Multi-disciplinary consultant base that boasts a diverse international work experience and an inherent knowledge of the cultural and operating parameters that govern the MENA region and beyond.

our team

A combination of a light structure, committed resources, assignment-based teams, and a close cooperation with our clients’ staff resulting in customized and winning solutions.

our modus operandi

Unique blend of consulting and corporate finance & execution capabilities to deliver integrated operating and financial solutions.

integrated & creative solutions

Focused on SME and mid-cap under-the-radar transactions in the MENA region and the surrounding emerging markets.

niche markets

Strong track record and relations with MENA investment groups, family offices, and financial institutions, providing access to capital and investment opportunities.

MENA expertise

<h3>our corporate finance service line includes:</h3>

mergers &amp; acquisitions

financial engineering

feasibility studies&nbsp;

business plans

valuation&nbsp;

information placement memoranda

private equity transactions&nbsp;

debt structuring &amp; refinancing

balance sheet restructuring

Whether you’re looking to improve, expand, acquire, or exit a business, we will thoroughly investigate and assess your specific financial requirements and provide you with the most appropriate capital raise and financial solutions to ensure maximum business and stockholder returns.

corporate finance

<h3>our areas of focus consist of:</h3>

financial advisory

<ul>
	<li>internal controls</li>
	<li>financial planning</li>
	<li>CFO stop gap</li>
	<li>treasury</li>
</ul>

digital transformation

<ul>
	<li>digital strategy</li>
	<li>digital culture</li>
	<li>digital customer journey</li>
	<li>digital architecture</li>
	<li>data analytics</li>
</ul>

human resourses

<ul>
	<li>training &amp; development</li>
	<li>employee relations</li>
	<li>compensation &amp; benefits</li>
</ul>

project management

<ul>
	<li>tool, resource, &amp; standard setting for managing the project</li>
	<li>output &amp; outcome planning, tracking, &amp; reporting</li>
	<li>information &amp; logistics management</li>
	<li>financial planning &amp; budget tracking</li>
	<li>risk &amp; issue tracking</li>
	<li>cross-project interdependency management</li>
	<li>quality-control-standard setting &amp; implementation tracking</li>
	<li>change-control-procedure setting &amp; tracking</li>
	<li>stakeholder mapping, defining the interest of each stakeholder</li>
	<li>stakeholder communication planning &amp; execution</li>
	<li>overall strategic overview &amp; reporting</li>
	<li>project &amp; program management team training</li>
	<li>project, task, &amp; program auditing &amp; health checks</li>
</ul>

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<h3>more generally, our management consulting service line includes:</h3>

post-merger integration&nbsp;

business transformation design &amp; delivery&nbsp;

organization design

business process improvement

performance analysis &amp; improvement&nbsp;

risk management solutions&nbsp;

lean transformation &nbsp;

plant &amp; asset optimization

To help optimize your company’s performance and operational efficiency, we rely on our industry experts, who become your partners all the way through implementation, and who will exhaust resources and information to provide you with the soundest, most suitable and specific, best-practice-standard advice and support.

management consulting

<h3>our strategy advisory service line includes:</h3>

market entry strategy&nbsp;

growth strategy development &amp; assessment&nbsp;

innovation strategy

marketing strategy

deals planning &amp; design&nbsp;

negotiation and facilitation of deals &amp; contracts

search &amp; selection of potential partners

Whether a startup, industry leader, or anywhere in the middle, private or public sector, we will closely collaborate with your executive management to help formulate, implement, and adjust company strategies that are specific to your objectives and challenges, using deep industry-specific knowhow.

strategy advisory

<h3>our development advisory service line includes:</h3>

market &amp; financial advisory

operator selection&nbsp;

management agreement support&nbsp;

technical &amp; design advisory&nbsp;

ICT advisory &amp; optimization&nbsp;

operation, clustering, &amp; performance optimization&nbsp;

pre-opening advisory services

asset management oversight&nbsp;

budget &amp; financial performance review

operation review &amp; audit&nbsp;

project financing&nbsp;

valuations &amp; appraisals&nbsp;

investment transactions

conversion support

With all-rounded, hands-on experience in all types of major real estate development projects, especially mixed-use hospitality and lifestyle ones, and with market in-depth analysis and exceptional insight, we address all of your requirements and concerns to ensure the success of, and add value to, your development project, from conception to delivery and beyond.

development advisory

Are you striving to increase profitability and the value of your hotel assets? Optimize your compensation structure? Or time your acquisitions &amp; dispositions? Or perhaps you require litigation support, hotel management contract negotiation guidance, or brand determination in your part of the world? 
 
Whatever your challenges or objectives, The Unit will provide you with cutting-edge insights and bespoke solutions that deliver maximum value throughout the entire lifecycle of an asset. 
 
Thanks to a best-in-class team of experts boasting extensive experience with prestigious Hospitality clients, investment banks, and top consulting firms, as well as experience at The Unit advising international and regional clients on projects cumulatively worth over USD 4 Billion, we bring you premium Hospitality advisory services with added value through actionable strategic advice supported by primary fact-finding and meticulous teamwork.

One of our inaugural industries of focus.

hospitality

Questions that may be looming on your mind at any of the pre-engagement, design, development, or implementation &amp; ongoing operation phases of your real estate project include whether you should invest and how to optimize yield, bring your ideas to fruition, or improve performance. 
 
In helping you to answer these and other questions, we will bring manifest added value by providing superior personalized advisory support and services focused on your best interests, as well as hands-on involvement as part of your team to ensure successful project completion. 
 
Members of our Real Estate advisory team include architects, engineers, strategic business planners, project managers, real estate professionals, bankers, and financiers. The Unit is thus uniquely qualified to assist in all aspects of the planning, investment, and asset management requirements of any real estate project, whether as green field, brown field, or acquisition of fully developed and income-generating properties.

real estate

Whether a startup or an established chain, both Retail and Restauration present businesses with a complexity and level of volatility that may be daunting at times. As specialists in both these industries, we understand that very well. Which is why we are especially well positioned to effectively help you overcome any hurdles, plan for potential ones, and also take advantage of any budding opportunities. 
 
The Unit delivers turnkey, time-conscious, and investment-focused programs that are formulated according to a thorough understanding of the industry, affording you with fine-tuned and proven successful channels to develop your business and realize your franchise-related ambitions. 
 
Our Retail team comprises industry veterans with experience in all areas of the value chain with some of the foremost global brands across many markets, such as fashion &amp; accessories, cosmetics &amp; fragrances, confectionery, multimedia &amp; electronics, travel &amp; duty free, and restauration. They will devise customized, result-oriented solutions to maximize your return on investment.

retail & restauration

In this rapidly growing, fast-paced industry that is highly sensitive to ever-evolving technologies, we will help you to navigate through expected and unexpected challenges and opportunities, as well as to ensure competitive edge, optimal performance, and sustainable returns for your business. 
 
Applying deep industry understanding, data and human resources, and best practices, The Unit will provide you with comprehensive and innovative solutions that are based on market trends, sector review &amp; analysis, and regulatory issues, among others, and that account for the most appropriate legal and fiscal structure and key financial performance indicators which meet your specific needs and goals. 
 
As ever, the unique edge that we will also bring to the table is a partnership-style of collaboration that will see your project through all the way from ideation to implementation.

sports, media, & entertainment

At the very heart of everything 21st century, Technology and Telecom are also extremely complex and fast-paced industries that can be tricky to maneuver through. Unless you have us by your side, providing comprehensive up-to-date market intelligence, reducing your financial risk, ensuring you a fast &amp; cost-efficient go-to-market, and increasing your revenue. 
 
Leveraging a 360-degree sector understanding and expertise, broad industry value chain grasp, unique intellectual capital, proprietary knowledge networks, global industry contacts, and proven methodologies, The Unit assists global and regional telecom providers, technology players, manufacturing companies, service organizations, centers of innovation, government organizations, and others in meeting their most challenging strategic and/or operational challenges and to spot and capitalize on the most salient opportunities. 
 
Whether you&rsquo;re a Technology and Telecom leader looking to expand into the MENAT region or a local entrepreneur looking to venture into the sector, we will devise customized solutions tailored to your specific needs and goals by identifying the most suitable markets for entry, designing appropriate strategies and roadmaps, building and implementing success tactics, and delivering sustainable results.

technology & telecom

Business enterprises in the healthcare sector are facing unprecedented challenges in terms of funding constraints, increasing demand, rising costs, and higher consumer expectations. With the right expertise and skill, we&nbsp;will help you to overcome such and other challenges and to meet your&nbsp;goals, bringing you bespoke, forward-thinking solutions that remain&nbsp;relevant in years to come in terms of health trends, demographics, and technological advances. 
 
Working in close collaboration with your own teams and with clinicians, patients, healthcare institutions, physicians, designers, investors, and operators, The Unit develops advisory services and solutions that ensure your facilities are efficient, safe, fit-for-purpose, and financially sustainable. We do this from scratch, and in the space of weeks or months, not years, bringing diverse and deep experience to every engagement. 
 
Our Healthcare &amp; Pharmaceutical advisory team and subject-matter experts deliver a comprehensive range of services to support all aspects of the funding, strategic planning, project management, viability, and development of your healthcare estates, ultimately ensuring their success, measured above all in cost-effective, high-quality care.&nbsp;

healthcare & pharmaceutical

Climate change, critical ecological concerns, evolving technologies, fierce competition, pandemics&hellip; We understand the mounting difficulties your agribusiness faces and are highly qualified to help you navigate and thrive in this industry by bringing world-class, multi-disciplinary, innovative thinking to devise solutions that meet your specific range of needs, challenges, and objectives. 
 
Our Agriculture advisory team and subject-matter experts possess the necessary experience, knowhow, and agriculture-market insights to help you grow your company sustainably, enhance your efficiency, limit your costs, improve your operating model, increase your revenue, expand your markets, and much more. In short, we will provide you with crafted solutions that aim to build your company&rsquo;s resilience and consequent success in an industry rife with issues and uncertainty. 
 
Wherever you are in the world and whatever your current needs and short- and long-term objectives, The Unit will spare no effort or resource to formulate the right strategic and operational recommendations and plans to help you make sure your agribusiness gets to and remains at the forefront of industry viability, innovation, excellence, and sustainability.&nbsp;

agriculture

Digitization and new technologies, along with a myriad of changing and disrupting conditions, pile on the more basic questions for manufacturing companies &mdash; product &amp; product line, logistics, supply chain, etc. &mdash; and pose critical challenges and risk issues. With a strategically comprehensive methodology, The Unit helps you to address them all and develop innovative, responsive, and sustainable business models and solutions. 
 
From boardroom decision-making all the way to shop floors, our tailored approach scales the overall performance of your facilities through targeted enhancements to your manufacturing structures and processes, cost profile, resource requirements, profitability, and every other aspect that ultimately contributes to keeping your business fit in a competitive environment. 
 
In collaboration with segment-specialized subject-matter experts and third-party advisors, we provide you with turnkey solutions, implementing best practices and value-added recommendations and plans to further unlock the potential of your business and build a long-term vision for your company.&nbsp;

manufacturing

Our pool of result-focused consultants is distinguished by their North American and West European education, their inherent knowledge of the cultural and operating parameters that govern the MENA market, their varied international work experience, and their reputation for high-standard achievements.

our team of experts

In essence, The Unit is a specialized and reputable MENA-based business consulting firm. But what better defines us, and drives our success, beyond our sterling credentials, capabilities, and track record, is the way we conduct business: by building and nurturing relationships.&nbsp;

Like members of a close-knit family, bonds of unshakable trust and respect tie us together with our clients, our partners, many of whom have been with us since day 1. The same kind of bonds also hold together our loosely structured organization, consisting of a network of professional specialists in multiple disciplines and industries.&nbsp;

It is both our people&rsquo;s commitment and our light operating structure that make us so flexible, adaptive, responsive, and versatile, bringing the right individuals together in ad hoc teams to address specific tasks and mandates and offer value-added solutions and results.

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about

who we are

our key expertise

our key industries

our edge

our team

our modus operandi

integrated & creative solutions

niche markets

MENA expertise

our team of experts