PRACTICE 01 · BUSINESS & INVESTMENT CONSULTING
Deals in the Maldives are won or lost before the first survey line is run. Barlovento Advisory gives investors, developers and operators the local map — market, regulatory and commercial — so decisions are made on evidence, not on optimism.
Services
Structured answers to the first question every committee asks: should we be here, and on what terms? We size the opportunity, map the competitive field, pre-screen sites and quantify regulatory exposure before capital is committed.
SCOPE — market sizing & benchmarking · site identification & pre-screening · entry structuring (local company, joint venture, branch) · risk registers & sensitivity analysis
The permit that takes a season is the one nobody sequenced. We map the full authority landscape for a project — tourism, environment, transport, local councils — and manage the pathway as a critical-path schedule, not a bureaucratic afterthought.
SCOPE — authority & stakeholder mapping · permit sequencing & scheduling · application preparation & follow-through · compliance calendars for operating assets
When an island asset changes hands, the gap between the information memorandum and physical reality is where value is lost. We coordinate commercial and technical due diligence, translate findings into valuation inputs, and prepare documentation that survives committee scrutiny.
SCOPE — buy-side & sell-side due diligence coordination · capex verification with Survey & Engineering · investment committee documentation · vendor & counterpart screening
For clients without a permanent presence in-country, we act as the owner's standing counterpart: building bankable business cases, running procurement, and representing the owner's interest with contractors, suppliers and authorities between board meetings.
SCOPE — bankable business cases & financial narratives · procurement strategy & tender management · owner's representative mandates · progress & exception reporting to HQ
Feasibility studies · regulatory roadmaps & permit schedules · due diligence reports · investment committee memoranda · procurement & tender documentation · monthly owner's reports
Most mandates begin here: feasibility, licensing and representation ahead of capital commitment.