Marketing · Consulting · Intermediation

Advisoryforconsequentialdecisions.

A boutique advisory practice for enterprises operating across borders — pairing strategic marketing, senior consulting and discreet deal intermediation for principals who require judgment, not noise.

Leuven · BelgiumEst. Advisory PracticeGlobal Mandates
BelgiumLuxembourgNetherlandsPortugalSpainFranceItalyTurkeyMoroccoPakistanChinaBelgiumLuxembourgNetherlandsPortugalSpainFranceItalyTurkeyMoroccoPakistanChina
PracticeThree pillars · Equal weight
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Executive boardroom at dusk with European skyline

Strategic Marketing

Enterprise positioning, category strategy and executive narrative.

We shape how large organisations are understood — by the market, by capital, and by the counterparties who matter. Category definition, brand architecture and the executive language that carries a mandate through boardrooms.

  • · Positioning
  • · Category strategy
  • · Executive narrative
  • · Analyst relations
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Aerial view of a major international shipping port at golden hour

Business Consulting

Market entry, operating model and transformation.

Senior counsel for corporate development teams entering new geographies or restructuring for scale. Diligence on the ground, a clean operating model, and the discipline to execute across regulatory and cultural boundaries.

  • · Market entry
  • · Operating model
  • · Transformation
  • · Regulatory diligence
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Two principals shaking hands in a marble lobby

Deal Intermediation & M&A

Sourcing, brokerage and cross-border deal facilitation.

Discreet intermediation between principals across Europe, the Mediterranean, MENA and Asia. We source proprietary opportunities, structure the introduction, and stay in the room until the mandate is closed.

  • · Sourcing
  • · Introductions
  • · Structuring
  • · Closing support
Reach

A practice built for cross-border mandates.

From our Leuven office we advise principals across eleven core markets and support selective mandates elsewhere on invitation.

  • Belgium
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • France
  • Italy
  • Turkey
  • Morocco
  • Pakistan
  • China
ApproachFour movements
I

Listen

Time on the ground with the principal. We understand the mandate before we frame it.

II

Diagnose

Clean-eyed diligence — market, structure, counterparty. What is actually true, versus what is assumed.

III

Structure

The right shape for the opportunity: positioning, operating model, or deal architecture.

IV

Execute

In the room until closing. Discretion, patience, and follow-through across borders and time zones.

Selected EngagementsAnonymised on principle
Cross-border · Industrial

A European industrial group entering North Africa.

Diligence, partner sourcing and executive narrative for a EUR 400M+ manufacturer establishing Moroccan operations.

M&A · Consumer

Introductions for a Turkish consumer platform seeking European capital.

Structured a discreet outreach to strategic acquirers across France, the Netherlands and Belgium.

Positioning · Technology

Category creation for a B2B software firm expanding into Iberia.

Repositioned the executive story and analyst posture ahead of a Series C mandate.

Intermediation · Trade

A Pakistani and Indian specialty foods principal placed with European distributors.

Sourced, structured and closed multi-year supply agreements for authentic South Asian food products entering European retail and wholesale channels over an eighteen-month engagement.

PrincipalFounding partner

Ivan Silva Morais
De Carvalho

Founding principal of the practice. Two decades advising corporate leadership on positioning, expansion and intermediation across Latin, European and Asian markets — with a working footprint spanning eleven jurisdictions.

Every mandate is led personally. Client rosters remain private; introductions are made on invitation.

11
Core markets
5
Years advising
1
Principal, every mandate
Contact

Request an
introduction.

Mandates begin with a private conversation. Share a short note and we will respond within two business days.

Leuven, Belgium
Tervuursevest 123, Boite 302
3001 Leuven
VAT · BE 0370 382 82