from LSE, NYU Stern, and HEC Paris, along with Six Sigma Master Black Belt certification from GE.
Senior Advisor
Chetan Tolia brings more than 30 years of leadership experience across major industrial organizations. He has served as a director on the boards of 10 Tata companies and was CEO and Executive Director of WREPL, a Tata Power company in the renewables business. His background also includes serving as Chief HR Officer of Tata Power, CEO of Tata BlueScope Steel Limited, and head of Strategy & Planning at Tata Steel. He played a key role in forming the BlueScope Steel and Tata Steel joint venture and in shaping growth strategy for large industrial businesses. With deep exposure to strategy, joint ventures, board governance, and industrial operations, Chetan adds valuable manufacturing and infrastructure insight to enterprise advisory engagements.
Senior Advisor
M&A deal structuring services help companies design the commercial, financial, and governance framework of a transaction before signing and closing. This includes evaluating ownership models, valuation logic, payment mechanisms, risk allocation, shareholder rights, integration considerations, and synergy assumptions. Strong structuring improves alignment between strategic goals, transaction terms, and post-close execution.
Speak with our advisors about transaction strategy and structuring.
Recognized in India for 2024 excellence.
Connected to global entrepreneurship networks.
Supports international business and trade relationships.
Share your transaction goals, target profile, or strategic priorities, and our team will outline how we can support your deal structuring needs.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 1800 102 5700. You can also send us a quick email at info@transjovancap.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 1800 102 5700. You can also send us a quick email at info@transjovancap.com.