Before Partners

Before Partners is a French boutique advisory firm specialising in M&A, corporate finance and transaction services. According to its official website, it positions itself as a partner for clients' capital operations ("partenaires de vos opérations capitalistiques"), covering the full range of deal situations: selling a business, passing it on, raising funds, acquiring, or financing. The firm describes itself as a senior, independent and "augmented" boutique, built around three dedicated service lines rather than a single generic offering. The three lines are Before Conseil, Before Direction and Before Diligence. Before Conseil addresses one-off transactions — a sale, transmission, fundraising, acquisition or financing — advising on a mandate basis from valuation through to closing, acting solely in the client's interest. Before Direction is designed for clients running several transactions per year, functioning as an outsourced M&A department that prepares the ground between deals and pilots them when the time comes, working alongside general management. Before Diligence provides independent due diligence — on the buy side or the sell side — acting as a strictly independent third-party trust provider, whether for an investor or for a client already supported by another adviser. What the firm presents as its distinguishing features are a senior, independent and augmented boutique model; the assignment of two senior partners to each file, with one leading and the other following closely so that the file progresses in all circumstances; strict independence, meaning its recommendations and decisions belong to the firm and its objective is the defence of the client's interests; and coverage of the whole capital structure — divestment, fundraising, debt and structured financing — through a single point of contact. The firm is described in structured data as a French M&A and corporate finance advisory firm. It operates in the French market and is privately held. Its website is before-partners.com.

Before Partners is a French boutique advisory firm active in M&A, corporate finance and transaction services. Public structured data describes it simply as a French M&A and corporate finance advisory firm. Its official website presents the firm as a partner for clients' capital operations, organised around three service lines — Before Conseil, Before Direction and Before Diligence — rather than a single undifferentiated advisory offer. The firm's model is built on a senior, independent and "augmented" boutique positioning. Each assignment is handled by two senior partners, one leading the file and the other following it closely, so that the work continues in all circumstances. The firm states that its recommendations and decisions belong to it, with the objective of defending the client's interests. It also emphasises coverage of the entire capital structure — divestment, fundraising, debt and structured financing — through a single point of contact. Before Conseil is aimed at clients with a one-off project: a sale, transmission, fundraising, acquisition or financing. The firm advises on a mandate basis, from valuation through to closing, acting solely in the client's interest. Before Direction is aimed at clients running several transactions per year who need an M&A department to be deployed or reinforced; the firm acts as their outsourced M&A department, preparing the ground between transactions and piloting them when the time comes, in liaison with general management. Before Diligence is aimed at investors, or clients already accompanied by an adviser, and provides due diligence on the buy side or the sell side as a strictly independent third-party trust provider. The available evidence does not specify the firm's founding year, founders, headquarters city, ownership structure or leadership. It is privately held and operates in the French market.

Senior, independent and augmented boutique covering the full capital structure through three dedicated service lines.

• Before Conseil

  Advisory line for one-off transactions — sale, transmission, fundraising, acquisition or financing — on a mandate basis from valuation to closing, acting solely in the client's interest.

• Before Direction

  Outsourced M&A department for clients running several transactions per year, preparing the ground between deals and piloting them when the time comes, in liaison with general management.

• Before Diligence

  Independent due diligence on the buy side or sell side, acting as a strictly independent third-party trust provider for investors or clients already accompanied by an adviser.

1. 1Before Partners — Partenaires de vos opérations capitalistiquesbefore-partners.com
2. 2Before Partnerswikidata.org