Core expertise.
Built on twenty years of mandate-led work.
Six concentrated areas, each grounded in transactions executed as either lead investment-banking adviser or in-house corporate-finance principal. Engagements are accepted where the firm is confident in the work, comfortable with the structure, and committed to delivering with care through to close.
Cross-Border M&A
What we do
Buy-side and sell-side advisory for ASEAN corporates, family-held businesses and Bursa Malaysia–listed PLCs — including transactions completed in Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, France, the Czech Republic, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and the Middle East.
- Sell-side mandates — auction and bilateral
- Buy-side targeting and execution
- Cross-border divestitures and carve-outs
- Antitrust clearance (incl. German Federal Cartel Office)
- Reverse takeovers and listing transformations
- Distressed and special-situations M&A
Value created for clients
Cross-border execution where the work compounds — deal architecture, regulatory navigation across multiple jurisdictions and post-completion integration.
IPOs & Listings
What we do
Advisory and IPO-readiness support for initial listings — drawing on lead-adviser experience accumulated for IPOs on Bursa Malaysia (ACE Market and Main Market), the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX), including a novel composite Frankfurt listing structured alongside a rights issue and offer for sale, understood to be the first transaction of its kind in Germany. H2 Advisory supports clients in preparation, structuring and adviser coordination; licensed underwriting, principal-adviser sponsorship and regulated submissions are carried out by appointed licensed institutions.
- IPO-readiness review and structuring support
- Multi-exchange and dual-listing structure consulting
- Rights issues, private placements and offers for sale — consulting and adviser coordination
- Distributions-in-specie and shareholder restructuring proposals
- Working alongside licensed advisers engaging Securities Commission Malaysia, Bursa Malaysia, BaFin, Frankfurt Stock Exchange and SIX
Value created for clients
A listing is the floor, not the ceiling. The work that matters happens before and after the bell.
Restructuring & Special Situations
What we do
Court-sanctioned schemes under s.176(3) of the Companies Act 1965, group-wide restructuring schemes (GWRS), debt restructuring with banking syndicates, structured insolvency, and cross-border wind-downs — executed across the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Turkey, Thailand, Taiwan and Malaysia.
- Court-sanctioned schemes and GWRS
- Creditor and banking-syndicate negotiations
- Structured insolvency and asset sales
- Cross-border wind-downs and EU directive mergers
- Pension-scheme defence and closure (UK, Swiss, Austrian)
- Capital repayments and solvency-test workstreams
Value created for clients
Restructuring is rarely linear. Work that has spanned five-plus years is part of the firm’s normal cadence.
Valuation & Capital Markets Advisory
What we do
Lead valuation work across five major group transactions over fifteen years — reverse takeover, European acquisition, hardcopy carve-out, private-equity placement and flagship divestiture — defending positions against external advisers, auditors and regulators.
- Internal valuation and defence of positions
- Independent adviser / fairness-opinion coordination
- Private placement structuring and pricing
- Rights-issue structuring
- Capital repayment mechanics and solvency tests
Value created for clients
Valuation that survives external scrutiny is built quietly, on a long timeline.
Distribution & Market Entry
What we do
Multi-country distribution and trade-marketing strategy across ASEAN, Europe and Latin America — including the Latin America build-out (Mexico, Colombia, Argentina) and brand-architecture integration across 21+ countries for a global stationery group.
- Market sizing and channel-partner selection
- Brand architecture and SKU rationalisation
- Modern-trade listing and e-commerce onboarding (Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop)
- Royalty modelling and brand-licensing arrangements
Value created for clients
A buyer pays more for an asset that earns its way into the market. Distribution is part of the valuation case.
Pensions & Cross-Border Disputes
What we do
Multi-jurisdictional defence of a Swiss parent against a UK pension-scheme employer-debt claim — proceedings in the UK courts escalated to the UK High Court, enforcement pursued through to the Swiss High Court, followed by Swiss bankruptcy proceedings. Forced closure of legacy Austrian pension schemes via structured beneficiary settlement.
- UK Pensions Act employer-debt defence
- Multi-court coordination (UK / Swiss / cross-border insolvency counsel)
- Pension-scheme closure and beneficiary settlement
- Settlement-framework design and actuarial coordination
Value created for clients
Some of the work that determines whether a divestiture closes happens years before the SPA is signed.
If your situation does not fit one workstream — that is usually our work.
The most useful mandates the firm has taken on are the ones that crossed several of the above categories at once. Where the question does not have a tidy adviser-of-the-month, the principal-led, multi-discipline consultancy often fits best.