Deals and capital: ready before the due diligence starts.
Mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, strategic and sovereign investment funds, hedge funds. Each one sends advisers before it sends money. We prepare what those advisers open.
Four kinds of capital. Four kinds of question.
Strategic and sovereign investment funds
Long-horizon, institution-grade investors. They look for governance that matches their own, licences in good standing, a clean ownership chain and a compliance programme they can show to their own stakeholders.
We prepare: governance pack, licence and ownership file, AML and sanctions programme, reporting calendar.
Private equity
Buyers of control or of a significant stake. Their due diligence is deep: legal, regulatory, financial and commercial. Gaps become price reductions or conditions.
We prepare: data room, change-of-control review of every licence and contract, compliance history, first-100-days plan for the regulatory side.
Venture capital
Investors in growth. They move fast and ask whether the company is clean: who owns the shares, who owns the intellectual property, and whether the product may legally be sold where it is going.
We prepare: corporate records and share register, founder and IP assignments on file, the licence or registration path for a regulated product.
Hedge funds and institutional lenders
Providers of structured capital and credit. They look at reporting discipline, covenant compliance and the regulatory record, and they keep looking after they invest.
We prepare: obligation register, reporting pack and calendar, evidence that each undertaking is being met.
In a regulated business, the licence is part of what is being bought.
A change of control can require a regulator's consent, a new application or a notification. Knowing which, early, decides the timetable of the deal.
Six ways we work on a deal.
| Engagement | What you receive | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Investment Readiness Review | Where the company stands against what institutional investors ask for. You receive a gap list and a remediation plan. | 5 to 10 working days |
| Data Room and Due Diligence Preparation | Corporate, regulatory, commercial and compliance documents collected, indexed and checked before the other side's advisers open them. | 2 to 4 weeks |
| Sell-Side Readiness | The business prepared for sale, with issues found and fixed first. | Set per project |
| Buy-Side Regulatory Review | The target's licences, compliance record and regulatory exposure, reviewed for the acquirer. | Set per project |
| Post-Merger Compliance Integration | Licences, policies, registers and reporting brought into one system after completion. | Set per project |
| Decision Support and Strategic Structuring | The options, the risks, the regulatory position and an execution plan your board can act on. | Set per project |
We prepare the company and its evidence, and we work alongside your legal, tax and financial advisers. We do not arrange finance, value businesses or give investment advice, and we do not promise that an investor or a buyer will proceed.
Fewer deals, more questions.
Figures from published market reports. Checked on 3 October 2026.
Down from 434 deals worth US$58.8 billion a year earlier. Sovereign wealth funds and government-related entities remained central to regional dealmaking.
Six of the ten largest sovereign wealth funds are in the Gulf. Global sovereign wealth assets reached US$12 trillion and are forecast to reach US$18 trillion by 2030.
Funding for MENA startups fell 22% year on year and the number of deals fell 41%.
Thirty minutes. One page back.
Pick a time. You speak with a senior lead, and within 24 hours you receive one page: the scope, the fixed fee and the handover date.
- A senior lead on every call, not a sales team
- In English or Arabic, by video or WhatsApp call
- No preparation needed
