Advisory

Not a connector. Not a bulge-bracket bank.

Ambrosia operates in the middle. Senior attention throughout. Cross-border execution capability where boutiques can’t operate and bulge brackets won’t engage. Deal intelligence and structuring depth that lets us run conversations on the same footing as the principals.

Transaction Scope

Advisory across the full spectrum of life sciences deal-making.

Licensing
Out-Licensing
Helping companies license assets to pharma partners
Licensing
In-Licensing
Sourcing and acquiring licenses for pharma pipeline gaps
M&A
Sell-Side M&A
Whole-company sale processes with competitive dynamics
M&A
Buy-Side M&A
Target identification and acquisition for mid-pharma
Partnerships
Strategic Partnerships
Co-development, joint ventures, and platform collaborations

Engagement Tiers

Scoped to where you are. Structured to move you forward.

Tier IStrategic Advisory

Companies getting ready to go to market.

Clinical-stage companies, typically Series A or early Series B, with one to two lead assets. 10 to 40 headcount. Often pre-data or approaching a meaningful readout. The work is positioning, not process — making sure the asset story, the competitive frame, and the deal structure are right before any counterparty sees them.

Stage
Series A → early Series B
Geography
North America, Europe, Israel, Asia-Pacific
Workstreams
Positioning, comparable transaction analysis, counterparty mapping, term-structure benchmarking
Tier IIFull Deal Advisory

Companies with a transaction in motion.

Late Series B or Series C, actively running a licensing, partnering, or co-development process. The asset is real, the counterparties are identifiable, and the question is how to structure and close. We design the outreach, manage the process, and sit across the table in every negotiation.

Stage
Late Series B → Series C
Geography
Global — US / EU / UK / Asia
Deal Types
Out-licensing, territorial deals, co-development structures
Tier IIIM&A / Licensing Execution

Full execution mandates for material transactions.

Post-Series C and commercial-stage companies running competitive sale processes, mid-pharma acquirers facing patent cliffs, and cross-border deals that require regulatory, IP, and structural fluency no single jurisdiction can provide.

Sell-Side
Whole-company sale processes. Post-Series C or commercial-stage. Competitive dynamics, structured process, definitive agreements.
Buy-Side
Mid-pharma facing patent cliffs. Asset identification, valuation, diligence coordination, and negotiation through close.
Cross-Border
China-to-West and transatlantic. Regulatory, IP, and structural complexity that demands presence on both sides.

Engagement Architecture

Every mandate follows the same structure. No mandate looks the same.

01
Diagnostic
Define the win before any mandate is signed. Objectives, constraints, and success criteria — agreed upfront.
02
Workstream Design
Discrete workstreams, each with an explicit deliverable and gate. Nothing open-ended.
03
Execution
Managing Partner in every meeting. No junior handoff. Continuity from diagnostic through close.
04
Outcome
Measured against the success criteria set in the diagnostic. Aligned incentives throughout.

Bring us your transaction.

We’ll meet you at peer level — anywhere in the world.

Issa Kildani

Managing Partner

info@ambrosiaventures.co