Keystone launches India business with Bengaluru hub, plans hiring push

Keystone has established its India business with Bengaluru as its first hub, with plans to hire talent and expand its workforce over the next two years as the advisory firm builds a larger technology, AI and regulatory practice in the country.

The Bengaluru team will support global technology and financial services companies, including Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Goldman Sachs and Amgen, and India’s largest law firms and other multinational enterprises.

Its work will cover areas including AI, India’s regulatory environment, market structure, litigation exposure and technology platform risks.

The India operation will also contribute to Keystone’s global AI Centre of Excellence and work with teams across the US, Europe, the Middle East and Australia. The company says Bengaluru will become an “important part of its global platform” as it expands its presence in India.

Keystone’s India operation is being built around a model that combines technology expertise with economics and business strategy. The company describes this as its “triad” of economists, technologists and management scientists, allowing it to assess technology issues from their technical foundations through their economic, legal and business consequences.

A part of that capability will come through Keystone Advanced Technology Services, or K.ATS, led globally by Keystone Senior Partner Rohit Chatterjee.

The team brings together computer scientists, data scientists, engineers and technologists who work alongside economists, strategists and Keystone’s wider expert network. Its capabilities include analysing source code and large-scale datasets, evaluating and auditing AI systems, investigating complex technology environments and assessing the architecture and operation of digital platforms.

That technical capability will allow Keystone to understand how a technology works before assessing its economic significance or addressing the implications for a court, regulator, board or management team.

The Bengaluru team will also contribute to Keystone’s global AI Centre of Excellence, where the company combines AI and data capabilities with economics, strategy, investigations and litigation expertise.

The centre is focused on developing repeatable approaches to complex client problems and supporting the use of AI through technical expertise, economic analysis, governance and human judgement.

Bengaluru becomes the base for India expansion

Keystone says it selected Bengaluru because of its concentration of technology companies, research institutions, Global Capability Centres and AI, data science and engineering talent.

The company plans to make substantial investments in local talent over the next two years as it builds its India workforce.

“Over the next two years, we will be making substantial investments in the exceptional talent here to provide our full suite of strategic and regulatory services for the most prominent firms in India,” said Jeff Marowits, CEO, Keystone.

The India business will work with global technology companies such as Microsoft and Meta, financial services firms including Goldman Sachs, and other multinational enterprises. Its work will also extend to India’s legal sector, with the Bengaluru team supporting the country’s largest law firms.

Keystone says the India operation will help organisations navigate the combination of technology change and India-specific market and regulatory conditions, including the impact of AI on businesses and technology ecosystems.

For Indian organisations, the company says its offering will span emerging technology deployment, AI and data-system evaluation, competition and intellectual-property issues, complex investigations and the legal and regulatory implications of technology-driven markets.

Keystone’s wider expert network includes academics, industry practitioners and former regulators, with the India operation expected to add local expertise to that network. Keystone said India’s expanding digital economy, enterprise technology sector, AI ecosystem and technical and entrepreneurial talent make the country an important market as businesses, investors, law firms and policymakers deal with technology-driven markets.