We provide corporate finance advisory services to a select number of clients with whom we have built longstanding relationships working on cross border transactions. In the past two years, our partners have led transactions in Western and Eastern Europe, Canada and Australia, as well as in emerging markets (South America, Central and South East Asia and Africa).

Whilst we have developed a particular affinity for sectors which we have been covering in close collaboration with longstanding clients, we believe that our approach to deals allows us to work across industries.

Transaction structuring and execution is suited to our clients' objectives in the spirit of a return to the highest standards and values of tailor made merchant banking:

Our focus on relationship and trust-building translates into the delivery of advice free of conflicts of interests and with a long term horizon in mind;

We aim to help our clients reach strategic and financial objectives at a critical time in their development. Careful preparation is followed by efficient execution: it is not uncommon for a multi-year strategic advisory relationship to turn into a transaction swiftly executed within a few weeks' timeframe.

Our approach to a new assignment entails in-depth financial, and strategic analysis. This is immediately followed by the definition of objectives and timelines of the assignment and the organisation of the project and transaction which we help manage. Our clients value our expertise in structuring and coordinating complex transactions including Mergers & Acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, public transactions, capital raisings, buyouts, restructurings, recapitalisations as well as the resolution of shareholders issues and disputes.

We operate in uncompromisingly close collaboration with our clients:

A successful team effort combines the client's sector and industry expertise with our strategic and financial advisory experience. Our corporate finance advice is based on in-depth understanding of our clients' strategic environment, business models and their key drivers. This is achieved through close cooperation with our clients' teams.

We share with our clients the objective of upholding the highest standards in all dealings; we assist our clients step by step through a rigorous process ranging from origination to the advanced stages of a transaction including analysis of risks, rewards and opportunities, valuation and structuring, due diligence, negotiation and closing documentation. Like our clients we view confidentiality as a central element in the execution of a successful strategy.

We work best with clients who appreciate our independence of thought and objectivity: we attempt to understand how a situation will be perceived by other parties whilst building a proprietary angle in order to help our client seize and arbitrage the opportunity. We also remain constantly alert and ready to challenge any risk of complacency in strategy and execution.

This deep understanding of our clients' interests has led to our partners being presented repeatedly with offers to accept board positions or executive committee roles.

Our commitment to rigour and client dedication goes hand in hand with a genuine taste for entrepreneurship. After pursuing careers in top tier financial institutions, Charcot Capital's partners have been dedicated to boutique merchant banking since 2002.