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Same Time Next Year

The First Annual Advisiom Deal Summit is behind us. What it set in motion is not.

Three days aboard the Sunborn Yacht Hotel in Gibraltar. Twelve founding member firms. Nine countries in the room at once. The firm-by-firm introductions that opened the Summit gave every attendee a precise picture of who they were sitting across from, and the informal dinners that closed each evening gave them the space to do something about it.

The results did not wait for the flights home. Shared mandates are already in conversation. Cross-border introductions made in Gibraltar are converting to active collaboration. Members who had never met described being genuinely surprised by the quality of the firms in the room, and by the people behind them.

As one founding member put it: not only good M&A advisors, but also very nice people.

That combination, substance and trust in the same room, is precisely what the Summit was designed to produce. By that measure, Gibraltar delivered.

What the network takes forward is equally clear. Sector expertise is combined across firms to pursue larger mandates. Live deal flow moving through AdviHub. Structured recurring calls to keep the collaboration alive between Summits. A commitment, made independently by multiple firms, to closer and more frequent communication. The network that gathered for the first time in May 2026 is already behaving like one.

What happens next is already in motion.

The Second Annual Advisiom Deal Summit is confirmed for 2027.

A new European city. A new room. The same commitment to the kind of work that only happens when the right people are in the same place at the same time.

For our members, this is already yours. For everyone else, the question worth asking is a simple one: where will you be?

The Cerulean Series was produced by Advisiom Global M&A in the weeks following the First Annual Deal Summit, Gibraltar, May 2026.

Explore all entries here:

Part I: Gibraltar Hosts the First Advisiom Deal Summit

Part II: Why the First Advisiom Deal Summit Was Only the Beginning

Part III: In Conversation With Clive Hatchard, Head of Advisory at Debrett’s

Part IV: In Conversation With Lukas Wenzel, Partner at Westfalenfinanz

Part V: In Conversation With Charles Bryan, Managing Director at Bengur Bryan

Part VI: In Conversation With Jan Rezek, Managing Director at NICF

Part VII: In Conversation With Michael Gethen, Managing Partner at Modus Partners

Part VIII: In Conversation With Samir Agarwal, Director at Indcap Advisors

Part IX: In Conversation With Amanda Simmons, Founder and CEO at Advisiom Global M&A

Part X: Same Time Next Year

To learn more about the network and membership opportunities, reach out at office@advisiom.com.

 

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