FIDRA X JVDM - MONACO
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The Proposition

A private developer of primeresidential buildings in thePrincipality of Monaco.

The Mandate

This proposal covers the intention to create a private developer of prime residential buildings in the Principality of Monaco. The Principality is the most supply constrained prime residential market in Europe: a little over two square kilometres, a market dominated by resales, and new stock that arrives rarely and commands a clear premium when it does. JVDM brings the relationships and the site access required to originate opportunities. What does not yet exist is the business around that capability: a defined platform, a brand, an operating model, a corporate and capital structure, a business plan, and the private capital that allows secured investment to be presented to the Monaco authorities. The mandate is to create that business and to capitalise it.

Fidra’s Role & Its Boundary

Fidra acts as the investment and business creation partner across the whole journey: strategy, brand and product definition, structuring, capital raising, the Government submission on the capital side, transaction execution and platform build out. The following sit outside scope as it currently stands: site origination and sourcing, planning applications and technical delivery, design and construction procurement, day to day development and property management, and sales agency.

The Destination

THE DESTINATION OF THIS MANDATE IS CREATION: A CAPITALISED, BRANDED AND AUTHORISED DEVELOPER WITH ITS FIRST BUILDING COMMITTED, THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PRINCIPALITY, AND A REPEATABLE PROCESS FOR EVERY BUILDING THAT FOLLOWS.

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The Engagement - Three Parts

Part 1

Definition Sprint

€33,000 fixed · 10 weeks

56 service lines · 6 sections

A ten week process to establish everything required to be in a position to raise, covering the thesis and market evidence, brand and product definition, design and sustainability standards, the business plan and model, the corporate and vehicle structure, and the full capital readiness pack.

The sprint converts an intention into an institutional proposition. It establishes the demand case for new prime residential stock in the Principality, defines the target buyer, assembles the evidence base on values and absorption, and profiles the incumbent developers against whom the platform will be measured. Nothing is taken to capital before that work is complete.

It then fixes the platform itself: the brand and its architecture, the prototype building with its unit mix, area schedule and specification standard, the buyer journey and stewardship model, and the design and sustainability standards that reflect the Government's stated preference for quality and environmental performance.

It closes with the controlling documents of the raise. The business plan and integrated model define the capital requirement and its phasing; the structure work settles HoldCo, DevCo and PropCo separation with governance and counsel briefed; and the capital readiness section produces the capital strategy, the Government protocol, the investor materials, an indexed data room and a qualified target list, concluding with a documented go or no go decision at the sprint board.

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Part 2

The Raise

Retainer per month TBA · completion fees on HoldCo, PropCo and debt TBA

33 service lines · 5 sections

The HoldCo seed and anchor rounds, the PropCo programme through to Tranche 1 close, the debt programme and the Government submission on the capital side, led by Fidra from launch through to funds received.

Part 2 executes what Part 1 defines. The HoldCo raise capitalises the platform and carries it through incorporation, the Government authorisation filing and the founding hires, with Fidra running outreach, the meeting programme, term sheet negotiation and investor diligence to completion.

The PropCo programme is run in parallel: the cornerstone shortlist is ranked and approached, the information memorandum and underwriting model are issued, and programme economics, the distribution waterfall, governance and protective provisions are negotiated through to the execution of programme documents and the Tranche 1 close.

The debt programme establishes the framework facility or lender panel and closes the first facilities, while the Government submission evidences secured investment against the protocol agreed in Part 1. Raise management holds the whole exercise together through weekly reporting, data room control and a maintained marketing compliance record by investor jurisdiction.

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Part 3

Execution & Platform Creation

Scope defined. Commercials to be agreed before Part 2 completes.

23 service lines · 4 sections

Transaction execution across purchase, landowner joint venture and State concession routes, capital administration, the build out of the platform and its standing governance.

Part 3 is the build. Each opportunity introduced by the client is underwritten on the programme model, taken through Investment Committee, negotiated on the appropriate acquisition route, structured into its project vehicle and managed from exchange through to completion.

Capital administration runs alongside the transactions, covering drawdowns and consents, co-investment allocations, the execution of facilities for each project and the ongoing management of covenants, reporting and hedging across the loan book.

The platform itself is created over the same period through the brand launch, the appointment of sales and marketing partners, the buyer journey and stewardship model, reservations and pre sales on the first building, the founding team build out and pre construction control, all conducted under board, investor and Government reporting governance with an annual strategy refresh.

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Start with Part 1

Definition Sprint

Fifty-six service lines across six sections, delivered over ten weeks to a documented go or no-go decision on the raise.

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