International

Zalis has always been there to help its clients in their international endeavors. We have been working around the world for 17 years. Naturally, we have forged strong international partnerships, opened offices abroad and are generating a significant part of our turnover from exporting our services.

We have been in the USA since 2012 with an office in New York and a partnership with B. Riley Advisory Services, one of the leading turnaround companies in the USA. Building on their respective successes, the two firms participated in founding BTG Global Advisory in 2015, which now has more than 2,000 employees.

BTG Global Advisory is an international network of independent turnaround and M&A firms located in Canada, USA, Brazil, India, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Poland, Germany, Italy, Spain and France.

These partnerships are also key for regulated activities, as they allow each partner to rely on the accreditations of partners with authorities, enabling us to help large groups and SMEs in global mandates, such as:

Disposal of subsidiaries
Investment sourcing
Industrial restructuring
Development initiatives
Consolidation of sectors, particularly industrial sectors
Technology and job protection

This network gives us privileged access to international investors looking for a European presence. Zalis has recently worked with industry leaders such as Cerberus, Silverpoint, Apollo Global Management, Monarch and Davidson Kempner in investment operations in Europe.

Our experts

Zalis is able to quickly mobilize multilingual experts of multiple nationalities with extensive international professional experience.

All are used to working in culturally rich and cosmopolitan environments. With such diversity, Zalis is perfectly aligned with today’s economic reality and is able to work with clients regardless of their geographical location and cultural and linguistic background.

International partnerships

2007: partnership with Jacques Attali’s consulting firm (A&A)
2012: partnership with B. Riley Advisory Services, one of the leaders in turnaround management in the USA
2013: opening of Zalis New York
2015: founding of BTG Global Advisory, an international network of independent turnaround management firms in Canada, USA, Brazil, India, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Poland, Germany, Italy, Spain and France
2017: opening of Zalis Montréal
2019: opening of Zalis Morocco

Some of
our mandates

Canada

Assistance with the restructuring of the parent company of a video game company; support during the sale of one of its subsidiaries to a French competitor. The Fonds de solidarité FTQ, the largest development capital network in Quebec and the largest labor body in Quebec, congratulated Zalis for its efforts in this mandate.

USA

Restructuring of a major European automotive equipment manufacturer’s plant in Poland. Mandate for a chemistry company.

Poland

Restructuring of a major European automotive equipment manufacturer’s plant in Poland. Mandate for a chemistry company.

Mauritania

Strategic assistance provided to the Mauritanian government in its digital transition.

Germany – Turkey

Supervision of a project to acquire a Turkish equipment manufacturer by its American competitor.

Qatar

(Luxury hotels) Assistance in the restructuring and sale of a major Parisian hotel to a Qatari sovereign fund. Crisis management mandate (shareholder conflict): operational takeover of the company, restructuring, preparation of the best exit solution for the shareholder (sale of the hotel).