Narrow focus pays off for GulfMerger

Kuwait-based firm has big ambitions in the Gulf’s growing middle market.

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GulfMerger, set up in 2007, is an independent investment bank providing advisory services for mid-market mergers and acquisition deals. The bank is based in Kuwait, and has offices in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon.

The company has kept a narrow focus and not expanded into other areas of investment banking. Yann Pavie, its founder and chief executive officer, says this approach has paid off for the firm, which was named by Euromoney as best M&A house in Kuwait in 2008 and 2010.

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