Bio

Aditya Lohia is a managing director of Evercore’s strategic advisory business and a long-time member of the the firm’s London-based Energy group. Mr. Lohia has nearly two decades of experience advising corporate, financial sponsor and sovereign clients across the energy industry in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and North America on M&A, debt and equity capital markets and other strategic transactions. Mr. Lohia’s experience spans the full energy value chain, including oil & gas and renewables, as well as low- and zero-carbon energy sources, services and technologies, with an increasing focus on advising clients on energy transition initiatives. Notable M&A and strategic advisory assignments include advising Technip Energies on the sale of a 9.9% stake to HAL Investments; TPG on its acquisition of 1GW solar PV projects portfolio from Trina Solar; TietoEVRY on the sale of its oil and gas digital business to Aucerna and Quorum; OEG on its acquisition of Hoover Ferguson’s offshore entities and assets; EQT on its sale of Altus Intervention; Irving Oil on its acquisition of the Tedcastle Group; GMS on activist defence and on a strategic review of the company; Acteon on its acquisitions of Benthic and Proserv FTS; SOCO on its acquisition of Merlon Petroleum; FMC Technologies on its merger with Technip; Subsea 7 on its merger with Acergy; Premier Oil on defence, its farm-in to a 60% interest in the Sea Lion oil field and on its acquisition of a c.18% interest in the Wytch Farm oil field; Repsol on its acquisition of Talisman Energy and on its acquisition of 10% of its own shares from Sacyr; RWE on its disposal programme and sale of a 20% interest in the Edvard Grieg oil field; KBC on its recommended offer from Yokogawa; Borets on the buyback of 38% of its own shares from Weatherford; Gulf Keystone Petroleum on defence; Charterhouse Capital on its sale of Lucite to Mitsubishi Rayon; and Apax Partners on its sale of Mölnlycke to Morgan Stanley & Investor AB. Mr. Lohia has also advised on a range of capital markets and restructuring transactions, including Saudi Aramco on the preparation phase of its initial public offering; Pacific Drilling on its comprehensive restructuring; Gaztransport & Technigaz on its IPO (Paris); Essar Energy on its IPO (London) and convertible bond offering; Ophir Energy on its placing and rights issue; and various financings in the equity, investment grade and high-yield markets for BP, Eni, Repsol, Schlumberger, Tullow, SOCO, Sparrows, Lundin Petroleum, DEA, Gulf Keystone, Expro, and Borets. Prior to joining Evercore, Mr. Lohia was at Deutsche Bank in London, initially in the financial sponsors and leveraged finance groups and subsequently in the energy investment banking group. Before that, Mr. Lohia worked at Deloitte in London, where he also qualified as a chartered accountant. Mr. Lohia holds a master’s with distinction in finance from the London Business School and a first-class bachelor’s degree in finance from Cardiff University.