Management
Christoph Mues, Managing Director
Christoph is the founder and Managing Director of Thiqa Advisory. He set up the company to provide independent, market leading Corporate Finance advisory services to mid-size businesses, usually reserved to large, multinational conglomerates or Private Equity funds.
Chris brings with him a wealth of experience following a career spanning 15 years in Corporate Finance with some of the leading investment banks. Prior to Thiqa Advisory he was a senior member of Standard Chartered Bank’s Corporate Finance team, where he most recently led the bank’s coverage for Leverage Finance in the MENA region for Private Equity and Sovereign Wealth Funds. During his decade long tenor with SCB, he also took responsibility for corporates in Abu Dhabi, Oman, Jordan and Qatar. Prior to SCB, Chris was with Barclays in London covering Private Equity transactions across the Nordic area and the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).
Vivek Gopalakrishnan, Senior Advisor
Before taking up his role as Senior Advisor at Thiqa Advisory, Vivek spent 14 years at Standard Chartered Bank. Most recently he was Regional Head Loan Syndication & Distribution for MENAP, and was responsible for the bank's underwriting book for complex Corporate Finance transactions including Leveraged & Acquisition Finance, Project Finance, Aviation & Shipping Finance, and Structured Trade Finance. With over 20 years of experience across Capital Markets and Corporate Finance, Vivek has developed a an excellent network within the banking and investor universe resulting in a successful track record of structuring, pricing & distributing Debt in GCC, Europe and South Asia
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Capital Structure Optimization for Regional Conglomerate
Capital Structure Optimization for Regional Conglomerate
Capital Structure Optimization for Regional Conglomerate
One of the largest family conglomerates in the Middle East is considering various options to optimize its funding and capitals structure.
Thiqa Advisory is acting as management consultant by providing a detailed analysis of the business’ financial situation, recommending potential value-enhancing action steps to improve the business, developing and advising on an optimal capital structure, and leading the discussion with the lenders.
Refinancing & Debt Consolidation
Capital Structure Optimization for Regional Conglomerate
Capital Structure Optimization for Regional Conglomerate
A fundamentally healthy business in the B2B services industry is facing challenges due to the current economic environment as well as a large number of bilateral debt facilities with different terms and random debt repayment schedules.
Thiqa Advisory is acting as consultant to management by developing an optimized capital structure that consolidates debt facilities, aligns debt repayments with actual cash flows, provides funding for future growth initiatives, frees up management capacity and setting up the business for future growth.