Kingdom of Bahrain · Established 2012

Independent transaction advisory
across the capital structure.

We advise corporates, family groups, institutions and founders on buy-side and sell-side M&A, on equity and debt transactions, and on the structures that support them — and we introduce them to prospective investors, lenders and counterparties. Rooted in the Gulf, executed internationally.

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$12B+Combined partner transaction exposure
$1.5B+PMC mandate value since 2012
60+Mandates and originations
400+Institutional and private relationships

ProMarket Consultancy W.L.L. acts in an advisory and introductory capacity only. It is not a licensed financial institution. Where a mandate requires regulated activity, that element is transferred to our CBB and CMA licensed partner entities.

The firm

Institutional-quality work, without institutional distance.

ProMarket Consultancy was founded in December 2012 by Faisal Al Hamdan and Rabia Abu Saifan, after careers at Global Investment House, Gulf Finance House, Evolvence Capital, Capital Management House and Unicorn Investment Bank.

Mandates are led by the partners themselves — from origination and preparation through prospect introduction, negotiation, structuring and close. There is no handover to a junior team between the pitch and the closing.

PMC is not a single-sector shop. The work is defined by transaction type rather than industry, and draws on a bench of technical, legal, tax and sector specialists assembled around each mandate.

Substance is a function of execution, not headcount.

Capabilities

Four divisions. Most mandates draw on more than one.

M&A and Divestment

  • Sell-side and buy-side mandates
  • Mergers and consolidations
  • Spin-offs and carve-outs
  • Strategic minority and control stakes
  • Valuation and financial modelling

Equity Advisory and Capital Introduction

  • Growth and expansion round advisory
  • Pre-IPO and late-stage advisory
  • Strategic and targeted investor introductions
  • Fund and SPV structuring
  • Cross-border investor introduction

Debt and Structured Finance Advisory

  • Bilateral and syndicated facility advisory
  • Balance sheet restructuring
  • Project and contract financing
  • Sukuk and structured issuance advisory
  • Refinancing and credit repositioning

Origination, Structuring and Oversight

  • Exclusive and off-market origination
  • Joint ventures and technology partnerships
  • Business and operating model development
  • Portfolio company oversight
  • Exit planning and divestment

Across the capital structure

Equity

  • Seed and early-stage rounds
  • Growth and expansion capital
  • Strategic minority stakes
  • Majority and control transactions
  • Pre-IPO and late-stage rounds
  • Secondary sales and full exits

Debt

  • On balance sheet facilities
  • Off balance sheet arrangements
  • Project financing, including BOOT
  • Contract and receivables financing
  • Syndication and club facilities
  • Restructuring and refinancing

Hybrid

  • Sukuk and Islamic structures
  • Sale and lease-back
  • Build-to-suit development finance
  • Convertible and mezzanine instruments
  • Capital increase alongside divestment
  • SPV and fund-wrapped exposure

Structure follows the client's constraint — not a product shelf. Any element requiring a financial services licence is transferred to our CBB and CMA licensed partner entities.

Across the transaction lifecycle

  1. Start-upSeed-stage advisory, founder-side structuring, introductions to first institutional capital.
  2. SMEGrowth financing advisory, joint ventures, local content and technology partnerships.
  3. GrowthExpansion capital, facility development, build-to-suit and project financing.
  4. Late stageStrategic minority sales, balance sheet restructuring, syndication advisory.
  5. Pre-IPOCapital increases, divestment alongside primary raise, IPO readiness.
  6. M&A / ExitFull sale, merger, carve-out, secondary and control transactions.

Sector coverage

Defined by transaction capability, not a single industry.

Every sector below reflects work PMC has completed, originated or currently holds under mandate.

Energy and Power

Oil and gas services, offshore marine, gas processing, power and water, renewables and solar.

Industrials and Manufacturing

Die-casting, LED and explosion-proof lighting, precast and cement, plastics, steel and metal recovery.

Healthcare and Life Sciences

Pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution, medical equipment and trading, remote medical services, health AI.

Technology and Digital

Payment processing, fintech infrastructure, Industry 4.0, technology portfolio sales, artificial intelligence.

Real Estate and Construction

Commercial and residential assets, retail, hospitality, build-to-suit development, contracting and restructuring.

Logistics and Infrastructure

Warehousing, specialised oil and gas logistics, chemical logistics, distribution networks, sale and lease-back.

Environment and Circular Economy

Chemical and industrial waste, used cooking oil recycling, tyre recycling, waste-to-energy, aluminium recovery.

Consumer, Food and Agri

Sugar manufacturing, downstream date products, food processing, consumer distribution and trading.

Financial Services and Mobility

Commercial banking stakes, fund and SPV structures, electric vehicles and battery materials.

Reach and relationships

Reach is the difference between a process and a result.

Built transaction by transaction over more than twenty years.

20+

Sovereign wealth funds and public investment subsidiaries

GCC and EU sovereign funds, SWF subsidiaries and partner companies, regional pension funds and development institutions.

200+

Family offices and UHNWI

Major family offices and private offices across Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and the UAE.

110+

Global corporates, PE, VC and asset managers

Relationships across the GCC, United States, Europe and Asia — both investors and investment offerings.

85+

Regional and international institutions

MNCs, technology leaders, industrial manufacturers, trading groups, professional firms, family conglomerates and SMEs.

Saudi Arabia

  • 10 Venture capital firms
  • 10 Private equity firms
  • 5 Public and sovereign funds
  • 15 Authorities and government institutions
  • 10 Banks and financing institutions

MENA and wider GCC

  • 25 Venture capital firms
  • 15 Private equity firms
  • 50 Corporates and strategics
  • 5 Sovereign funds
  • 125 Private and family investors

International

  • 50+ Venture capital firms
  • 30+ Private equity firms
  • 20 Global corporates and strategics
  • 6 Development banks and ECAs
  • 10 Institutional lenders and funds

Frontier

Iraq and comparable jurisdictions — project finance, banking sector minority stakes, and structures built around country and counterparty risk.

Developing and emerging

Saudi Arabia, the wider GCC, MENA and the Levant — the firm's deepest concentration of clients, counterparties and completed work.

Developed

United States, Canada, United Kingdom, European Union and Asia — cross-border capital introduction, technology partnerships and asset sales.

Track record

Thirty-two mandates. Nine sectors. Four continents.

Client identities are withheld under confidentiality. Values reflect mandated transaction size in US dollars.

The partnership

Two principals. Personal accountability on every mandate.

Faisal Al Hamdan

Co-Founder

20+Years experience
50+Transactions across career
$4.4B+Personal deal exposure

Career spanning Global Investment House, Capital Management House (now Ibdar Bank), Evolvence Capital and Gulf Finance House. In those regulated roles he covered client relationships and investment placement across Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman.

Since co-founding PMC in 2012 he has led advisory mandates across M&A and divestment, debt restructuring, capital introduction and pre-IPO advisory. He serves as an independent board member at TwoAtoms Capital (CMA-licensed, KSA), Twazn Capital and Boxwind BH (CBB-licensed, Bahrain).

BS/BA International Business and Economics · Ohio Northern University, USA

Rabia Abu Saifan

Co-Founder

15+Years experience
$9.6B+Transaction initiatives
$350M+Debt and equity advised

Born and raised in Saudi Arabia, with senior placement roles held at Gulf Finance House and Unicorn Investment Bank (now Bank El Khair) before co-founding PMC.

He leads client relationships, deal origination and investor engagement, with particular depth in financial analysis, valuation and prospect introduction across M&A, capital introduction, fund structuring and financial advisory mandates. His network is concentrated across the GCC and the Levant.

M.A. Marketing · Coventry University, UK  |  B.Sc. Business Administration · Applied Sciences University, Jordan

Combined partnership track record: 50+ transactions totalling $12B+ across banking and advisory careers. Roles held at licensed institutions are described as performed at those institutions.

How we engage

A consistent process, adapted to the mandate but never skipped.

  1. Mandate and scoping

    Agree objectives, scope, deliverables and authorisation with all stakeholders. Confirm the information request list and workshop schedule.

  2. Preparation and positioning

    Financial modelling, valuation, credit or equity story development, and preparation of the full transaction document set.

  3. Prospect introduction

    Targeted, sequenced introductions to prospective investors, lenders or acquirers — off-market and confidential where the mandate requires it.

  4. Negotiation and structuring

    Term sheet negotiation, structure selection, due diligence management and coordination of legal, tax and technical advisers.

  5. Close and beyond

    Documentation support, conditions precedent and completion — with post-completion advisory or oversight where relevant. Definitive documentation and regulated steps are executed by the client's legal and licensed advisers.

Engagements combine an advisory retainer and a completion fee, aligned to the mandate's scope, duration and complexity. Where any element of a mandate requires a financial services licence, it is transferred to our partner and affiliate entities licensed by the CBB and the CMA.

Contact

Let's discuss the transaction.

Tell us what you are trying to achieve and we will tell you, plainly, whether we are the right firm for it.

Faisal Al HamdanCo-Founder faisal@promarketconsultancy.com
Rabia Abu SaifanCo-Founder rsaifan@promarketconsultancy.com
ProMarket Consultancy W.L.L.P.O. Box 54380, Kingdom of Bahrain +973 1700 1222 info@promarketconsultancy.com

Treated in confidence. We reply to every serious enquiry.