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Management

Petro Consulting DBV brings great value to clients by forging partnerships in transformation.



Mr. Devin
Founder/CEO

Devin specializes in professional grade business finance documentation and start-ups. Specific services include Private Placement Memoeanda (PPM) supporting documentation, validation of claims, assumption worksheets, research, and proforma development. Devin has worked with over 600 clients in 17 industries since 2006. He has specifically completed hundreds of projects relating to business valuations, C-level consulting-coaching, certified business planning, commercial bank credit applications, confidential business assessments, IB financing (investment Banking), market planning, demographic research, market penetration modelling, non-complex credit applications, PPM, Crowd Funding and SBA loan packaging.

He lives and works in UAE but works with clients throughout the world (all-hours, all time zones). He is a graduate of the University of Toronto- Rotman School of Management with Cum Laude Honors.



John Riman Ashkur
Associate Partner

John is a finance and insolvency lawyer with considerable experience dealing with the Asset Based Lending (“ABL”) market. John acts for receivables financiers, banks and finance houses in relation to their facility and security documentation and their financing of transactions. He also acts for insolvency practitioners in relation to their appointments and the preservation and realisation of assets by them.

He has particular experience in advising lenders, investors and developers in the UK, America, UAE and European government/private Industrial sector, and in recent years has advised upon many high-profile CRE transactions for blue chip clients relating to prime assets (mainly located in UAE).

John is a regular attendee at real estate industry events and is a member of the Investment Property Forum. He also works closely with leading advisors in London in developing the Isle of Man’s important role in attracting international business and investment to the City.

John is an Associate Member of R3, the insolvency practitioners association and before joining Petro worked at Cidon Financial Institute and Mubadala Development Company UAE.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Facility documentation for banks, ABLs and finance houses for funding trade purchases and MBOs/MBIs, working capital and property purchase facilities Security documentation including debentures and charges on land, shares, intellectual property, book debts, sub-hiring agreements, cash deposits and chattels Intercreditor priority and subordination documentation Advising on the finance aspects of high value corporate tax schemes involving the UK and overseas jurisdictions Advising Administrators, LPA Receivers, Administrative Receivers, Liquidators and Trustees in Bankruptcy in relation to:- appointment validity negotiating and drafting sale agreements personal liabilities retention of title challenging prior transactions.



Esther Potrah
Financial Advisor/Partner

CAREER OBJECTIVE:
A high level of commitment towards work. Task oriented and able to work under defined work parameters. Adaptable to changing work culture and environment.

BIO DATA:
Esther was born in Boden, Sweden on the 12 January 1976.she is also a single female.

EDUCATION/QUALIFICATION:
Esther graduated with honors and a B.A. in management from the University of liege in Belgium, 1996. She is admitted to practice law at the state and federal level in the State of liege. She had her MS.c in Business Project Management in London South Bank University, 1998. She went ahead to the University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of law for her LL.M in Business law, 2000.

WORK EXPERIENCE:
Esther worked in-house as a business affairs law clerk for HBO in 2001-2002, after which she work as a secretary in The Finders and Associates in 2002-2004.Presently working as an Associate Partner at BECMAC Consulting LLC still date.

INTEREST:
Meeting people or companies with good business projects.

SKILLS:

Preparing Pitch book documents such as Teasers, Information Memorandum.
Financial analysis of Industry and Companies.
Strategic Advisory Work to Investment Banking M&A, Structured Debt & Private Equity Division Preparing Financial Model, Comparable Valuations and Meeting Minutes.
Providing assistance to project manager for Business Development such identifying companies/potential opportunities based on research.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
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