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Over three days aboard the Sunborn Yacht Hotel in Gibraltar, twelve founding member firms of Advisiom Global M&A were invited to meet face to face for the first time. They arrived from eleven countries. They left with something more useful than goodwill.
The room changed things
There is a quality of conversation that does not happen on a call. It requires proximity, a shared meal, and an unscheduled exchange in a corridor between sessions. That quality was present throughout the Summit, and it was deliberate. The agenda was designed to create the conditions for it: structured enough to move with purpose, open enough to let the right conversations find their moment.
Cross-border became concrete
The network spans eleven countries and fourteen sectors. In Gibraltar, those geographies and verticals stopped being data points and became relationships. Many opportunities were discussed in the room with a focus on implementing AI within their practices, combining the tech quartet specialisation into a powerhouse team of global industry experts and live mandate opportunities across borders. The platform exists to sustain that traffic after the event closes. The Summit was where it started moving.
The Advisory Board set the tone
Clive Hatchard, President of the Advisiom Advisory Board, and Michael Gethen, its Chairman, were both present throughout the three days. Their combined experience across hundreds of mid-market transactions gave the Summit a seniority that attendees felt in the room, with both moderating sessions pertinent to the best outcomes of collaboration.
Gibraltar earned its place
The location was chosen with intention, and it delivered. The Sunborn offered something no conference venue replicates: the sense of being somewhere specific, on the edge of two continents, in a place that has always rewarded those who understood its position. More than one delegate remarked on it. One member later remarked that “it was an excellent event, having brought together a very high-quality collection of people and firms.”
Thank you
The First Annual Advisiom Deal Summit would not have been what it was without the firms that chose to be early. Our founding members, Debrett’s, Indcap, NICF, Westfalenfinanz, Kinetix Corporate Finance, Bengur Bryan, Modus Partners, Accent Capital, 3J Partners, MarchFirst, and Valio Ventures made a decision to back a vision before it became obvious. That is, as Amanda Simmons noted in her opening remarks, the hallmark of a great dealmaker.
To every delegate who travelled to Gibraltar, sat in the room, and put their trust and their time into this network: thank you.
What comes next
The Summit was the beginning of the working calendar, not a standalone event. Deal flow generated here will move through the platform in the weeks ahead. The next Annual Advisiom Deal Summit is confirmed for 2027.
If you were not in Gibraltar and you work in boutique M&A, the question worth asking is a simple one: where will you be when the next one happens?
Membership enquiries and expressions of interest are open now. Reach out at amanda@advisiom.com.
Photography and Videography by Phoebe Noble @phoebenoble.media
