KTR PARTNERS

KTR Partners is the carve-out of Zalis’ M&A department following Zalis strategic merger with Endrix in June 2023.
We advise our clients in four areas: mergers & acquisitions, debt or equity financing, private funds, special and complex situations.

About us

We provide tailor-made advisory on mergers & acquisitions, debt or equity financing, private funds, special and complex situations.

Each of our senior team members has more than 20 years of experience at leading US / European investment banks, and large asset management companies.

We have extensive cross-border experience in the United States, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean. We have successfully advised on transactions of all sizes (with an enterprise value ranging from 20 million to several billion USD).

KTR Partners is your go-to advisory boutique for finding solutions involving shareholders or management, organizing company structure before a transaction process, and accommodating divergent objectives between stakeholders.

Our value proposition

KTR Partners is a transatlantic boutique (offices in New-York and Paris) with a global reach and four main competitive edges:

Team

A team of professional investors engaged in the preparation and management of your M&A transactions.

M&A Process

Our M&A transactions are mostly cross-border and are tailor-made to ensure the best valuation, with the appropriate investment partners.

Expertise

Strong expertise in conducting dual track processes with industrial and financial partners.

Commitment

We accept a limited number of assignments every year to provide you with quality work. We are committed to the highest standards in the quality of our service throughout the entire process.

Our team

Harry Cohen

Founder of KTR Partners
Head of ZALIS USA

Morid Kamshad

Partner
M&A Advisor

Otniel Sovoessi

Associate

Louis Merville

Analyst

Marius Larue

Analyst

Our partnerships

The prestigious BTG Global Advisory alliance (3000 professionals) is the world’s largest independent insolvency and restructuring alliance, with a focus on M&A activities across 20 countries.

Helps companies deal with fast-changing environments through tailor-made offerings around: restructuring, strategic consulting, and change management.

Zalis has been ranked among the leading consulting firms in restructuring in France for the tenth consecutive year.

40 years of experience and over 600 experts in accounting, transaction services, law, and financial and social management.

Contact us

Contact us at our main offices to learn more about our services and how we can help you achieve your strategic goals.

Harry Cohen
Founder of KTR Partners 

Head of ZALIS USA  
+1(646) 421-0396
harry.cohen@ktr-partners.com

314 East 41st street, New-York, NY 10017. USA
30 Rue Galilée, 75016 Paris, France.

Harry Cohen

Founder of KTR Partners, Head of ZALIS USA

Meet Harry with over 30 years of international experience working with leading financial institutions, including Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas, Vega, BBVA, Bankers Trust and CIC. He has worked in Paris, London, Madrid and New York. Harry, a dual American-Spanish national, is fluent in French, Spanish, and English.

For the past twelve years, Harry has led Zalis M&A activity globally from New-York, developing a strategic partnership with B Riley Advisory Services, a US restructuring leader and investment bank and launching the BTG Global Advisory alliance (BTG Global Advisory – BTG Global Advisory (btgga.com)). He has overseen many transactions both in France and internationally. Some examples:

  • The identification and the acquisition a French e-money issuer for a large African remittance company ;
  • The sale of a minority stake in a general contractor firm to a French private equity firm ;
  • The renegotiation of interest rate swaps for a group of French hospitals ;
  • The purchase of a majority stake in a French aeronautics OEM by two major US private equity funds. 

    Prior experience:

  • Harry has 20 years prior experience in investment banking : arbitrager with BNP, proprietary trader with CIC and Bankers Trust, head of proprietary trading and then head of emerging markets at BBVA.
  • In 2003, Harry joined Vega AM (at that time, the largest hedge fund in the world), launching his own fund using BBVA’s capital.
  • In 2008, Harry launched HDCB Advisors, where he advised on risk modeling, a major risk software provider, and managed currencies/interest rates exposures, as well as equity overlays for some funds of funds and family offices.
 

Harry holds a Magistère in economics & statistics and a DEA in mathematical economics & econometrics from the Toulouse School of Economics. Since 2009, he is also a board member and treasurer of an international non-profit organization.

Morid Kamshad

Partner, M&A Advisor

Morid brings over 30 years of experience in investment research and advisory roles in the global financial services sector with a focus on global banking and payments systems. He has served on advisory boards of financial institutions and payments companies in the US and Europe. Additionally, he has worked on international projects and deals in the property management, natural resources, and healthcare services sectors.

His previous experience includes serving as Portfolio Manager at Omega Advisors, the head of the Financial Services team at Pequot Capital Management, and Portfolio Manager at Amaranth Advisors. Morid started his investment career as a research analyst covering Asian and European markets at Warburg Pincus, Pictet Asset Management (London), and HSBC Asset Management (Hong Kong).

Morid holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from the University of Colorado, and an MBA from I.E.S.E. in Barcelona, Spain. He has lived and worked in 6 countries on 3 continents and is fluent in English, Spanish, and French.

Otniel Sovoessi

Associate

Otniel worked as a management consultant at BearingPoint and Accenture. In this role, he advised clients on strategic projects, primarily in the utilities and industrial sectors. With a successful track record in management consulting, he possesses strong skills in operational performance improvement, operations management, digital/business transformation, and benchmarking.

Otniel spent more than 15 years in Africa, and wishes to take initiatives in favor of Africa’s development.

Otniel is an MBA graduate from the University of Oxford. Also, he holds a specialized master in strategy and international business development from CentraleSupélec and EM Lyon, and a general engineering degree (master equivalent) from ESIGELEC.

Louis Merville

Analyst

Louis holds a Master of Science in Corporate Financial Management and a Master in Management (dual degree) from SKEMA. During his academic journey, he had the opportunity to further enhance his knowledge and skills by studying as an exchange student at Dom Cabral Foundation in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Louis’ professional background encompasses a strong financial experience, acquired as an M&A analyst at ATFIS, an M&A analyst at Hessings & Harcourt, and as a private banking assistant within the BPCE group.

Louis has developed his open-mindedness through his various international experiences. His previous experiences give him a global vision of mergers and acquisitions, as well as corporate strategy. He has worked on projects in a diverse range of sectors, including industry, business services and healthcare, producing high value-added deliverables.

Marius Larue

Analyst

Marius holds a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance from Audencia. As part of his academic journey, he completed an exchange program at Politechnika Łódzka in Poland.

Before joining KTR Partners, Marius gained valuable experience as an M&A Analyst at Acticam, a Crédit Agricole subsidiary. He worked on a number of small-cap transactions for companies based in Western France. Later, he joined Alira Health in Barcelona as an M&A/Licensing Analyst, focusing on international deals in the healthcare sector. Hence, he had the opportunity to broaden his skills in both the preparation and execution of M&A/Licensing transactions.

Marius brings expertise across multiple industries inc. healthcare, agribusiness, industry, retail, and distribution. He speaks English, French, and Spanish.