Richelieu Advisors

We are a business development agency
aiming to identify and seize opportunities
for our clients in Indian and European markets

Why you need us

Find reliable local partners or suppliers

Identify & participate in a tender process

Assess a market opportunity

Connect with key people in every industry

Cultural and business acumen training

Hire best local managers

We secure your market entry

Market study

We evaluate how your solution and the market expectations are matching, and provide you with insight into how better meet the demand. We identify key stakeholders, their interests and expectations, in order to build potential partnerships to enhance your project success rate.

Due diligence

We investigate and evaluate a target company or its assets for acquisition (or joint-venture). We identify and assess financial, operational and reputational risks, and contribute significantly to informed decision making.

Support on legal and regulatory framework

Taking into account tax and regulatory framework at both local and national levels, we help you to choose the best market entry for your business.

Intellectual property protection

We guide you through the registration process for trademarks and patents. Having an effective protection system in place is an important asset of your business and can play and effective role at gaining market shares as it provides differentiation from competitors.

Our local network provides
you with support

Local operations support

Our team assists you in identifying and qualifying local suppliers , in findng new customers and partenrs, as well as hiring high potential staff.

Business trips organization

Logistics arrangement is taken care for you to meet keydecision-makers in your industry.

Commercial intermediation

We act on your behalf in promoting sales overseas, creating the best environment for successful negotiations.

Local Business administration facilitation

We assist you in completing necessary documents for your branch incorporation, in hiring your local staff in order to start operations confidently.

About us

Richelieu Advisors is the India branch of the Spin Partners company with teams in Paris, New Delhi and Montreal, promoting its clients‘ interests overseas. The team is composed of French and Indian professionals with multidisciplinary backgrounds thus offering the best expertise.

Lionel Sinquin

Founder

Co-founder of Spin Partners in 2000, Lionel Sinquin coordinates all the operations inside the firm. He is in charge of large international corporate groups, international institutions and government organisations. Lionel Sinquin is a graduate of the School of Economic Warfare (École de Guerre Économique) and of the “School of Higher International Studies” (École des Hautes Études Internationales).

Sanjeev Bhadana

Partner

Sanjeev Bhadana leads the office activities in India. For more than ten years he has been promoting the rise of India. He has good relations with the Indian administration and private industrial groups. Born in Delhi, he graduated from the University of Delhi and hold a MBA from the Hyderabad University. Until 2002, he worked in the medical field.

Vincent Roy

Managing Director

Vincent is in charge of strategic and business development activities with India. He worked four years in India, as project manager and operations engineer in the energy sector. He has a good knowledge of the busy SME ecosystem inside the Mumbai-Bangalore economic corridor. He owns an MSc in industrial engineering, a MBA in competitive intelligence from ESLSCA Paris and is certified in project management (PMP).

Xavier Bonnaud

Partner

Within Richelieu Advisors, Xavier dedicates his expertise to companies willing to export or acquire a technology. With the strength of more than twenty years in Schneider Electric, where he was director of business development and innovation for services to industry, he has an extensive knowledge of BtoB relations in the French industrial fabric. In 2013, he founded Vertical innovation which specialises in innovation consulting. Xavier graduated from the EM Lyon International Business School.