Buchler Phillips (BP) and Business Links Consultancy (BLC) are delighted to announce a unique joint venture, offering clients a wide range of consulting and market access services for Europe, the Middle East and Asia via the strategic Mediterranean hub of Cyprus.
Together, Buchler Phillips and BLC will undertake business growth, performance improvement, revenue development, turnaround and restructuring projects in key markets beyond the UK and western Europe. BLC, based in Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus, specialises in helping corporate and high net worth individual clients to build effective commercial networks and identify the most suitable business partners. Buchler Phillips, meanwhile, has a very long history of working with businesses to achieve financial longevity and sustainability, as well as developing optimal solutions for distressed enterprises facing insolvency. The joint venture will provide opportunities for existing clients of both firms to benefit from a wider range of business enhancing services, while creating a compelling offer for those new to Buchler Phillips and BLC.
BLC is led by its founding President and Managing Director, Christos Yiangou, a former diplomat of Cyprus’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs with extensive business experience in central and eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia, as well as in Buchler Phillips’s home market of the UK. As part of the joint venture, Christos will become a consultant to Buchler Phillips.
Commenting on the new partnership, David Buchler, Chairman and Founder of Buchler Phillips, said:
“I’m delighted to welcome Christos to the team. Our joint venture provides the critical balance between building powerful networks to generate dynamic commercial relationships, and a strategic approach to operational and financial matters. We believe this holistic approach will become a strong differentiator in helping our clients to thrive.”
Christos Yiangou added:
“Partnering with a firm of Buchler Phillips’s pedigree and technical skills will prove invaluable to those in the BLC network as it they seek to minimise risk in assessing new projects and collaborators. I look forward to working closely with David and the team to expand our joint outreach and pursue new opportunities.”
Buchler Phillips Ltd is a leading independent, UK based corporate recovery, turnaround and restructuring firm, dealing also with business advisory work in a wide variety of sectors. Based on an impeccable professional heritage dating back to the 1930s in London’s Mayfair, where it remains situated, , the senior team at Buchler Phillips is equally comfortable advising global corporations, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) or individuals on all aspects of financial and operational challenges, as well as supporting them in their ambitions to grow. Backed by decades of experience, each of our Partners and team members, bring to any given engagement unique independent insight, free from conflicts of interest, that is often sought but rarely found by clients or co-advisors. The firm is sector-agnostic, but has particularly strong credentials in real estate; retail; financial services; transport and logistics; UK sport; leisure and hospitality; manufacturing and engineering; technology, media and entertainment.
Business Links Consultancy Ltd (BLC), founded in 2002, is private consulting firm located in Cyprus and specialising in business matchmaking within Europe, the Middle East and Asia. BLC provides its clients (international companies or high net worth individuals) with all the necessary guidance, assistance and inside information that will help them select the right business partner and/or investor located in the above regions. This approach helps BLC clients to substantially minimise the risk of any potential business cooperation. Through a vast network of international associated consultants, BLC, enables its clients to attract investment funds, form joint-ventures or sell/buy goods and services. BLC performs with the maximum concentration in order to ensure that its clients can find the right project and/or investor. BLC’s mission is to work with its clients with confidentiality and efficiency in order to provide them with first-class business matchmaking and networking opportunities that will contribute to their success and happiness.