Defining Transactions.
Shaping Industries.
Privé advises the world's most consequential mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures — delivering outcomes that redefine markets and create enduring value.
Our Track Record
Numbers that speak to institutional excellence
Active advisory presence across 6 countries, delivering cross-border expertise to clients worldwide
Landmark transactions executed across borders and every major sector
Of our clients return to Privé for their most critical financial decisions
Seven years of institutional expertise serving the world's most sophisticated clients
What We Do
What challenge can we solve together?
Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
M&A Advisory
Privé is the trusted advisor for the most complex, high-stakes M&A transactions globally. We bring unmatched sector depth, cross-border expertise, and relentless execution to every mandate.
- Buy-side & sell-side advisory
- Cross-border M&A
- Hostile defense & activism response
- Carve-outs & spin-offs
- Fairness opinions
- Strategic alternatives review
Institutional Capital Solutions
Private Equity & Alternatives
We serve as the premier advisor to leading private equity sponsors, sovereign wealth funds, and institutional investors — structuring bespoke capital solutions across the full spectrum of alternative asset classes.
- Sponsor advisory & LBO structuring
- Fund formation & GP advisory
- Secondary market transactions
- Co-investment structuring
- Infrastructure & real assets
- Credit & private debt advisory
Distressed & Complex Advisory
Restructuring & Special Situations
When companies face existential financial challenges, Privé delivers the decisive, independent counsel that protects value and navigates complexity through the most challenging financial environments.
- Debtor & creditor advisory
- Out-of-court restructurings
- Chapter 11 & cross-border insolvency
- Distressed M&A
- Liability management
- Board & special committee advisory
Growth & Innovation Finance
Venture Capital
Privé bridges institutional finance and high-growth innovation — advising venture-backed companies, growth equity investors, and technology founders on fundraising, strategic transactions, and liquidity events.
- Series A through pre-IPO advisory
- Growth equity & venture debt
- Strategic investor introductions
- Secondary liquidity solutions
- IPO & direct listing preparation
- Founder & board advisory
Who We Serve
Built for the world's most sophisticated clients
Privé serves a select group of clients who demand the highest caliber of independent advisory. Our client relationships are built on trust, discretion, and a relentless commitment to outcomes.
Corporations & Boards
We advise boards of directors, special committees, and C-suite executives on their most consequential strategic decisions — from transformative M&A to complex governance challenges and activist defense.
Private Equity Sponsors
Privé is the advisor of choice for leading private equity firms seeking independent, conflict-free counsel on acquisitions, portfolio company transactions, and exit strategies across every sector.
Family Offices
We provide ultra-high-net-worth families and their offices with the same caliber of strategic advisory typically reserved for the largest institutions — with the discretion and personalization that family wealth demands.
Founders & Entrepreneurs
For founders navigating their first institutional transaction or preparing for a generational liquidity event, Privé delivers the senior-level guidance and market access that transforms ambition into outcome.
Our Firm
Our clients, their outcomes, are at the center of everything we do
Privé was built on a simple but uncompromising premise: the world's most consequential financial decisions deserve the world's most exceptional advisors. We are not a full-service bank. We are a focused, elite advisory firm — and that focus is our greatest competitive advantage.
Our senior partners bring years of institutional experience to every engagement. At Privé, every client receives the full attention of our most senior professionals.
No conflicts. No competing interests. Pure advisory.
Absolute confidentiality in every engagement.
Top 1% talent, top 1% outcomes — always.
We tell clients what they need to hear, not what they want.
Selected Transactions
A track record built on landmark outcomes
Advised a leading industrial conglomerate on its transformative acquisition of a specialty chemicals leader
Sole financial advisor to a top-tier PE sponsor on the leveraged buyout of a healthcare technology platform
Advised the ad hoc creditor group in the out-of-court restructuring of a global media and entertainment company
Advised a Fortune 100 corporation on the carve-out and sale of its non-core infrastructure division to a sovereign wealth fund
Sole placement agent for a Series D growth equity round for a leading fintech platform, attracting top-tier institutional investors
Advised the board of a publicly traded consumer goods company in successfully defending against an unsolicited takeover bid
Confidentiality prevents full disclosure. Representative transactions shown.
Market Perspectives
Insights from the front lines
Cross-Border M&A in 2025: Navigating Geopolitical Headwinds
As regulatory scrutiny intensifies across major markets, deal teams must adopt new frameworks for structuring cross-border transactions that can withstand political and regulatory pressure.
The New PE Playbook: Value Creation in a Higher-Rate Environment
With the era of cheap leverage firmly behind us, private equity sponsors are pivoting to operational value creation strategies that drive returns independent of financial engineering.
Distressed Debt Cycles: Positioning for the Next Wave of Opportunities
As credit conditions tighten and refinancing walls approach, sophisticated investors are positioning for a significant increase in distressed opportunities across leveraged credit markets.
