Why an exclusive buy-side mandate serves every party
An intermediary without a mandate can never advise against a deal. Why exclusivity is the condition of honest advice.
Read the analysis →In-bonis and distressed: one question, two moments
The same investment thesis, asked at two moments in a company's life. What changes is the calendar, the formalism and the counterparty.
Read the analysis →The great transmission of European SMEs
1.7 million businesses must change hands by 2030 as their founders retire. Why most of the mid-market band never reaches a formal process.
Read the analysis →The carve-out wave
Strategic refocusing is now the first declared seller driver in Europe, and it produces disposals that never reach an investment bank.
Read the analysis →India's compliance investment wall
Indian industry faces a decarbonisation investment its mid-market cannot self-fund. The strongest lever a European acquirer holds.
Read the analysis →The IBC Amendment Act 2026: what it changes, and what it does not
Group insolvency, a cross-border basis, protected licences. What is operative today for a European acquirer, and what is not.
Read the analysis →Three verticals, chosen for depth
Certified chemicals and pharma, advanced industry and precision mechanics, IT services and embedded technology, three sectors chosen so no single driver carries the pipeline.
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