Client Onboarding And Engagement
Client Intake Procedure
Financely works with operating companies, sponsors, and transaction parties that have a real financing requirement, a defined commercial objective, and the budget to retain professional advisory support. Our intake process is designed to filter serious mandates early, reduce wasted time, and move suitable transactions into review, structuring, and lender-facing execution on a disciplined basis.
Who We Serve
This procedure is intended for operating companies, established counterparties, sponsors, and transaction-led clients seeking capital advisory support for trade finance, project finance, commercial real estate, acquisitions, or related structured finance matters. In practical terms, the client should have a genuine mandate, annual turnover, usable documents, and the internal capacity to engage in a proper underwriting and execution process.
We are not set up for speculative discussions with no defined transaction, no documentary support, or no advisory budget. The best fit is a client that is ready to move, ready to respond, and ready to fund a professional workstream if the mandate is suitable.
Why The Process Exists
Financely does not undertake free mandates or open-ended unpaid advisory work. That is not about being difficult. It is about preserving professional discipline. Serious structuring work involves review of documents, analysis of counterparties, stress-testing of the capital story, identification of weaknesses, preparation of lender-facing materials, and management of the execution track where appropriate.
A defined paid process helps both parties determine quickly whether a transaction is workable, whether the file is lender-ready, and whether further time should be committed. That saves time for the client and prevents drift, confusion, and unproductive market approaches.
Operating Companies
Businesses with revenue, active trade or project activity, and a transaction that can be documented and assessed on commercial terms.
Budgeted Mandates
Clients that understand advisory, structuring, legal coordination, and lender packaging require committed working time and budget allocation.
Documented Opportunities
Transactions supported by contracts, financials, counterparties, collateral information, or other materials that allow a serious review to take place.
Execution-Oriented Clients
Parties that want a real answer on viability and next steps, rather than vague exploration with no mandate discipline.
How The Intake Process Works
1. Initial Request
The client submits the transaction outline, funding requirement, counterparties, and available supporting documents for preliminary review.
2. Preliminary Assessment
We assess whether the mandate fits our scope, whether the commercial story is coherent, and whether the file appears suitable for deeper work.
3. Proposal And Retainer
If the matter is suitable, we issue a proposal or indicative terms setting out scope, fees, assumptions, and the required retainer for activation.
4. Active Engagement
Once engaged, we proceed with the agreed workstream, which may include structuring, underwriting preparation, packaging, and lender or capital-provider positioning.
What We Usually Need To See
| Area |
What It Means In Practice |
| Commercial Purpose |
A clear explanation of what the financing is for, how it fits the transaction, and what outcome the client is trying to achieve. |
| Supporting Documents |
Contracts, invoices, purchase orders, financials, project materials, collateral details, or other core documents relevant to the mandate. |
| Counterparties |
Basic information on buyers, suppliers, sponsors, obligors, tenants, vendors, or other relevant transaction participants. |
| Funding Requirement |
The requested size, use of proceeds, timeline, and any constraints affecting the capital structure or execution path. |
| Client Readiness |
The ability to respond promptly, supply missing items, and move forward under a formal advisory engagement where appropriate. |
Not every file will be accepted. Where a transaction is too early, poorly documented, commercially inconsistent, or not yet suitable for market presentation, the right answer may be to decline the mandate or require further preparation before any lender-facing work begins.
Indicative Timelines
Timing depends on the service line, the quality of the file, the responsiveness of the client, and the complexity of the transaction. There is no universal clock across all mandates.
Trade Finance
Often progresses over a period of roughly 3 to 6 weeks where the file is coherent, the counterparties are clear, and the transaction can be structured promptly.
Project Finance And Complex Capital Raises
Often takes 2 to 6+ months depending on diligence scope, structuring requirements, legal workstreams, and the pace of third-party review.
Where Financely Fits
Financely acts as an advisory and placement-led structuring firm. We are not the direct lender. Our role is to help determine whether the transaction makes sense, shape it into a more financeable form where appropriate, prepare the file for serious review, and support lender-facing execution when the mandate warrants it.
For many clients, the main issue is not the absence of capital in the market. It is that the transaction is not yet presented in a form a capital provider can properly assess. That is the gap this process is designed to address.
Need A Formal Review Of Your Transaction?
If you have an active financing requirement, supporting documents, and budget allocated for advisory work, request a quote and we can assess the appropriate next step.