Specialist Team, Built for Your Deal

We work with a curated bench of experienced transaction professionals across credit, private markets, legal, and sector diligence. Each engagement is led by a senior mandate lead who coordinates the workstream and keeps accountability tight from underwriting through closing.


When an engagement involves regulated placement activity or requires registered supervision, distribution and placement is handled through regulated counterparties, and any registered principal oversight is provided within the supervision and compliance framework of the relevant regulated firm.


Financely remains engaged on packaging, diligence coordination, process management, and execution support, on a best-efforts basis and subject to diligence, documentation, and counterparty approvals.

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Specialist Team Assembly

We operate with a senior-led core team and add specialist support only when it improves execution, documentation quality, or risk clarity. You get one accountable mandate lead, controlled specialist input where required, and a clean record of decisions from screening through closing.

How we staff

Fit-for-purpose, on demand

  • Senior mandate leadership appointed by our shareholders, with defined authority over execution, risk escalation, and delivery quality
  • Principal consultants and independent specialists engaged only when the structure, documents, underwriting, or technical diligence requires it
  • Conflict checks, NDAs, and KYC and AML gating before any third-party access to materials
  • Defined scope and deliverables managed in a controlled data room with version control and audit trail
  • Where regulated placement activity or registered supervision is required, execution is coordinated through appropriately licensed counterparties, including a FINRA-registered principal at the relevant regulated firm where applicable

Typical mobilization: about 2 business days for many trade and credit files; up to about 2 weeks for multi-party transactions, special assets, or cross-border workstreams.

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What you gain

  • Deal-specific expertise aligned to the actual risk profile and documentation
  • Lower fixed overhead since specialist time is engaged only when needed
  • Faster starts because the core team can begin immediately once engaged
  • Coverage across time zones and jurisdictions when counterparties require it

How we work with you

  • One senior team accountable for the plan, owners, and deliverables
  • Written updates with open items, risks, and next steps
  • Consistent file naming and document control for clean diligence
  • Independent advisory role; we are not a lender and do not act as principal in the transaction
Managing Director

Naveen Rashmi

Managing Director, Structured Capital Solutions, Financely

Structured debt advisory | Capital stack strategy | Cross-border financing | Sponsor-facing execution

Naveen leads complex financing mandates where capital structure, lender positioning, and execution discipline matter more than presentation alone. He is relevant where a transaction needs senior judgment on structure, lender fit, negotiation posture, and the route from raw requirement to executable financing process.

Managing Director

Jason Leung

Managing Director, Private Credit Solutions, Financely

Asset-based lending | Receivables finance | Borrowing base analysis | Working capital facilities | Credit packaging

Jason leads private credit and asset-based financing coverage for files involving receivables, inventory, borrowing base logic, and short-duration liquidity structures. He is relevant where collateral quality, eligibility mechanics, concentration risk, and lender appetite need to be tested before a file is circulated.

Principal Consultant

Hamdi Mansour

Principal Consultant, Trade Finance Structuring And Documentary Risk

CDCS | CTFP | UCP 600 | ISP98 | URDG 758 | Documentary flows and control review

Hamdi supports documentary credit, standby letter of credit, guarantee, and structured trade files where goods flow, documentary consistency, repayment logic, and control points need to be tested before lender presentation.

Independent Consultant

Dedika Marlowe

Independent Consultant, Trade Finance And Credit Risk Review

Credit review | LC and SBLC operations | Borrower screening | Contract and transaction review

Dedika supports trade and credit files that need early-stage screening for structural weaknesses, operational issues, borrower risk, and missing document logic before time is wasted with lenders or counterparties.

Principal Consultant

Christopher Dalton

Principal Consultant, Debt Advisory And Capital Structuring

Debt structuring | Lender-ready memoranda | Term sheet analysis | Credit positioning | Capital stack review

Christopher supports mandates where repayment logic, capital stack structure, and lender-facing materials need to be tightened so the file can move from broad financing ambition to something a serious credit team can review.

Principal Consultant

Navneet Bhatia

Principal Consultant, Project Finance Modelling And Infrastructure

Integrated models | Debt sizing | Waterfall analysis | Sensitivity cases | Energy and infrastructure finance

Navneet supports project finance and infrastructure mandates that require integrated model work, downside case testing, reserve logic, debt sizing, and lender-ready analytical outputs before credit process begins.

Principal Consultant

Lars Holloway

Principal Consultant, Quantitative Risk And Analytics

Python analysis | Model validation | Stress testing | Risk methodology review | Board-ready analytical outputs

Lars supports technically demanding mandates where model architecture, analytical rigor, stress testing, and assumption challenge matter. He is relevant where standard spreadsheet work is not enough.

Independent Consultant

Sarah Bennett

Independent Consultant, Model Audit And Valuation

Model audit | Valuation analysis | Assumption testing | Sensitivity review | Excel QA

Sarah supports files that need cleaner model review, valuation testing, quality control, and presentation-ready outputs before a lender, investor, or diligence team sees the numbers.

Principal Consultant

James Whitaker

Principal Consultant, Commercial Real Estate Underwriting

Property underwriting | DSCR and LTV analysis | Rent roll review | Bridge and acquisition case review

James supports Commercial Real Estate mandates involving property-level underwriting, lender packaging, debt sizing, and analysis of rent rolls, leases, and operating performance.

Principal Consultant

Justin Fairchild

Principal Consultant, Strategic Finance And FP&A

Three-statement modelling | Forecasting | Board reporting | Cash runway analysis | Fundraising support

Justin supports mandates that need stronger forecasting, scenario planning, liquidity analysis, and financial narrative so sponsors and borrowers present a cleaner, more credible file to capital providers.

Principal Consultant

Daniel Harper

Principal Consultant, Structured Debt And Capital Stack Solutions

Senior and mezzanine debt | Sources and uses | Repayment case modelling | Capital stack coordination

Daniel supports mandates where capital stack logic, sources and uses, repayment cases, and debt structuring need to be made more coherent before lender outreach or formal review.

Independent Consultant

Alison Moore

Independent Consultant, Client Intake And Service Coordination

Client intake | Submission screening | Portal support | Workflow coordination | Follow-up management

Alison handles the front end of the process as a client service representative. She helps organize inbound submissions, manage intake steps, coordinate portal activity, and route files properly before technical review begins.

Credit Analysts

Underwriting, financial models, collateral mapping, and risk write-ups.

Legal & Compliance

Document review support, KYC and AML readiness, and jurisdictional checks.

Trade Finance

Letters of Credit, SBLCs, UPAS, collateral control, and documentary workflows.

Commercial Real Estate

Bridge, mezzanine, preferred equity, and development capital stacks.

Project Finance

Capital structuring, staged draws, lender process, and sponsor diligence support.

Trustees & Fiduciaries

Escrow mechanics, collateral flows, SPVs, and security workflows.

This section is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, tax, investment, or broker-dealer advice, and is not an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security. Financely acts as an advisor and arranger on a best-efforts basis and is not a lender, bank, law firm, broker-dealer, or registered investment adviser. We do not guarantee financing, approvals, investor interest, or closing outcomes. Any transaction is subject to diligence, counterparty and credit committee approvals, definitive documentation, and KYC, AML, and sanctions screening. Specialists, counsel, fiduciaries, and regulated intermediaries may be engaged under separate agreements and, where applicable, under their own supervision and compliance frameworks. Where regulated placement activity or registered supervision is required, distribution and placement are handled through appropriately licensed and regulated counterparties. Timelines are estimates and depend on file quality, responsiveness, and counterparty readiness.

Selected Deal Experience*

Representative transaction exposure across trade finance, structured debt, private credit, project finance, Commercial Real Estate, and business acquisition mandates.

Structured lender-ready files for clients seeking trade finance facilities backed by receivables, inventory, and documentary controls across cross-border goods flows.

Advised on asset-based liquidity structures using aging reports, borrowing base logic, eligibility criteria, and collateral reporting to support working capital solutions.

Supported mandates requiring standby letter of credit review, documentary risk analysis, repayment path testing, and lender-facing restructuring of weak trade submissions.

Built and reviewed integrated financial models for infrastructure and energy-related mandates involving debt sizing, reserve logic, waterfall analysis, and downside sensitivities.

Prepared debt memoranda, transaction summaries, and lender-ready materials for borrowers pursuing structured debt, private credit, and sponsor-backed acquisition financing.

Screened Commercial Real Estate financing files through property-level underwriting, lease and rent roll review, DSCR analysis, capital stack assessment, and lender packaging.

Supported business acquisition files requiring cash flow underwriting, sources and uses analysis, debt service case construction, and tighter sponsor presentation before lender outreach.

Worked on trade and credit files where counterparty chain, contract logic, documentary consistency, and goods-flow controls had to be corrected before serious credit review could begin.

Contributed to mandates needing structured review of term sheets, lender fit, repayment logic, collateral mechanics, and overall transaction bankability across multiple financing formats.

Supported clients with model audit, valuation testing, scenario analysis, and spreadsheet quality control where weak assumptions or poor file discipline risked undermining execution.

Coordinated specialist input across underwriting, trade finance, private credit, modelling, and intake functions so live mandates moved through controlled workflows with audit trail and version discipline.

Assisted on mandates spanning trade finance, project finance, Commercial Real Estate, and business acquisitions where execution depended on clearer structure, stronger documents, and cleaner lender presentation.

* Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Representative experience is shown for informational purposes only and may include work performed across different mandates, clients, counterparties, sectors, and transaction stages.

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Disclaimer

Advice to Private Equity, Venture Capital and Strategic Investors — Financely Group provides consulting services to clients on either a retainer or project basis. These include identifying potential investment opportunities, evaluation of transactions being contemplated by clients, development of strategic plans for portfolio companies and coaching of portfolio company management teams. These services are provided by contract directly to clients and do not place Financely Group in the role of a Broker/Dealer.


Financial Transaction Advice — Financely Group is not a registered Broker/Dealer and does not act as an agent for buyers or sellers of businesses. This is consistent with the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 which directs that brokers and dealers in securities register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and become members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). The SEC considers the term “broker” to generally include persons providing advice regarding financial transactions who accept “transaction-based” compensation. Transaction-based compensation is defined as any commission or finder’s fee which is dependent or based upon the execution of a transaction. More broadly, advisers on buying or selling companies are subject to SEC regulation because transaction advice generally involves the transfer of securities – typically, equity interests in the company being bought or sold.


Securities Services Provided by Investment Banks — If potential clients require assistance in executing a transaction involving the purchase or sale of securities, as opposed to the sale of assets or negotiation of licensing arrangements, Financely Group typically introduces them to an investment bank. Clients enter into a contract with such investment bank to receive the requested services. Unless the client remunerates Financely Group with equity prior to closure. Financely cannot earn transaction-based compensation.