Bio

Anil Rachwani, based in London, is a Senior Managing Director of Evercore’s Strategic Advisory business. He has over 20 years of corporate finance experience in the technology sector and leads the firm’s European technology advisory business. Prior to joining Evercore, Mr. Rachwani was a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan, where he spent 13 years, and headed their technology investment banking business for the EMEA region from their London office. Mr. Rachwani started his career with UBS’ TMT corporate finance team in London. He also spent two years working at Star 21 Networks, a Frankfurt-based alternative telecoms platform, where he raised over €500 million in funding for the company. Mr. Rachwani has advised a number of technology clients on M&A transactions, including TietoEVRY on the sale of its Oil & Gas software business to Thoma Bravo; Notonthehighstreet on its sale to Great Hill Partners; Siteimprove on its sale to Nordic Capital; Eggplant on its sale to Keysight Technologies; General Atlantic on its investment in Visma; Accelya on its sale to Vista Equity Partners; Inexio on its sale to EQT; Network International on its acquisition of DPO Group and cornerstone investment from Mastercard; Astorg on its acquisition of Anaqua; Sportradar on its partnership transaction with CPPIB and TCV; PayPal on its acquisition of iZettle; Intelliflo on its sale to Invesco; Bain Capital on its acquisition of NGA UK; JacTravel on its sale to Webjet; CVC on its acquisition of Etraveli; Accelya on its sale to Warburg Pincus; EQT on its acquisition of Sitecore; ION Group on a minority investment from The Carlyle Group; Exponent on its acquisition of Photobox; Trainline on its sale to KKR; Nets on its sale to Advent/Bain/ATP; Amadeus on its acquisition of Newmarket International and on its sale of Opodo; Global Blue on its sale to Silverlake and Partners Group; SPT on its sale to Schlumberger; Misys on its acquisition of Sophis; Point on its sale to VeriFone and Loyalty Partner on its sale to American Express. He has also advised on a number of IPOs and other capital markets transactions for clients across the TMT sector such as Amadeus, AVG, CapGemini, Carl Zeiss Group, Deutsche Telekom, Edenred, Indra, LHS, MessageLabs, Misys, Network International, Nexi, Safeboot, Swisscom, Vodafone, Wincor Nixdorf and Zooplus. Mr. Rachwani has a first-class honours degree in Engineering with Management from King’s College London.Anil Rachwani, based in London, is a Senior Managing Director of Evercore’s Strategic Advisory business. He has over 20 years of corporate finance experience in the technology sector and leads the firm’s European technology advisory business. Prior to joining Evercore, Mr. Rachwani was a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan, where he spent 13 years, and headed their technology investment banking business for the EMEA region from their London office. Mr. Rachwani started his career with UBS’ TMT corporate finance team in London. He also spent two years working at Star 21 Networks, a Frankfurt-based alternative telecoms platform, where he raised over €500 million in funding for the company. Mr. Rachwani has advised a number of technology clients on M&A transactions, including TietoEVRY on the sale of its Oil & Gas software business to Thoma Bravo; Notonthehighstreet on its sale to Great Hill Partners; Siteimprove on its sale to Nordic Capital; Eggplant on its sale to Keysight Technologies; General Atlantic on its investment in Visma; Accelya on its sale to Vista Equity Partners; Inexio on its sale to EQT; Network International on its acquisition of DPO Group and cornerstone investment from Mastercard; Astorg on its acquisition of Anaqua; Sportradar on its partnership transaction with CPPIB and TCV; PayPal on its acquisition of iZettle; Intelliflo on its sale to Invesco; Bain Capital on its acquisition of NGA UK; JacTravel on its sale to Webjet; CVC on its acquisition of Etraveli; Accelya on its sale to Warburg Pincus; EQT on its acquisition of Sitecore; ION Group on a minority investment from The Carlyle Group; Exponent on its acquisition of Photobox; Trainline on its sale to KKR; Nets on its sale to Advent/Bain/ATP; Amadeus on its acquisition of Newmarket International and on its sale of Opodo; Global Blue on its sale to Silverlake and Partners Group; SPT on its sale to Schlumberger; Misys on its acquisition of Sophis; Point on its sale to VeriFone and Loyalty Partner on its sale to American Express. He has also advised on a number of IPOs and other capital markets transactions for clients across the TMT sector such as Amadeus, AVG, CapGemini, Carl Zeiss Group, Deutsche Telekom, Edenred, Indra, LHS, MessageLabs, Misys, Network International, Nexi, Safeboot, Swisscom, Vodafone, Wincor Nixdorf and Zooplus. Mr. Rachwani has a first-class honours degree in Engineering with Management from King’s College London.