WhatsApp first, always
Request access to the desk.
One message with five answers in it. Capital range, target sector, timeline, prior acquisitions and the source of your funds. That is gate zero, and it takes about two minutes to clear.
No seller is named and no owner is approached before an NDA and identification are in place. That applies to every enquiry, including referrals.
What to send
Five answers, one message.
Copy the list, answer it in your own words, send it. Specific answers get matched against live mandates the same day. Vague ones do not, and that is the gate working as intended.
The first message
- Target sector. Be specific. "FM and MEP maintenance" or "auto services", not "any profitable business".
- Size range in AED. By asking price or by revenue, whichever you think in.
- Capital range. How much cash you can deploy in the next ninety days, and where it comes from: personal funds, partner capital, a fund or family office mandate.
- Prior acquisitions. Whether you have bought a business before, and which one.
- Timeline. Closing within three months, within six months, or still exploring. All three are acceptable answers.
Confidentiality runs both ways. Your enquiry is treated as confidential from the first message. Your name, your thesis and your funding position are not discussed with sellers, other buyers, or anyone else.
Then what
What happens after you press send.
Your answers are read and matched against what is currently under mandate. If there is a fit, you get the next step. If there is not, you are told plainly and stay on the list.
NDA with non-circumvention terms, plus a passport or Emirates ID copy. Both are logged before anything with a name on it moves.
Proof of funds: a bank letter or statement showing liquid funds at half the target price or more, or a mandate letter from your capital source.
Two questions. What you have looked at in the last twelve months and why you did not buy, and who else has to say yes on this.
The anonymized profile, the full information memorandum, and a chaperoned meeting with the owner. The full sequence is on the buyer process page.
No name before the NDA
Sector, emirate and banded figures are shared freely. The trade name, licence number, address and photographs are not, until a signed non-disclosure agreement with non-circumvention terms and identification are logged. Asking for the name early does not speed this up.
What this desk will not do
It will not send you a portal login, an inventory list, or a brochure. It will not arrange an informal owner meeting ahead of the gates. It will not give legal, tax or immigration advice, which belong with your own counsel and the relevant authority.
Request access
Start with one message.
Capital range, target sector, timeline. If it lines up with anything currently under mandate, you will hear back with a next step rather than a brochure.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A Coello Advisory platform. Selling instead? Start here.
Registering as a buyer? Complete the buyer registration instead, so your sector, budget and timeline are on file.