Charlestown Capital Advisors

Overview

Charlestown Capital Advisors is a private investment firm specializing in real estate and infrastructure investments. The firm focuses on providing significant value to its partner companies through financing capital, active management, and strategic guidance. They often take board seats and assist in day-to-day management to maximize shareholder value. Their approach emphasizes creativity and open communication to help management teams achieve their objectives. The firm's practice areas include investment, merchant banking, M&A advisory, and financial advisory services. In merchant banking, Charlestown Capital Advisors takes an active role in its partners through debt or equity investments and board memberships. Their M&A advisory services focus on executing transactions that create significant value, leveraging backgrounds in merger arbitrage, law, and finance. The financial advisory services aim to help partners maximize returns by minimizing financing costs and providing creative solutions to strategic and financial objectives. Charlestown Capital Advisors is led by a team of experienced professionals. Raj Maheshwari, the Managing Director, founded the firm in 2005 and has a background in portfolio management and managing a $500 million hedge fund. John Weber, Principal, joined in 2011 and has experience in financial advisory and merchant banking services. Robert Bose, Principal, focuses on providing merchant banking services with a particular emphasis on energy, drawing from his extensive experience in the Global Investment Banking Group at the Bank of Nova Scotia. Lee Smith, Principal, has over 15 years of experience as an investment manager for institutional investors and is also an expert in renewable energy, particularly solar power.