«The world is small for those who don’t move, but those who move around the world make it bigger»
Thanks to our network of international partners, built and cultivated over more than 35 years of experience, we serve as a bridge between cultures, languages, and diverse business approaches for our customers. We support and finalize ordinary and extraordinary financial transactions worldwide, from financing your sales abroad in any form to providing financial services for your international entities or support for acquisition projects.
Furthermore, Eptagon Advisory—with its consolidated knowledge of the local market—is the ideal partner for foreign groups, offering all types of support in Italy (sales financing, identification of local partners, support in establishing a market presence, acquisitions and partnerships).
Competence, creativity, flexibility, and reliability are what distinguish us in our ability to achieve complex objectives together with our clients.
We have a well-established network of contacts with banks, financial companies, funds (debt and private equity), insurance companies, export credit agencies, and consulting firms worldwide.
We have extensive experience with complex and non-standard financial products as well as in-depth knowledge of various foreign markets.
We provide comprehensive support, from planning and negotiation to the implementation of international development projects.
Export support
Foreign entity management
Investments and M&A
Traditional finance
Structured finance
Consulting
Renaud Bertrand SIMONS, Belgian, graduated from the University of Namur with a Master’s degree in Economic and Social Sciences. He begins his career in the Corporate & Investment Banking division of Generale Bank in Brussels before moving to Italy in 1995 as Country Risk Manager of Generale Bank Italy.
In 2000, he is appointed CEO and Country Manager of Fortis Bank Italy. During this period, he develops numerous activities, including Commercial Banking, Leasing, Factoring, Merchant Banking, Private Banking, and Asset Management. He contributes to acquisitions in Italy in the leasing and factoring sectors. He is subsequently appointed CEO of Fortis Lease Italy and, at the same time, General Manager of Fortis Lease Romania.
In July 2010, he joins the General Electric Capital/Interbanca group, where he holds various positions, including Chief Commercial Officer for Italy, then Managing Director for international commercial development, and finally, CEO of GE Capital Finance Italy, a factoring company.
In 2017, Renaud launches his consulting business, serving companies across various sectors, including Trade & Export Finance, Asset-based Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Private Debt. He is also a Senior Advisor and exclusive representative for Italy of the French company Chetwode, which specializes in asset-based finance, as well as a collaborator with Italfinance, Italy’s leading credit brokerage company.
Renaud is the official advisor on economic and foreign trade issues to the Belgian Ambassador in Rome.
He speaks English, Italian, French, and Dutch.
Since 2009, the French group Chetwode has been supporting European companies by arranging financing for industrial equipment (through leasing or sale and lease back) and inventory. To date, Chetwode has originated and structured over 180 financing transactions in eight countries worldwide, totaling more than EUR 1.5 billion. Chetwode has a natural international focus, with 43% of its transactions (in terms of amount) carried out abroad, primarily in Western Europe, as well as in North America and China. Thanks to a network of close relationships with investment funds, banks, and specialized investors, the Chetwode team offers asset-based structured finance solutions to all industrial companies, ranging from family-owned SMEs to listed multinationals.
KrayMan Consultants LLP is an Indian consulting group that assists clients throughout India. It was founded in 2012 by professionals from the Big 4 and leading accounting firms with extensive experience in the sector. Krayman specializes in providing direct assistance to foreign companies setting up operations in India, offering a comprehensive range of services that include accounting, taxation, legal advice, regulatory compliance, insurance, human resources, payroll management, and outsourcing. Today, KrayMan boasts a client base of over 100 companies, catering to both domestic and international clients, including large corporations, SMEs, startups, expatriates, and professionals.
Provision of foreign credit facilities (EU, North America, Australia, Turkey, Middle East, etc.) for subsidiaries of various Italian groups, including:
Issuance of advance payment bonds, performance bonds and warranty bonds for various international contracts for an Italian group operating in the Oil and Gas sector
Issuance of import letters of credit for an Italian steel group for various African and Asian suppliers
Confirmations of export letters of credit for high-risk countries (sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia)
Structuring of an export finance transaction in favor of an Indonesian client for an Italian company operating in the packaging sector.
Arrangement of a buyer’s credit for a Brazilian client for an Italian group operating in the mechanical engineering sector.
Financing of industrial equipment for the international subsidiary of an Italian group.
Thanks to its partnership with Chetwode, Eptagon offers asset-based finance services worldwide, both for new investments (financing of new equipment/machinery) and for liquidity needs (refinancing of existing assets with financing secured on existing machinery or sale & lease back/financing of inventories).
Chetwode’s consolidated expertise in the valuation of industrial assets enables us to offer solutions to companies with a financial leverage considered too high by traditional financial partners.
Various international vendor finance transactions (leasing/renting) concluded in Spain, Germany, France, Belgium, the Middle East, Japan, Mexico, and Brazil.
With international vendor finance, the exporter offers its foreign customers the opportunity to purchase its product with a financing solution from a local financial partner identified by Eptagon.
Therefore, the payment deferral—often requested by foreign customers for the acquisition of the goods—does not weigh on the exporter’s cash flow. In many cases, vendor finance is also a faster, more flexible, and less expensive solution than other solutions (buyer credit, supplier credit)
Advisor for various M&A transactions (buy & sell side) in various sectors such as maritime transport, logistics, engineering & construction
