Focus on clients, ignore corporate finance ‘league tables’, transaction profile or press attention.

We seek to address our clients’ transaction needs in the best fashion for the client – rather than push for the largest headline for us or our role.

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Turn down conflicting assignments.

If we are engaged with you on a project, we will not work with your competitors on anything similar.

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Stay away from ‘coverage politics’ when multiple relevant ‘stakeholders’ are involved.

If we are engaged with you on a project, we do not separately pursue assignments with your shareholders, lenders, partners or other stakeholders.

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Keep specializing on a small number of selected sectors and services.

We provide services specific to each assignment that are not conflicted by selling financing or other financial products.