NAVERTON MIDDLE EAST

Senior financial advice for growing businesses across the Middle East.

Senior financial advice for growing businesses across the Middle East.

From Saudi Arabia to the UAE and the wider region, we help owners, founders and investors raise capital, structure transactions and make well-founded financial decisions, with the same independence and senior attention we bring to clients in Canada.

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ONE FIRM, TWO REGIONS

A Canadian advisory firm with deep roots in the Gulf.

A Canadian advisory firm with deep roots in the Gulf.

Naverton is headquartered in Toronto, and our team has spent many years advising companies, investors and public-sector bodies in the Middle East. Naverton Middle East brings this experience together within a single, integrated practice, pairing local understanding of how deals get done in the region with the analytical rigour, transparency and governance standards of a North American advisory firm.

WHERE WE WORK

Countries we serve.

Countries we serve.

01

Saudi Arabia

02

United Arab Emirates

03

Wider GCC & Levant

Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Jordan.

SERVICES IN THE REGION

What we offer in the Middle East.

What we offer in the Middle East.

Our full range of advisory services is available to clients across the region, with capital and transaction work at the core of most Middle East engagements.

01

M&A Advisory

Buy-side and sell-side support across a wide range of industries and transaction structures, from target identification and due diligence through negotiation and close.

02

Valuation Advisory

Independent valuations of businesses, property, machinery and equipment, goodwill and intangible assets, including support for disputes and litigation.

03

Capital Advisory

Drawing on deep expertise and established relationships with capital providers, we help you secure financing on terms that match your capital requirements.

04

Restructuring

Practical, well-executed solutions that stabilise performance, strengthen the balance sheet and position the business for its next phase.

05

Feasibility Studies

Rigorous assessment of new projects across market, technical, financial and environmental dimensions, giving you a clear basis for investment decisions.

06

Business Planning

Defining the resources, assets, capabilities and funding required to achieve your organisational targets, with a plan stakeholders can act on.

07

Market Research

Multi-dimensional research that sharpens your offering, identifies opportunities for differentiation and supports compelling market propositions.

08

Financial Management

Robust financial practices covering planning, cash flow, costing and process improvement, supporting better decisions and profitable growth.

HOW WE WORK

A partner from mandate to close.

A partner from mandate to close.

Institutional Platform

We operate as an extension of your team, acting as a dedicated in-house capital markets function and guiding the fundraising process from preparation through to completion.

Strategic Partnerships

Long-standing relationships with investment banks, private banks and fellow advisors give our clients access to the right sources of capital and support in managing their balance sheets.

Innovative Structuring and Faultless Execution

We assess the full capital structure, design transactions around different investor pools and manage the negotiation process to secure the most favourable terms.

SECTOR FOCUS

Industries we know well.

Industries we know well.

Site engineer reviewing plans at a construction site in Dubai

Construction

Engineer checking equipment on a modern factory floor in the UAE

Manufacturing & Industrial

Modern glass towers in a Gulf city business district

Real Estate

Chefs plating Middle Eastern dishes in a professional restaurant kitchen

Food & Beverage

Store adviser assisting a customer in a premium Gulf retail store

Retail

WHY NAVERTON IN THE REGION

Our edge in the Middle East.

Our edge in the Middle East.

01

A bridge between two markets

We work in Toronto and the Gulf, so we can connect Middle East businesses with Canadian capital and partners — and the other way round.

02

Your capital-markets team

We act as an extension of your finance function, leading a raise from the first model to financial close.

03

Structures that fit the deal

Conventional, Shariah-compliant or a blend: we compare the options across different pools of capital and negotiate the terms that suit you.

04

Independent and senior-led

Free of product affiliations and conflicts of interest, our advice is objective by design, and senior advisers remain directly involved throughout every engagement.

The capital we can help you reach.

The right financing partner matters as much as the price. We approach a broad range of capital providers so you can compare real options.

Commercial & Islamic banks

Private credit funds

Mezzanine providers

Private equity

Family offices

Sovereign & institutional investors

Strategic partners

EXPERIENCE IN THE REGION

Organisations our team has worked with in the Middle East*.

Organisations our team has worked with in the Middle East*.

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United Saudi Company logo
Dar Al Mal logo
FGOC Fibers logo
Canada's Marble logo
Alshair Group logo
Chinook Hydrogen logo
Chinook Super Green Fuels logo

*Selected organizations represent prior professional engagements of Naverton team members and are not represented as clients of Naverton Advisory.