Contact · Confidential from the first line

Start with a message, not a form

There is no enquiry form on this site, no mailing list, and no automated funnel. WhatsApp goes directly to Joseph. Most first conversations are from owners who are not selling this year and want to know where they stand.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Replies usually within a working day, Gulf Standard Time.

Make the first message useful

What to send

Five lines is enough for a real answer. You do not need to name the company, and nothing here requires you to have decided anything.

  • Sector and what the business actually does. Facilities management, auto workshop, trading, clinic, agency. Roughly what it does day to day.
  • Revenue band for the last full year. A band is fine. Under AED 3 million, 3 to 8, 8 to 20, above that.
  • Rough net profit, and anything you personally run through the company. Vehicles, family on payroll, travel. This is normal and it matters to the number.
  • Headcount, and whether someone could run it without you. The single biggest factor on the multiple after the earnings themselves.
  • Why now. Retirement, a partner dispute, health, boredom, an unsolicited approach, or just wanting to know where you stand.
You do not need documents to start. VAT returns, bank statements and payroll records only come into it if the conversation moves to a written valuation, and even then only with your agreement. An indicative read needs none of them.

Prefer to type it out

Or send a message here

Same result as WhatsApp, just in writing. Joseph reads every one personally.

Name plus an email address or a WhatsApp number is all that is required.


After you send it

What happens next

Same day
A reply from Joseph, usually with two or three follow-up questions. No sales sequence, no calendar link, no assistant.
48 to 72 hours
A written valuation read: an indicative range built from your figures, the multiple logic behind it, and the specific factors moving your number up or down. Free, and yours to keep whatever you do next.
If it goes further
A conversation about whether a full written valuation or a sell-side mandate makes sense. Fees for any engagement are quoted in writing beforehand, and nothing starts until you have agreed them.
If it does not
Nothing happens. Your details are not added to a list, passed to anyone, or used to contact you again unless you ask.

The promise

Confidentiality, in plain terms

  • Your company name is never shared with anyone without your explicit instruction, at the moment you give it.
  • If a business goes to market, buyers first see an anonymized profile: sector, size, and the shape of the numbers. Nothing that identifies you.
  • No buyer learns a name until they have signed a non-disclosure agreement, provided identification, and shown verified funds.
  • Live deals are referred to internally by codename, not by company name.
  • Nothing is listed publicly, anywhere, at any point.
  • Your details are never sold, rented, or passed to a third party.

What that cannot cover: WhatsApp is operated by Meta and its own terms and encryption apply to messages in transit, and email is inherently less private than either. If something is highly sensitive, say so and it can be discussed by voice instead. How this site handles analytics data is set out in the privacy policy.


Other ways

If WhatsApp does not suit you

WhatsApp, preferred
+971 52 768 0892. Goes to Joseph directly. This is how negotiation actually happens in this market.
Email
joseph@coelloadvisory.com. Slower, and please do not send financial documents in a first email.
The firm
Coello Advisory, and Joseph personally at josephcoello.com.
Buying, not selling
Qualified buyers looking for UAE acquisitions should go to uaedealroom.com. Expect the same NDA and proof of funds gates described on this site.
Based in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Working across the UAE, with most deal activity in Dubai and Sharjah.

Not ready to message anyone yet. Read what your business is actually worth first, or how the sale process runs. Neither requires talking to anybody.

One message

Send the five lines.

Sector, revenue band, rough profit, headcount, and why now. That is enough for a written valuation read inside 48 to 72 hours, and enough to find out whether you are two months or two years from a sensible sale.

Looking to buy a UAE business instead of selling one. Qualified buyers should see uaedealroom.com.

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