Independence
- Advisory services are our core offering, not a secondary “bolt on” service to balance sheet or capital markets lead products
- Genuine alignment with clients: we focus on their objectives rather than having to follow any corporate strategic dogma
- Greater scope for discreet or light touch intermediation
Expertise and enthusiasm
- Financial services can be complex and are not always universally appreciated. We continue to see the orderly evolution of the sector as vital to economic development
- Each team member has built their career on advisory and operational roles for financial sector companies in Central and Eastern Europe
- As a group we possess thorough knowledge across financial sectors, covering (i) insurance; (ii) banks and non-bank lenders; (iii) asset managers; and (iv) fin-tech or market structures
Focus on core relationships
- As all assignments are led by senior team members, this entails working with a tight group of core relationship clients
- Establishing long-term partnerships with clients supports investing time in finding innovative solutions for complex or “awkward” situations rather than dictating a plain vanilla approach irrespective of client preferences
- Minimal bureaucracy allows us to adapt efficiently to both market conditions and the evolution of individual client assignments
Broad support across the project lifecycle
- Being a core partner to clients has the benefit of allowing us to take a less compartmentalised or “transactional” approach to assignments
- We pride ourselves on quality execution. However, of equal importance to us is the time we devote to preparatory tasks (discussion of strategic objectives, realistic appraisal of targets, diagnostic reviews) and continuing post transaction support (integration, board roles, consulting or operational support)