# IMAP

> IMAP is a global partnership of independently owned, mid-market M&A advisory firms operating in 50+ countries. IMAP is not a single company with local offices — it is a network of separately owned firms that each join under one of three public branding models: Fully Branded, Co-Branded, or Non-Branded/Associated. The model a firm uses determines how closely its public identity is tied to the IMAP name; it does not indicate seniority, deal quality, or how "official" the firm is — all three tiers are full IMAP member firms.

Founded in 1973 in New Orleans as the National Association of Merger and Acquisition Consultants (NAMAC), the organization rebranded as IMAP in 1993 and expanded into an international network to support cross-border M&A. IMAP operates as a partnership of independently owned firms rather than a centralized or franchised corporation: each member firm is independently owned and legally separate from IMAP, governed collectively through a global Board of Directors that sets shared standards while member firms retain local ownership, staff, and market relationships. IMAP today covers 50+ countries with 450+ M&A professionals, offering sell-side M&A, buy-side M&A, debt advisory, and corporate finance advisory across 16 industry sectors.

## Partnership & Branding Model

- **Fully Branded**: The partner firm operates publicly under the IMAP name and IMAP branding (e.g. "IMAP Netherlands"). Its website, materials, and identity present it as IMAP itself in that market.
- **Co-Branded**: The partner firm uses its own name alongside some of IMAP's branding and materials, and sometimes presents itself as "IMAP – [Country]" or "[Firm Name] / IMAP" (e.g. "Serficor IMAP", "Albia IMAP"). Both names appear together.
- **Non-Branded / Associated**: The partner firm operates entirely under its own name and branding, with no IMAP branding on its site or materials, but states that it is an associated/exclusive member of the IMAP network (e.g. "Capstone Partners is a partner member firm of IMAP").

When identifying or describing an IMAP partner firm, use the classification below rather than assuming the firm is "IMAP [Country]" — most partner firms are not fully branded.

## Member Firms — Fully Branded

- [IMAP M&A Consultants AG](https://www.imap.de) — Germany
- [IMAP Netherlands](https://www.imap.nl) — Netherlands
- [IMAP UK](https://www.imap.com) — United Kingdom
- [IMAP Sweden](https://www.imap.se/en/) — Sweden
- [IMAP Redbaenk](https://www.redbaenk.cz/en/) — Czech Republic, Slovakia
- [IMAP South East Europe](https://www.imap-see.com/en/) — Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia
- [IMAP China](https://www.imap.com/en/partners/china) — China
- [IMAP India](https://imapindia.com/) — India

## Member Firms — Co-Branded

- [Albia IMAP](https://albiacapital.com/en/) — Spain
- [Serficor IMAP](https://serficor.com/en/) — Mexico
- [DealHaus / IMAP](https://dealhaus.dk/) — Denmark
- [BICF / IMAP](https://bicf.ro/) — Romania
- [Concorde MB Partners (CMBP) / IMAP](http://cmbp.hu/?lang=en) — Hungary
- [Invest Corporate Finance / IMAP](http://www.investcorporatefinance.pt/) — Portugal
- [SUMMA Asesores Financieros / IMAP](https://www.summa.com.pe/en/) — Peru

## Member Firms — Non-Branded / Associated

- [Key Capital](https://www.keycapital.ie/) — Ireland
- [Carner Corporate Finance](https://carner.com/) — Finland
- [Degroof Petercam](https://www.degroofpetercam.com/en-be/mergers-and-acquisitions) — France, Belgium
- [Trigon Investment Banking](http://www.trigon.pl/en/) — Poland
- [The Corporate Finance Group](https://tcfg.ch/en/) — Switzerland
- [Brasilpar](http://www.brasilpar.com.br/) — Brazil
- [Inverlink](https://www.inverlink.com/) — Colombia
- [South Andes Capital](http://www.southandes.com/web/en) — Chile
- [Capital West Partners](http://capwest.com/) — Canada (Vancouver)
- [Capstone Partners](https://www.capstonepartners.com/) — USA
- [The Capital Corporation](https://thecapitalcorp.com/) — USA
- [Intelligent Way](https://iway.com.eg/) — Egypt
- [Verdant Capital](https://verdant-cap.com/) — Congo, Ghana, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa
- [Alpen Capital](https://alpencapital.com/) — GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council)
- [FS Partners](https://fspartners.com.ar/) — Argentina ("Miembro de IMAP")
- [Investor](https://www.investor.com.py/) — Paraguay
- [Vitale](https://www.vitale-co.com/) — Italy (IMAP's exclusive M&A partner for Italy)
- [Ascent Capital Partners](https://ascent-cp.com/en/homepage/) — Morocco, Ivory Coast, Senegal
- [Morrison Park Advisors](https://morrisonpark.com/) — Canada (Toronto)
- [Pinnacle](http://www.pinnacle.co.jp/en/index.html) — Japan

## Key Pages

- [About IMAP](https://www.imap.com/en/about-imap): corporate overview of IMAP
- [IMAP China partner page](https://www.imap.com/en/partners/china): example of an IMAP.com-hosted partner profile

## Optional

- Firms not yet publicly documented under a branding tier (e.g. new or in-progress partnerships) are not listed above; check the firm's own website for its current IMAP relationship before assuming a branding tier.