• CEE Consulting Group

     CEE Consulting Group is a leading risk advisor to businesses in Central and Eastern Europe. Domiciled in London and Warsaw, CEE Consulting Group has an unrivalled network of specialists throughout the region. We specialise in all facets of information gathering for our clients, ranging from high-level intelligence from top regional sources to data and knowledge management for firms active or looking to break into the highly lucrative CEE markets. 

    We are positioned to assist our clients in all aspects of strategic and operational decision-making, ranging from market-entry assistance; pre-transaction due diligence on a potential acquisition; adapting to a new regulatory environment; or dispute resolution for companies operating in this multi-jurisdictional environment. 

     

  • CEE Advisory

    CEE Advisory is a specialist risk consulting company operating out of Warsaw and London. We provide specialist due diligence services to a wide-range of clients including major international blue chip companies and many world-class global consultancies. We have an unrivalled network of sources through Central Eastern Europe, catering to the specific needs of our clients. 

    Our services include business advisory on transaction risk, not limited to just M&A activity, but also covering joint-ventures. Through our diversified global network of sources and contacts, we specialise in cross-border advisory, both for international companies planning acquisitions in Central Europe, as well as Central European businesses looking to expand across borders.

    CEE Advisory provides a value-added rarity in the region in terms of human source intelligence. We believe that obtaining the best and most reliable information requires face-to-face contact with the primary decision-maker, regardless of specialty or field. We currently have access to key decision-makers in the business, political, journalistic and legal spheres, and our clients as a result receive a thorough report, which allows both a systematic and informed business decision.

    We also have the necessary elasticity to bring together specialized teams of experts for any given project. Moreover, confidentiality is of utmost importance to us, and we will take all necessary steps to ensure that the end-client will not be identified by any of the sources with whom we speak. 

    CEE Advisory is the pre-eminent provider of such services in Central Europe. We provide full service for our clients and are often retained as advisors long after a key transaction has taken place.

     

  • CEE Compliance

     CEE Compliance is the pre-eminent source for the red-flag checks you need in order to be compliant with your government's legal policy on private investments abroad. From U.S.-Foreign-Corrupt-Practices-Act checks to investigations guaranteeing that your company adheres to new British anti-bribery laws, CEE  Compliance will deliver the information you need to decide on future investments and business deals abroad. CEE Consulting Group, through CEE Compliance, specialise in gathering information from all countries within the region, including difficult-to-access facts and figures for international business. We have teams located in every country in the region, which in practicality means that through our network we have experts in every major city in the CEE. On this note, we provide full services for both large institutional investors, as well as for SMEs currently working or planning to work in the region, with this including access to paid-for databases, as well has human source information and, when necessary, detective services that ensure red-flag checks are undertaken in full compliance to both local, US, EU and British law. 

     

  • CEE Insight

    Is the euro a 'burning building with no exits?'

    When recently interviewed, British Foreign Minister, William Hague described the euro as "a burning building with no exits."

    The quote makes for a striking mental image - and it should make us think. Problems within the Eurozone are well documented, but in essence countries, which for political reasons manipulated their figures to meet accession criteria, are now being burned badly, and self-preservation dictates an exit will be forcefully created. While the current structure does not allow for this, a tipping point is coming which politicians will be powerless to prevent, this being caused by the relentless need to refinance debt factored against the German reluctance to sanction any further fiscal transfers.

    While it is safe to assume that at this point Greece will have no choice but to leave the euro, such an event creates more questions than answers. However, it is logical to assume that once a way is found for Greece to exit, there will be a political exercise applied by the rest of the PIIGS (countries which are going through a recession within the Eurozone: Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain) to see if it really is worth staying in the monetary union, or if the best strategy is to selectively default on debt then exit. This would create the need to competitively devalue, have export driven economic growth and take the credit electorally for "listening to the people."

    Certainly, some- if not all - will follow suit. Some will jump, others will be pushed....

    For more please see our sister publication at:

    http://www.ceeinsight.net/