Keystone to launch India business with Bengaluru as first hub

The company currently has about 10 people in its Bengaluru office and plans to grow that team two- to threefold over the next year to 18 months
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Global advisory firm Keystone has announced it is establishing Keystone India, with Bengaluru as its first hub in the country. The company plans to hire talent and expand its workforce in India over the next two years.

“We have a strong team in our Bangalore hub, and are continuing to hire aggressively to serve a market where we see enormous talent, exceptional academic expertise that we can partner with, and an appetite for technological change and entrepreneurial passion — both from our global clients, technology firms across the globe, financial services firms in India, but also from Indian firms looking to grow and grapple with this moment of AI,” said Jeff Marowits, Keystone CEO.

The Bengaluru team will support global technology companies including Microsoft and Meta, financial services firms such as Goldman Sachs, as well as India’s largest law firms and global enterprises, helping each of these entities navigate this moment of AI disruption, as well as India’s distinctive market structure, regulatory environment and technology ecosystems.

Bengaluru provides a natural foundation for Keystone’s launch in India. The city brings together leading technology companies, research institutions, Global Capability Centres (GCCs) and a strong concentration of AI, data science and engineering talent. The Bengaluru office will form part of an integrated global platform, working alongside Keystone teams across the U S, Europe, West Asia and Australia.

“Bangalore has several similarities to Keystone, which was founded out of Cambridge in Massachusetts, where Harvard and MIT sit, and where there is a center of scientific excellence. Bangalore is home to the Indian Institute of Science and technological talent; we wanted to be in the technology center of India. It was important to ground ourselves in an innovative community, so we chose this as our first hub. We will continue to grow our presence in Bangalore and throughout India,” he noted.

The Bengaluru team will also contribute to Keystone’s global AI Centre of Excellence. By connecting advanced AI and data capabilities with Keystone’s expertise in economics, strategy, investigations and litigation, the centre develops rigorous and repeatable approaches to complex client problems. Its work supports the responsible use of AI through technical expertise, economic analysis, sound governance and human judgment.

The company currently has about 10 people in its Bengaluru office and plans to grow that team two- to threefold over the next year to 18 months.

Keystone is building its India presence for the long term. In doing so, Keystone India will bring a distinct form of advisory capability to the market: one grounded in an inherent understanding of technology and AI, and strengthened by the combined power of economics, technology and business strategy.

Marowits said the firm as a whole has been growing at about 35-40 per cent annually for most of the past decade. He expects India to grow even faster because the business is starting from a smaller base. The company has already tripled the size of its Bengaluru office in the last three to four months and plans to continue expanding rapidly, as the market is well suited to the services Keystone provides.

India sits at the centre of several forces reshaping the global economy. Its expanding digital economy, sophisticated enterprise sector, growing AI ecosystem and deep base of technical and entrepreneurial talent are creating significant opportunities while raising complex questions for businesses, investors, law firms and policymakers.

Keystone India will help businesses understand and deploy emerging technologies, evaluate AI and data systems, address competition and intellectual-property questions, manage complex investigations and prepare for the legal and regulatory implications of increasingly technology-driven markets.

Published on September 24, 2026