About SMAM
Where strategy,
structure and capital
come together.
SMAM is an independent advisory firm supporting entrepreneurs, CEOs, shareholders and investors at critical stages of growth, transformation and capital formation.
We combine strategic advisory, international structuring and capital expertise to help businesses become more structured, more investable and better equipped to execute across borders.
We help turn ambition into structured, financeable and executable opportunities.
IndependentSenior-ledCross-borderExecution
Discover SMAM
Who We Are
A senior-led
advisory firm.
SMAM works alongside decision-makers when strategic ambition increasingly intersects with financial and structural complexity.
Our role is to bring clarity to those situations — helping clients strengthen their businesses, design the appropriate architecture and access the capital required for their next stage of development.
We operate with a long-term perspective, combining independent judgement with execution discipline.
Founder-Led Perspective
Senior judgement.
Direct accountability.
SMAM was founded to give entrepreneurs and decision-makers direct access to strategic, financial and structuring expertise through one senior line of responsibility.
“Global ambition demands structure, credibility and reach.”
Mathieu SollierFounder & CEO
Independent PerspectiveSenior InvolvementLong-Term Alignment
Our Expertise
Three integrated areas
of expertise.
Our capabilities are designed to work together.
Strategy informs structure. Structure shapes capital. Capital enables execution.
StrategyStructureCapitalExecution
Strategic Advisory
Strengthening the business before the transaction.
We help entrepreneurs, CEOs and shareholders sharpen strategic priorities, refine business models, strengthen governance and identify the value-creation levers required for sustainable growth.
- Business model
- Growth strategy
- Governance
- Strategic priorities
- KPIs & value creation
- Execution discipline
Capital Raising
Connecting businesses with the right capital.
We support clients from capital readiness through investor engagement, negotiation and closing, aligning capital with maturity, risk, strategic objectives and shareholder interests.
- Capital strategy
- Investor readiness
- Investor mapping
- Equity & debt financing
- Private capital
- Due diligence
- Negotiation & closing
International Structuring
Building the architecture for cross-border growth.
We help clients assess and design corporate and financial structures aligned with their operations, ownership, assets, financing requirements and investor expectations.
- HoldCo architecture
- SPVs
- Cross-border structures
- Governance frameworks
- Asset ring-fencing
- Jurisdiction assessment
- Financing vehicles
Where We Create Value
At critical moments
of development.
Our involvement is most relevant when a business, project or shareholder faces a meaningful change in scale, structure or capital requirements.
Growth & Scale
When commercial ambition requires stronger strategic and organisational foundations.
Capital Formation
When growth, acquisition or asset development requires external financing.
International Expansion
When cross-border development creates structural and execution complexity.
Institutionalisation
When governance, financial discipline and investor readiness must evolve.
Strategic Transformation
When the existing business or financial architecture is no longer suited to the next stage.
We enter when the next stage requiresa stronger business architecture.
Who We Work With
Decision-makers seeking
independent perspective.
SMAM works with clients who value direct senior involvement, rigorous thinking and the ability to move from strategic diagnosis to execution.
Building and financing the next stage of development.
Scaling, transforming or preparing for institutional capital.
Structuring and financing complex strategic opportunities.
Evaluating or participating in cross-border investment situations.
An International Perspective
International
by design.
Anchored in Switzerland and the UAE, SMAM operates across markets where business strategy, ownership, structuring and capital increasingly intersect.
Our cross-border perspective enables us to coordinate opportunities involving multiple jurisdictions, advisers and sources of capital.
Explore Our Global Reach→A Sector Perspective
Focused where complexity and capital intersect.
We focus on sectors where strategic development, capital requirements and execution complexity are closely interconnected.
- Energy & Sustainability
- Natural Resources
- Infrastructure & Real Assets
- Technology & AI
- Industrial & Mobility
- Services & Digital Platforms
Why SMAM
Built for situations where the mandate cannot be fragmented.
Our model connects the strategic, structural and financial decisions that determine whether ambition can translate into a credible outcome.
Before Capital
We strengthen companies and opportunities before they approach the market.
Integrated Perspective
Strategy, structuring and capital are considered together rather than as separate disciplines.
Cross-Border Capability
We operate across jurisdictions, investor markets and specialist advisory ecosystems.
Senior-Led Execution
Clients benefit from direct senior involvement from strategic diagnosis through transaction execution.
The objective is not simply to complete a transaction.It is to create a stronger platform for what comes next.
Strategic & capital advisory situations
International project geographies
Structuring jurisdictions evaluated
International financial experience
A Shared Ambition
Turning ambition
into lasting value.
From strategic transformation to international structuring and capital formation, SMAM helps clients build the foundations required for their next stage of development.