Situation 02
A technology or IP owner.
Looking for a licensee, partner, acquirer or investor that fits.
For businesses
The right buyer, partner or market.
M&A advice, placement of technology and IP, commercialisation and GCC market entry – from a founder with 21 years in M&A.
Services
What I do.
For owners, founders and boards considering a sale, acquisition, merger or joint venture.
- Transaction strategy and readiness
- Identifying and approaching counterparts
- Structuring and negotiation support
- Cross-border deals between Australia and the GCC
For technology owners and inventors looking for the partner, licensee, buyer or investor that fits.
- Assessing where the technology or IP creates value
- Identifying right-fit partners and licensees
- Preparing the case for commercialisation
- Introductions under confidentiality
For ventures moving from development to market.
- Commercialisation pathways
- Capital strategy, through appropriately licensed parties
- Partnership and joint-venture structures
- Board-level perspective
For Australian and international businesses entering the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
- Market-entry strategy
- Local partners and relationships
- Through OceanMerge®, with links into Asia
- Cultural and commercial context – see the book
How I work
Four ways to work together.
Clear engagement models, so you know what to expect before the first call.
Advisory
Strategic and M&A advice on a defined scope, for owners, founders and boards.
- Transaction strategy and readiness
- Australia–GCC perspective
- A senior sounding board
Scope and fees agreed for each engagement
Mandate
A buy-side or sell-side mandate to identify, approach and negotiate with the right counterparts.
- Sale, acquisition, merger or joint venture
- Counterpart search in Australia and the GCC
- Carried through to completion
Mandate terms agreed in writing
Co-investment
Where appropriate, investing alongside partners in early-stage technology companies.
- Only through appropriately licensed parties
- Subject to due diligence and applicable law
- Not an offer to the public
Structure reviewed by counsel
Placing IP
Finding the licensee, partner, buyer or investor that fits a technology or IP.
- Where the IP creates value
- Right-fit partners and licensees
- Introductions under confidentiality
Terms agreed for each engagement
A good fit
- Owners and boards considering a sale, merger, acquisition or joint venture across Australia and the GCC
- Technology and IP owners looking for a licensee, partner, buyer or investor
- Australian and international businesses entering the UAE, Qatar or Saudi Arabia
- Family offices, funds and strategic investors seeking a counterpart with deal experience in the corridor
- Teams ready to share information in confidence
Not a fit
- Requests for personal investment advice or financial products
- Retail investors looking for an investment opportunity
- Ideas without a team, technology or IP to place yet
- Anyone expecting a guaranteed return or outcome
- Work that cannot pass standard due diligence and compliance checks
Nothing here is an offer to invest or financial advice; any investment activity takes place only through appropriately licensed parties.
How I work in detailProcess
A disciplined, four-stage process.
01 /
Assess
Understand the business, technology or IP: what it is, who it matters to, and what it needs next.
02 /
Fit
Identify right-fit buyers, partners or investors – in Australia, the GCC and beyond.
03 /
Structure
Shape the transaction, joint venture or licence so that every party can say yes.
04 /
Close and commercialise
Carry the deal through to completion, and the asset into market.
Typical situations
Where I help.
Situation 01
An Australian business looking at the Gulf.
Market entry into the UAE, Qatar or Saudi Arabia, and the right local partners.
Situation 03
An owner considering a transaction.
A sale, merger, acquisition or joint venture across borders.
Start a brief
Tell me what you are placing.
Share a short, non-confidential outline. Detail follows only under a confidentiality agreement.
Trust and transparency
Full trust and credentials page →Where the ventures are
- OceanMerge® – IFZA, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai
- OceanBlocks – Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)
- Stacked Up – We Are Stacked Up Pty Ltd, Australia
Credentials
- RMIT MBA (International Business), with Distinction
- RMIT Master of Blockchain Enabled Business, with Distinction
- HBS Online, Sustainable Business Strategy (2022)
- Director, EIBC Ltd, 2018–2021
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- Enquiries are read by Ryan Babbage
- Based in the UAE