Project finance, capital raising and M&A for Abu Dhabi's businesses, developers and investors.
Matchpoint advises Abu Dhabi sponsors, developers, family offices and institutions on raising and structuring capital, financing projects, and executing transactions across the capital stack.
We connect Abu Dhabi capital to global opportunities and bring international investors and lenders into UAE mandates — partner-led at every step.
Abu Dhabi’s capital base is distinctively institutional: sovereign-adjacent investors, government-related entities and multi-generational family groups running allocation programmes with their own committees, mandates and pacing. Raising here is less about the volume of meetings and more about preparation — an institution-grade pack, a clear governance story and a structure that fits the allocator’s framework. We prepare sponsors for sovereign wealth fund and family office processes before the first meeting is ever sought, so the conversation starts on institutional terms.
Co-investment is part of the culture. Abu Dhabi institutions and family offices increasingly prefer direct co-investment alongside sponsors to blind-pool commitments — taking positions deal by deal, with visibility on the asset, the sponsor’s own capital at risk and the path to exit. For sponsors, that preference rewards transparency: clean structures, aligned economics and reporting that stands up to institutional scrutiny. We design co-investment entry points so anchor investors can participate meaningfully without diluting the sponsor’s control of the transaction.
The emirate’s investment horizon is long. Infrastructure, energy transition and industrial platforms attract Abu Dhabi capital precisely because they reward duration — patient balance sheets matched to assets that compound over decades rather than quarters. We advise on both sides of that flow: helping international sponsors raise from, or sell to, Abu Dhabi institutions, and giving regional investors access to live mandates across our coverage markets. Where a process touches Abu Dhabi capital, mandate fit is screened before any approach is made.
What we do in Abu Dhabi
Yes — direct investments, co-investment alongside sponsors, fund commitments and private-credit allocation for Abu Dhabi family offices and institutions.
Preparation first: institution-grade materials, a defensible valuation and a structure that fits the allocator’s mandate. We then run a focused process with the small number of institutions whose strategy genuinely matches the opportunity, rather than a broad distribution exercise — institutional credibility is built before the first meeting.
Many do. Sovereign-adjacent investors and family offices increasingly take direct positions alongside sponsors, with deal-level visibility and aligned economics. We structure co-investment tranches that welcome anchor capital while preserving the sponsor’s control, and we prepare the governance and reporting framework institutions expect.
Yes — we run sell-side processes targeting Abu Dhabi institutions, government-related entities and family groups, particularly for infrastructure, energy-transition and income-producing real assets where long-duration capital is the natural owner. Confidentiality is maintained throughout, and each counterparty’s mandate fit is screened before any approach.
Primarily a success fee with a modest retainer, agreed in writing up front and scaled to the size and complexity of the transaction — with no hidden costs.
Most mandates reach a first term sheet within 30–90 days (M&A typically 4–9 months to close), depending on diligence readiness and structure.
A short, confidential scoping call and NDA; we structure the requirement, prepare materials, run a competitive process across our 5,000+ investor and lender relationships, and negotiate to close — with a partner leading throughout.
Tell us what you're trying to finance. A partner will respond personally — typically within one business day.
