Advisory & investment

Five disciplines. One team.

Corporate advisory, capital markets, transactions, family wealth and portfolio management — delivered by the same people, under the same standard.

Overview

A corporate advisory team with a wider mandate.

Q8 Capital offers a wide range of advisory services. With experience both on the ground and globally, across a wide range of sectors, our focus is to provide solutions that are aligned with your business objectives — and we search regionally and globally for the best opportunities.

The five disciplines below are not separate businesses. A capital raise draws on our equity capital markets and corporate finance teams; a family's balance sheet draws on the family office and portfolio management teams.

Alongside the advisory lines we make direct investments of our own. We have completed transactions across industries and regional markets for banks, pension funds, insurance groups and corporations, and we are willing to act as catalytic or anchor investor where a business needs new capital to reach its potential.

Equity Capital Markets

We pair market insight and business intelligence with a corporate finance eye to build capital-raising solutions that fit the company rather than the other way round, guiding private businesses through the move from private ownership to public.

We manage the full set of counterparties a transaction requires — investors, advisers, regulators and underwriters — so that the company keeps its attention on running the business while the capital is raised.

Capital raising solutions including IPOs, private placements, secondary offerings and rights issues
Guidance on capital structure, regulatory requirements, valuation and investor demand
Management of all counterparties through the transaction

Mergers & Acquisitions

Our M&A team of transaction professionals works on both sides of the table, advising acquirers and sellers with the same rigour, and supporting divestment and restructuring efforts.

We work through the transaction from structuring to completion, bringing industry analysis and due diligence to bear before a price is agreed rather than after.

Deal structuring and portfolio strategy
Due diligence and industry analysis
Integration with divestiture planning and support

Corporate Finance Advisory

Our advice and insight support your success by applying the best available deals and creating value through restructuring. Experienced professionals provide objective input at every step of the cycle — weighing strategic options, assessing value, arranging the deal, managing the process and securing terms that hold up at closing.

Financial modelling
Corporate planning and strategy
Debt and capital advisory
Valuations

Family Office Services

Alongside our corporate work we advise families on the exclusive business and wealth planning needs that come with the family balance sheet, seeking to manage and preserve wealth across generations by establishing the governance structures needed for continuity and growth.

The recommendations we provide are unbiased, conflict-free and based solely on the client's particular needs. We work alongside professional lawyers, accountants and specialists who likewise provide independent advice and support.

Family governance and succession planning
Tax and corporate services
Wealth and financial planning

Portfolio Management Services

Our discretionary portfolio management platform provides tailored solutions according to each client's risk and return requirements, running several in-house conventional and Shariah-compliant strategies across long-only equity, fixed income and balanced mandates.

Clients reach the GCC, emerging, frontier and a range of global markets through a single point of contact, with administration, settlement and custody managed on their behalf.

Long-only equity, fixed income and balanced mandates
Conventional and Shariah-compliant strategies
Access to GCC, emerging, frontier and global markets through a single point of contact
Consolidated statements and all-inclusive administration, settlement and custody

Next step

Which of these is on your mind?

Tell us where you are in the process — considering a transaction, raising capital, or reviewing how a portfolio is managed — and we will tell you how we would approach it.