63 Boutique Investment Banks in Shanghai, Mapped

Boutique investment banks in Shanghai

Shanghai is mainland China's financial capital, and between the state-owned securities giants and the global banks' China offices sits a quieter layer: independent advisory houses doing cross-border M&A, founder-led firms advising Chinese companies buying and selling abroad, and specialists helping international clients navigate deals into China. FirmScope tracks 63 boutique investment banks and advisory firms in Shanghai, each checked by hand: it exists, it is active, and the focus shown is the work it actually does.

The firms are below. The full directory carries a working website and LinkedIn link for every firm, named contacts where the firm publishes one, filters by deal type, and a tracker for running outreach properly.

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25 of the 63 firms on the list

Firm	Focus	Team size
Asia Direct Capital	M&A Advisory	51-200
CDI Global M&A	M&A Advisory	51-200
CVCapital	M&A Advisory	51-200
Duojing Capital 多鲸资本	M&A Advisory	51-200
E. J. McKay & Co.	Capital Raising	51-200
Eaton Square	M&A Advisory	51-200
GBS Finance	M&A Advisory	51-200
IEG - Investment Banking Group	M&A Advisory	51-200
Index Capital	Debt Advisory	51-200
InvesTarget	M&A Advisory	51-200
ONEtoONE Corporate Finance	M&A Advisory	51-200
Point Best Group	M&A Advisory	51-200
势能资本	-	51-200
盈杉资本 Profir Capital	Capital Raising	51-200
AIC	M&A Advisory	11-50
AssetBridge BioAdvisory	Capital Raising	11-50
BFC Group Ltd	M&A Advisory	11-50
BingheCap 秉禾资本	M&A Advisory	11-50
BioArk Partners	M&A Advisory	11-50
Bowell Consulting	M&A Advisory	11-50
Bridges Capital 星桥资本	M&A Advisory	11-50
Capital First Financial Group	Capital Raising	11-50
ChinaVest	Capital Raising	11-50
Chuang House Capital 创瓴资本	Capital Raising	11-50
FocalPoint Asia	M&A Advisory	11-50

Ordered by team size, then name. Websites, LinkedIn pages, search and filters are in the full directory.

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What counts as a boutique here

Independent M&A and corporate finance advisers with a genuine Shanghai practice: cross-border deal specialists, mid-market advisory houses and capital markets boutiques - partner-led, and small enough that juniors sit in the deal, not adjacent to it.

The state-owned securities houses, the global banks' China operations and the Big Four's transaction teams are left out on purpose. This list exists for the firms that never post a job.

Full detail on sourcing and verification is on the methodology page.

Common questions

How many boutique investment banks are there in Shanghai?

FirmScope currently tracks 63 in Shanghai. The number moves as firms launch, merge or wind down, and the database is updated as that happens.

Do Shanghai boutiques work in English?

The cross-border houses do - much of their client base is international, and English is the deal language. Domestic-only mandates run in Mandarin. Each firm's focus in the directory is a good guide to which side it sits on.

Does the list include websites and contacts?

The public page shows names, size and focus. Working website and LinkedIn links, named contacts where the firm publishes one, plus search, filters, notes and an outreach tracker are part of the paid product. A free account previews a small sample.

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