ABOUT US
smartcom is an independent M&A and investment advisor that provides a full range of investment advisory services to selected investors, and invests selectively on its own book, specializing on challenging and frontier markets.
The activities of smartcom are aimed at ensuring economic growth, efficiency and increasing our clients’ profitability. Our qualified and experienced team plans, scouts and executes investment opportunities, performing investors’ tasks on a high-quality level and strictly results oriented. Every relationship is crafted and individualized to meet the special requirements and objectives of each client/investor. We understand sensitive political environments and complex negotiations with business and government structures.
Founded by Dr. Marc-Milo Lube, the company operates globally with a focus on CEE markets and frontier industry segments. The company is headquartered in Vienna (Austria) with partners in Kyiv, London and Bucharest.
smartcom actively cooperates with commercial clients, government structures and investors around the globe, with whom we built long-term relationships based on the principles of transparency, trust, effectiveness and ultimate confidentiality.
WE ARE STRICTLY RESULTS DRIVEN
OUR SERVICE PORTFOLIO
Individualized Investment Banking Services
Investment Advice & Strategy Consulting
M&A and Transaction Management
Political Consulting and Lobbying
Asset Management and Protection
Participation in Tenders/Privatization
Joint Venture and Partnership Setup
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EQUITY
Transactions
RECENT EQUITY PROJECTS KEYHOLE
Structuring of a Luxemburg investment vehicle (>100 Mio. €) for a
CEE-based investor to bundle existing assets
Investment advice and deal scouting for a US investor on buying a bank in Ukraine
Investor search for a leader in cyber security in Austria
Scouting and structuring of a 200 Mio. € real estate investment
in Monaco for a CEE investor
Structuring and set-up of a JV between a Ukrainian air defense company and a leading German industry player
Representing a leading producer of electronic warfare products in Ukraine
Coaching the license application of a leading CEE online gaming
provider for an online gaming license in Ukraine
Battling and reversing a raid attempt against a real estate
investment in Ukraine and Georgia with a value of 20 Mio. €
RECENT DEBT PROJECTS KEYHOLE
Restructuring of a 50 Mio. € Austrian loan facility for an
international hospitality provider in the post-covid reality
Support of IFS/World Bank to settle a 80 Mio. USD loan to a Ukrainian agriculture group
Restructuring of a 10 Mio. USD loan of a US/DK group for
its Ukrainian agri business
Financial stabilisation and restructuring of an important
CEE dairy producer
Mediation between a bank syndicate and a Ukrainian business
group to re-finance a 50 Mio. USD construction loan
Planning of an EPC contract and related financing between a UA/AT
waste management group and a Chinese engineering company
Preparation of talks between a CEE ministry of finance and a
Chinese investment bank to issue Panda bonds
DEBT
Transactions
YOUR TEAM
Contact
VIENNA Office
Tuchlauben 7, A 1010 Vienna, Austria
+43 1 925 7575
il@smartcom-holding.com
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