We work in markets where standard solutions don’t apply.
Our clients need advisors who understand both the technical
details and how things actually work on the ground.
Our Approach
Operating across GCC, Eastern Europe, and Africa, we focus on three areas where precision matters:
M&A Advisory
When you need to grow faster than organic expansion allows, or when it’s time to exit, M&A becomes the path forward. We help clients execute acquisitions, divestitures, and partnerships in markets where both deal structuring and local relationships matter.
Debt Solutions
When traditional lenders can’t help, we work with multilaterals, development banks, private credit funds and alternative lenders. We structure financing that optimizes cost, extends terms, and unlocks liquidity, across both public sector development finance and private sector refinancing.
Corporate Restructuring
When performance drops or distress hits, we work with leadership to diagnose the problem and fix it. Emergency liquidity, creditor negotiations, balance sheet optimization, operational turnarounds.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Outperform Through Bold Execution.
Over $700 million in completed M&A engagements across emerging and frontier markets. We advise on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships—handling everything from valuation and due diligence through deal structuring, negotiation, and integration.
What We Handle
• Buy-Side & Sell-Side Advisory Company valuation, target identification, strategic assessment, due diligence, deal structuring, negotiation support, and stakeholder management across complex transactions.
• Acquisition Financing We structure debt and equity solutions to optimize capital efficiency—blended financing, leverage management, and covenant structuring.
• Cross-Border M&A Navigating multiple jurisdictions, regulatory compliance, currency and political risk. We bring the local market knowledge and institutional relationships these deals require.
Programmatic M&A
Building Growth One Deal at a Time
Most companies treat M&A as one-off events—a single large acquisition meant to transform the business. We also help clients build programmatic M&A strategies: executing a series of smaller, strategic acquisitions over time.
This approach reduces risk per transaction, allows your team to improve with each deal, and builds value systematically. You’re expanding capabilities, entering adjacent markets, or consolidating fragmented sectors—but doing it in a way that manages risk and compounds results.
Recent M&A Transactions
• Accompanied the largest fine dining franchising business in the levant from a from $20M valuation to $110M (SGR Offshore, Lebanon, 2023)
• Structured $10M strategic partnership (Aintel & Ankura Consulting, USA, 2024)
• $12M insurance asset divestiture (Bank of Beirut, Lebanon, 2025)
• Sizing a complex equity structure of an·$150M IPP project finance (Green Power Energy, Angola, 2023)
SGR Offshore
Aintel & Ankura Consulting
Green Power Energy
Bank of Beirut
Debt Advisory & Restructuring
Outperform Through Hard-Earned Expertise.
Public Sector Debt Advisory
Six consecutive World Bank Group mandates. $1.5B+ in advisory work.
We serve as retained technical advisor to the World Bank, structuring debt for development banks, guarantee funds, and sovereign entities across Africa. Our work spans marketable securities, bilateral lending, and structured finance—including securitizations and complex refinancing strategies.
We’ve built relationships with African development finance institutions most firms don’t reach: Afreximbank, BOAD, FAGACE, DBN, and TMGC. Our mandates cover Nigeria, Senegal, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Chad, and Niger.
Recent Public Sector Mandates
• $415M Afreximbank financing structure (World Bank, 2022)
• $330M Development Bank of Nigeria guarantee fund (World Bank, 2025) $220M BOAD financing advisory (World Bank, 2024)
• $110M Tanzania SME funding structure (World Bank, 2024)
• $100M ICGL guarantee fund design (World Bank, 2025)
Private Sector:
When traditional banking doesn’t work—whether the terms are wrong, the amount is too large, or the structure doesn’t fit— we find alternative solutions. We advise companies on debt refinancing and restructuring to optimize capital structures, extend maturities, reduce costs, and improve cash flow.
Our capabilities include structured finance, asset-backed lending, mezzanine instruments, and project finance. We work with multilateral development banks, alternative lenders, and institutional investors to access funding beyond traditional commercial banks.
Recent Private Sector Work
• $40M long-term refinancing at 2% below existing rates (Khalil Fattal & Fils, ongoing)
• $14M debt restructuring with extended maturities (CEDAR Beverage, Lebanon, 2022)
Khalil Fattal & Fils
CEDAR
Turnaround & Corporate Restructuring
Outperform Through Precision.
Our restructuring work covers emergency liquidity, creditor negotiations, balance sheet optimization, and operational turnarounds. We handle financial discovery and forensic audits when needed, design capital restructuring plans, negotiate with creditors, and develop strategic repositioning including new partnerships. We’ve executed turnarounds across family-owned businesses, multi-country operations, and financial institutions. Our work includes litigation support and financial opinions on contractual disputes.
What we do
• Financial discovery and forensic audits
• Balance sheet restructuring and capital optimization
• Creditor negotiations and emergency liquidity
• Strategic repositioning and partnership development
• Litigation support and financial opinions on disputes
• Multi-country operational turnarounds
• Family-owned business succession planning
Recent Restructuring Mandates
• $1.1B bank restructuring ($11B pre-collapse) (Bank of Beirut, Lebanon, 2023)
• $150M group financial processes, management accounting, and consolidation across 23 subsidiaries in 9 countries (BUTEC Group, MENA)
• $14M debt restructuring restoring operational stability (CEDAR Beverage, Lebanon, 2022)
Bank of Beirut
BUTEC Group
CEDAR