Getting easy with mergers and acquisitions with Youssef Kabbaj Youssef Kabbaj Goldman Sachs former Head of Strategic Coverage has been highly successful as a banker and investment strategist. This MIT educated investment strategist has earlier served at GLG Partners and Exotix , where he contributed his skills to make the organizations grow and thrive. Founding of Whitestones Partners It was in 2014 that Youssef Kabbaj and some more people with experience of working on the world’s renowned investment banking companies like Goldman Sachs, J. P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch decided to set up merchant boutique bank with the business name Whitestones Partners to cater to the needs of the small to medium corporate investors who usually are unable to get the right strategic guidance due to lack of exposure or funding at their end. Youssef Kabbaj is serving Whitestones Partners in the capacity of Managing Partner. Other key functionaries of the bank include Jean Charles, CEO, who is a former Bank of America investment banker, Badr Boutaleb - Head of Strategic Advisory Practice, Alex – Head of Investment Banking, and Ataa Khayari – Head of Real Estate Practice. Involvement in business strategy as Managing Partner Being the Managing Partner of Whitestones Partners, Youssef Kabbaj is involved in the direction of the company and in the formation of its overall business strategy and policy. He is often involved in high level discussions, creating the strategies for the company as an owner. Youssef owns a portion of the firm in partnership with other partners who jointly own the company. Thanks to the visionary zeal of Youssef Kabbaj and his other teammates, Whitestones Partners has over the time grown into a global advisory and asset management company that provides advisory services to the businesses and
individuals in areas like alternative finance, asset management, special situations, frontier markets and mergers & acquisitions. All business aim to expand, grow and thrive. A business can grow through internal growth or by expanding externally. Internal growth often takes time as the business has to come up with a new line of products, adopt latest technologies and may have to optimize its supply chain operations. How mergers and acquisitions make business sense The other way of growth, viz. external growth is faster. Mergers & Acquisitions is such an option that allows the businesses to grow faster by creating more value than the two competing companies can’t do working individually. This requires a strategic approach and clear vision to be successful. Youssef Kabbaj Goldman Sachs former banker has the right team and talent at his disposal at the Whitestones Partners that could help the companies with mergers and acquisitions. They provide specialized and custom services to the businesses for:
Strategic partnership Management buy outs (MBO) Leveraged buy outs (LBO) Direct negotiations Competitive process
With these service area offerings, Whitestones Partners is capable of providing the right advice for mergers and acquisitions to the businesses for mutually rewarding outcomes. The company also provides its advisory services for asset management, principal investment and restructuring. Advisory services for mergers and acquisitions Working for Goldman Sachs for more than three years and devising strategies of the company’s growth has really helped Youssef to be a successful strategist at his later career moves. That’s the reason; Youssef Kabbaj Goldman Sachs former
strategist has earned an unmatched reputation as being a reliable source of strategic advisory for investments. Youssef Kabbaj is also the board member of Fairjungle, the startup that provides highly cost effective solutions for corporate travels.
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