Precision advice forcross-border capital.
GS Invest is a principal-led consultancy advising investors, buyers, and sellers on structuring, negotiating, and closing transactions across jurisdictions — with the discretion and speed of a boutique, not the overhead of an institution.
Advisory built around the deal at hand.
Every engagement is scoped to the transaction, not a standard package. Hover a service to learn more, or get in touch to discuss something outside these lines.
Cross-Border M&A (Gulf Region)
Advising buyers and sellers through acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures across Gulf markets, from initial approach to close.
Deal Structuring & Incorporation
Entity formation and jurisdictional design that supports cross-border trade flows and protects every party at the table.
Market Entry & Jurisdictional Strategy
Regulatory mapping and structuring guidance for principals entering new trade corridors and counterparty markets.
Counterparty Due Diligence
Vetting buyers, sellers, and intermediaries before capital, cargo, or reputation is committed to a transaction.
Three stages. One point of contact.
Discovery
A confidential conversation to understand the objective, the constraints, and what success looks like.
Structuring
We map the jurisdictional, financial, and counterparty landscape, and design the path to close.
Execution & Oversight
We negotiate, coordinate counsel, and stay engaged through close and beyond.
Boutique by design, not by size alone.
GS Invest was founded on a simple premise: principals negotiating across borders deserve an advisor who is as invested in the outcome as they are. No hand-offs to junior teams, no one-size-fits-all frameworks — just direct, senior counsel from first call to final signature.
We work with private investors, family offices, and mid-market firms who need a partner fluent in both the commercial and regulatory language of cross-border deals, and who values discretion as much as results.
Senior counsel, every engagement.
George Xydas
PartnerBehind GS Invest is a principal who has sat on every side of the table — as founder, operator, and dealmaker. A CFA charterholder with three decades of international experience in finance and business building, George Xydas has built, scaled, and sold companies across Cyprus and the Gulf.
He helped take FxPro from a local broker to one of the world’s top five FX firms — growing revenue from €24m to €64m, nearly quintupling EBITDA, and building its UK and Australian operations while structuring the first retail liquidity pool alongside global banks including Morgan Stanley.
He went on to found Drywall Qatar, growing it into a household name before a majority stake was acquired by UK-listed SIG plc — one of several ventures he has led to acquisition by multinational and publicly listed groups. Most recently he founded Swissmed Health, carrying that same builder’s discipline into the longevity and clinical-health sector.
That rare blend of operator’s instinct and dealmaker’s discipline — proven across finance, industry, and healthcare over thirty years and three continents — is what clients get from the first call: senior advice from someone who has closed, exited, and delivered across borders.
Sami Laradji
PartnerSami, a French national and serial entrepreneur, began his career early in the oil and gas industry across Central Asia and the MENA region, setting up logistics support operations including rig transportation, installation project management, and personnel logistics and supply procurement.
He went on to become a leading member of the team modernizing the Central Bank of Syria, overseeing negotiations with the EU on the grant funding the project and managing relationships with partners including Matra, Lucent, Alcatel, and HP.
He later built a business in the aerospace and defence sector, representing specialized MENA-region engine service providers, and served as the MENA representative for Paramount South Africa, a leading manufacturer of sea, air, and land defence equipment.
Since 2015, Sami has been an active investor across various sectors.
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