We advise business owners on selling their company and on mergers — the same rigour the largest banks reserve for billion-euro deals, applied to the lower mid-market that has, until now, been overlooked.
Get in TouchValastria Partners is deliberately focused. We do not chase mandates outside our discipline. We advise shareholders on selling, and we advise companies on merging. That is the firm.
We represent business owners who have decided — or are seriously considering — to sell. We manage the entire process end-to-end so the owner stays focused on running the company while the transaction is handled with discretion.
For companies navigating a merger, we advise on deal structure, process discipline, and negotiation. We act exclusively in the client's interest — from the first conversation to the final signature.
Owner-managed companies in the lower mid-market face the same complexity as a billion-euro deal — valuation, buyers, structuring, negotiation. They deserve the same standard of advice.
We exist for the segment that investment banks ignore and generic consultants are not equipped to serve — owner-managed businesses ready for a defining transaction.
No products to push. No conflicting mandates. The only outcome we optimise for is the one our client signed up for.
From the first valuation conversation to the closing signature, the same team runs the process. No handovers. No diluted accountability.
Valastria Partners was founded on a simple observation: in Portugal, the businesses most in need of professional M&A advice are precisely the ones who have never had access to it.
Investment banks reserve their attention for transactions that justify their cost structure. Generic consultants are not equipped for the technical work of selling a company. Between them sits an entire generation of Portuguese owner-managers — people who built businesses worth selling, but who, when the moment arrives, find no one in the market built to advise them.
We exist to close that gap.
We are a boutique advisory firm based in Portugal, working with owner-managed businesses across every sector. We are generalists by design — what unites our clients is not industry, but moment. The decision to sell, the decision to merge: rare events in the life of a company, irreversible once made, and rarely faced twice.
Our discipline is to bring the same standard of analysis, process, and negotiation that the largest banks reserve for billion-euro deals — and to bring it to the segment of the market that, until now, has been left to figure it out alone.
Selling a company is one of the most consequential decisions a founder will ever make. Our work is to make sure it is also one of the best-prepared.
Every transaction starts with a conversation. If you are considering a sale or a merger — at any stage, even if you're only exploring — reach out. We will tell you honestly what we think.