Track record
Banks, regulators, family manufacturers, development programmes and sovereign institutions — every star below is a mandate Orion has carried out since 2002. Client names are withheld unless the client is a public institution; ongoing assignments are disclosed on completion.
Mandates by period and advisory line
Led by Nicolas Photiades Led by Dr. Ghassan Chammas Joint Landmark mandate
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All disclosed mandates
2002–2006
| Client | Assignment |
|---|---|
| Lebanese bank | Performance-linked preferred share issue; operational restructuring, capital optimisation and funding |
| Lebanese bank | Tier 2 capital raising and two preferred share issues |
| Lebanese bank | Basel II implementation and regulatory capital calculation mechanism |
| Lebanese bank | Funding diversification, policies and procedures, correspondent banking, credit analysis |
| Lebanese bank | Policies and procedures, credit analysis and risk management capabilities |
| Contracting, real estate and ready-mix group | Debt rescheduling, refinancing, group operational and legal restructuring |
| Casual dining chain | Systems overhaul, profit optimisation, reshuffling of the shareholding |
| Union of Arab Banks | Basel II advisory, risk and rating workshops, board strategy |
| Real estate project, Jordan | Capital optimisation and potential credit rating |
| Factoring company | Set-up of a factoring fund for the MENA region |
| Banque du Liban | Loan-classification and debt-to-property swap regulations |
2011–2018
| Client | Assignment |
|---|---|
| Gas distribution company | Capital optimisation; conventional and Islamic bank financing for regional expansion |
| Leading Levant car dealer | Feasibility of a minibus and commercial-vehicle assembly plant in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone; two acquisitions; leasing and car-finance company |
| Car dealer | Restructuring and sale of a dealership to a competitor |
| Car dealer | Potential sale to a competitor |
| Car dealer | Debt securities, equity and cross-border triangulation to refinance bank debt |
| Casual dining group | Stake acquisition by a local private equity fund |
| Agro-food processor | Sale to a local competitor |
| Shoe manufacturer | Disposal to a group of private investors |
| Egyptian hotel and property group | Board seat, shareholder arbitration and debt restructuring |
| Lebanese stockbroker | Restructuring and development, with the central bank |
| US SEC-accredited rating agency | Business development in the GCC |
| International rating agency | Business development in MENA and Islamic markets |
| Jordanian information provider | Scoring system for retail banking products |
| Solar energy provider, Jordan | Factoring of municipal receivables; WACC lowered by 500 bp |
| Agro-food processor and distributor | Leveraged buy-out of a minority stake after valuation; restructuring plan |
| Media cluster project, Beirut | Investment opportunity brief and structuring for an integrated media production campus in the Beirut metropolitan region |
| Building-materials manufacturing project | Investment opportunity brief for a high-performance building-materials plant serving the Lebanese real-estate market |
| Data and automation venture | Business model, revenue architecture and investor presentation for a technology start-up |
| Investment bank in formation, regional | Feasibility study, establishment memorandum, peer analysis of private banks and McKinsey 7-S organisation design |
2019–2026
| Client | Assignment |
|---|---|
| Medical centre, Mount Lebanon | Independent valuation of a hospital for its shareholders |
| Car dealership | Advisory mandate on financing and strategic options |
| Banking supervision manual | Review of supervisory instruction manuals for banks and non-bank financial institutions |
| Payments fintech | Regulatory pathway for a licensed payments platform and investor review |
| Lebanon Trade Finance Support Fund | Structuring of a Cyprus-domiciled trade-finance fund with Ellinas Finance |
| Banking institute, Libya | Institutional strengthening of a national institute of banking and financial studies (AFD-funded) |
| Women-led enterprises programme | Financial literacy curriculum and training for women-led enterprises (UN programme) |
| Dairy processing plant, Lebanon | Feasibility study for skim-milk-powder and butter operations serving Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Jordan and West Africa |
| Bank, United Arab Emirates | Machine-learning models for marketing, management and operations |
| Consumer-finance company, Saudi Arabia | Machine-learning retail credit-scoring and default-analytics model |
| Corporate governance scoring | Design of a rules-based, industry-adaptive governance scoring system |
| Regional rating agency | Distribution partnership for the ORION scoring platform |
| Technology parks programme, regional | Financing and development framework for a network of technology parks |
| Nationwide government project | Financial structure of a national energy fund for industry |
| Municipal solar programme | Financing structure for village-scale solar plants through LTFS |
The partners have advised a number of other projects, corporates and financial institutions. Some are ongoing and will be disclosed on completion.