Deal Advisory and Intermediation

Transaction Advisory and Deal Intermediation

Transaction advisory encompasses cross-industry support entities require when preparing, negotiating, and optimizing commercial or financial agreements.

For commodities transactions, this service integrates risk assessment, scenario modeling, and recommendations to align counterparties on pricing structures, delivery timelines, quality specifications, provenance verification, sourcing methodologies, and logistics arrangements.

Intermediation establishes connection between opposing parties through three operational pillars: identifying suitable counterparties through network deployment, aligning expectations with financial capacity, and securing transaction completion according to established procedures.

Advisory operates upstream with preventive and analytical approaches characteristic of institutional consulting, while intermediation intervenes during execution with relational and operational dimensions. Both disciplines achieve synergy when analytical frameworks inform intermediation protocols. Market data guide sourcing decisions intermediaries conduct, while field operations enrich advisory frameworks through execution feedback that refines development processes.

For commodities specifically, these practices facilitate exchanges of mining products, industrial metals, energy resources, and agricultural commodities, diversifying origins and quality specifications institutional buyers access.

Market Environnement

Commodities intermediation confronts three factors: market volatility requiring continuous analysis, regulatory evolution across jurisdictions, and geopolitical tensions affecting sourcing regions. Without transaction advisory support, commercial agreements expose parties to financial, temporal, and reputational consequences. Conversely, field knowledge and international networks enable counterparty identification and procedural harmonization.

Client Profile

Entities requiring transactional support and intermediation manage significant volumes in commodities or dematerialized assets and seek assistance, consultation, or operational delegation for high-value transactions.

• Primary and secondary sector enterprises mobilize these services to secure supply chains and optimize sales operations.
• Ultra High Net Worth Individuals (UHNWI) require this support for private transactions their operations necessitate.
• Institutions and sovereign entities, including public and para-public organizations, utilize transaction advisory and intermediation for large-scale agreements their procurement operations justify.

Operational Methodology

Mad Middleman operates as an intermediary partner for complex transactions and intermediation worldwide. We analyze client requirements to propose responses or, where appropriate, alternatives aligned with objectives.

We deploy our international network to identify counterparties, coordinate verifications, and secure procedural alignment across quality specifications, quantity requirements, delivery timelines, and logistics coordination. This methodology ensures transaction completion under optimal conditions.

Service Architecture

Mad Middleman develops tailored solutions by drawing on extensive feedback the global market provides and the international network the firm has strategically built over years.

Our specialized services cover raw commodities sourcing, production and extraction site identification, processed and refined products procurement, specialized civil or military goods acquisition, as well as dematerialized assets transactions.

Whether facilitating recurring flows or one-off transactions, commodity acquisition requires identifying the appropriate counterparty through diligent research. For instance, regarding a transaction on ten million barrels of oil, several critical parameters require verification during contact-making and negotiations: procedures parties apply according to industry standards, logistical needs they identify through analysis, pricing and payment conditions they negotiate commercially, delivery and processing timelines they accept contractually.

Geographic Scope

The diversity of actors in our operational scope necessitates international presence and network spanning key markets. Each region possesses specialties and regulatory constraints local authorities define through frameworks. Our network adapts to multiple cultural, legal, and economic contexts internationally.

Mad Middleman intervenes as advisor or partner on a global scale, selecting mandates according to opportunities we identify through market intelligence, available counterparties, and clients or partners we accompany.