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First Southeast Investment Partners

About us

For us at First Southeast Investment Partners the main focus is on the values upon which we conduct business and the creative approach in which we evaluate projects and advise our clients. Having a long successful history as decision makers, we can fully identify with our clients’ needs and guide them into making the right choices for their business and themselves.

As traditional markets transform, we are here to help owners and investors realize their potential and reinvent themselves through the process. For us selling or buying is mostly redefining one’s position in the market as tomorrow is the first day of a successful journey for both sellers and investors.

Our Team

Partner

Sotiris Chatzidakis

Sotiris is the Managing Partner of First Southeast Investment Partners, the founder of CEO, Owners and Executive Clubs, the biggest business Club in Romania, and an investor. He is considered an expert in creating communities and connecting people and ideas through his immense network.

He has been bringing special people together for more than he can remember, and through his activity he has succeeded to redefine what networking and personal value truly mean. He is also involved in several social initiatives.

Prior to that Sotiris had been a corporate executive for 14 years across a variety of industries including banking, technology and retail.

Analyst

Dimitris Chagias

Dimitris Chagias, a University of Kent graduate with a BSc in Economics & Management, contributes his analytical skills to the team at First Southeast Investment Partners. His role centers around supporting the analysis and evaluation of financial data, assisting in informed decision-making for clients.

His educational background in economics and management underpins his ability to understand and interpret complex financial information. This, combined with a dedication to ongoing learning, enables Dimitris to effectively contribute to the team’s analytical tasks.

Dimitris is committed to each project he undertakes, focusing on understanding client needs and assisting in delivering tailored analytical insights. His work ethic is characterized by thoroughness and a meticulous approach to each task, ensuring accuracy and relevance in his contributions.

Hardworking and detail-oriented, Dimitris strives to meet the high standards of First Southeast Investment Partners, proving to be a reliable and dedicated member of the team.

Partner

Sotiris Chatzidakis

Sotiris is the Executive Vice President of CEO Clubs International in Romania and the founder of Next Gen Int’l. Previously he had been the General Manager for the CEO Clubs in Greece, that being the first Club ever to be launched in Europe. He also has held various executive positions in banking, consumer electronics market leading companies, heading major projects in Greece and abroad.

He is also the founder of SARGIA Partners – Romania, pursuing his goal to positively influence leadership on a large scale. He is a certified Master Coach by the Center for Advanced Coaching (CAC) in the USA.

One of his biggest passions is connecting people with ideas or other people.

His articles have been published in magazines and newspapers such as “Economist’s Intelligent Life”, Forbes, Business Review, Cariere magazine, wallstreet.ro and many others.

He just loves listening to “You can’t do that” and that’s how it usually starts.

Analyst

Dimitris Chagias

Dimitris Chagias, a University of Kent graduate with a BSc in Economics & Management, contributes his analytical skills to the team at First Southeast Investment Partners. His role centers around supporting the analysis and evaluation of financial data, assisting in informed decision-making for clients.

His educational background in economics and management underpins his ability to understand and interpret complex financial information. This, combined with a dedication to ongoing learning, enables Dimitris to effectively contribute to the team’s analytical tasks.

Dimitris is committed to each project he undertakes, focusing on understanding client needs and assisting in delivering tailored analytical insights. His work ethic is characterized by thoroughness and a meticulous approach to each task, ensuring accuracy and relevance in his contributions.

Hardworking and detail-oriented, Dimitris strives to meet the high standards of First Southeast Investment Partners, proving to be a reliable and dedicated member of the team.

Our Services

We place emphasis on cross-border M&A; transactions. We facilitate foreign investors who want to invest in Romania and local investors that are looking to invest abroad or find a foreign strategic partner/buyer for their business.

Sell Side M&A

01

We assist entrepreneurs and corporate entities to select and execute optimal exit strategies in order to realize and maximize the value of their investments

Buy Side M&A

02

We assist investors in identifying targets in Romania and seamlessly execute their acquisition through every step of the process

Funding Raising

03

We assist growing businesses in attracting equity (and debt) financing in order to finance their expansion strategies

Business Valuation

04

We undertake to value businesses for entrepreneurs who are thinking of tapping the markets for fundraising or a sale

IPOs (AIM)

05

Through our cooperation with First Athens, who are experienced in this domain, we assist companies to list on AIM (London alternative stock exchange)

Business Softlanding In The Romanian Market

06

We assist foreign companies establish a presence in the Romanian market

First Southeast Investment Partners is a member of Globalscope Partners, a leading group of M&A advisory firms operating globally to support clients in international transactions.

Founded in 1987, Globalscope has grown into a leading M&A network of 55 members in 48 countries with more than 75 partner offices.
Combined, the members employ over 500 M&A professionals and have a strong track record of over 5000 successful transactions.

Through Globalscope, we have global presence and significant international industry experience. This enables us to realize transactions anywhere in the world with the support of local partners.

Athens – Barcelona – Bangkok – Beijing – Belgrade – Berlin – Brussels – Budapest – Bucharest – Buenos Aires – Buffalo Calgary – Chicago – Cleveland – Copenhagen – Dallas – Hamburg – Helsinki – Hong Kong – Istanbul – Jakarta – Johannesburg Kiev – Lisbon – London – Los Angeles – Medellín – Melbourne – Mexico City – Milan – Minsk – Montevideo – Moscow – Mumbai New York – Oisterwijk – Panama City – Paris – Perth – Prague – Pune – San Francisco – Sao Paulo – Seoul – Shanghai Singapore – Sofia – Tashkent – Tbilisi – Tel Aviv – Tokyo – Toronto – Warsaw – Yerevan – Zagreb – Zurich

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