YS Global Trade Partners · Sole proprietorship · Trauns Allee 15, 22043 Hamburg, Germany · info@ystradepartners.com · Wirtschafts-IdNr.: DE453760205 · Version: September 2026
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YS Global Trade Partners
Sole proprietorship (Einzelunternehmen)
Owner: Yahya Yacoob
Address: Trauns Allee 15, 22043 Hamburg, Germany
Phone: +49 159 01456329
Email: info@ystradepartners.com
Tax number: 43/274/04917 (Finanzamt Hamburg)
Wirtschafts-Identifikationsnummer: DE453760205
VAT: Small-business owner pursuant to § 19 UStG — no VAT is charged and no VAT ID is held.
Trade registration: Gewerbeanmeldung Bezirksamt Hamburg-Wandsbek; not entered in the commercial register.
Responsible for content pursuant to § 18 Abs. 2 MStV:
Yahya Yacoob, address as above
Dispute resolution: Our services are addressed to businesses only (§ 14 BGB); we are neither obliged nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board (§ 36 VSBG).
Language: This English text is a convenience translation. The German version at ystradepartners.com/de/ is authoritative.
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YS Global Trade Partners · Yahya Yacoob · Trauns Allee 15, 22043 Hamburg, Germany · Version: September 2026 · Convenience translation — the German version at /de/ is authoritative.
1.1 These Terms apply to all services of YS Global Trade Partners, owner Yahya Yacoob, Hamburg ("YS", "we") offered via ystradepartners.com.
1.2 Our services are directed exclusively at businesses within the meaning of § 14 BGB (Unternehmer), legal entities and partnerships. By ordering, the client confirms that it acts in the exercise of its commercial or independent professional activity and is authorised to represent the company named. Consumers (§ 13 BGB) are not eligible; consumer withdrawal rights do not apply.
1.3 Deviating terms of the client do not apply unless we have expressly agreed to them in writing.
2.1 YS acts as an intermediary that identifies and introduces business contacts (Nachweis- und Vermittlungstätigkeit). YS does not act as a broker of securities, an investment adviser, a legal or tax adviser, or as a party to any transaction between the client and a third party.
2.2 Valuation ranges, teasers and assessments are indicative working documents based on information provided by the client. They are not appraisals, fairness opinions or advice, and the client remains responsible for its own decisions and for engaging its own legal, tax and financial advisers.
3.1 Prequalification via the online form is free and non-binding for both parties. Its result is an automated indication based on the client's answers and does not create any obligation on YS.
3.2 Contract conclusion. A contract is formed when the client, after a positive prequalification, confirms its business status and these Terms and YS confirms the engagement in text form.
3.3 Deliverables. Within 7 working days of receiving the client's complete onboarding data (see 3.4), YS delivers (a) an anonymised one-page blind teaser, (b) an indicative valuation range and (c) a shortlist of matching investor profiles. Upon the client's written approval, YS makes the first introduction to a matching investor under a non-disclosure agreement.
3.4 Client data. The client provides, within the kickoff call or by email, the information YS reasonably requests (in particular the last two annual financial statements, current-year figures, company description). The 7-working-day period starts on receipt of complete data. Delays caused by incomplete data extend the period accordingly.
3.5 End of engagement. Our engagement ends with the first introduction. Negotiation, due diligence, contract drafting and closing are exclusively between the client and the investor. YS is not obliged to procure a transaction or a particular outcome and gives no guarantee that an investor will make an offer.
3.6 Fees. A one-off onboarding fee, quoted in the individual engagement confirmation after qualification and payable in advance. As a small-business owner under § 19 UStG we do not charge VAT. The onboarding fee is credited in full against the success fee under 3.7.
3.7 Success fee. If, within 24 months of the first introduction, the client (or a company affiliated with it) concludes a transaction — sale of shares or assets, merger, partial sale, capital increase or comparable investment — with an investor introduced by YS or with a party demonstrably originating from that introduction, a success fee is due, payable at closing and by the client only: 5% of the total transaction value up to €5,000,000, 4% of the portion between €5,000,001 and €10,000,000 and 3% of the portion above €10,000,000, minimum €50,000. Transaction value means all consideration paid or to be paid, including assumed debt, earn-outs (when paid) and vendor loans. The client will inform YS in writing of any such closing within 14 days. Investors introduced by YS are not charged.
3.8 Refund. If YS fails to deliver the items under 3.3 (a)–(c) within 7 working days of receiving complete data, the client may withdraw from the contract and the onboarding fee is refunded in full. No refund is owed on account of the outcome, timing or content of investor feedback, or once an introduction has been made.
3.9 Exclusions. YS does not accept companies in restructuring or insolvency proceedings, with negative EBITDA, or headquartered outside Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Misrepresentation of these facts entitles YS to terminate without refund.
4.1 Prequalification via the online form is free and non-binding; 3.1 applies accordingly.
4.2 Contract conclusion as in 3.2.
4.3 Deliverable. YS presents the client's product file to its partner distributor network in the Gulf (GCC) and delivers, within 14 working days of receiving the complete product file (product specification, certificates, price list, images, capacity), the distributor's written decision (yes or no) together with the reasons stated by the distributor. In the event of a positive decision, YS introduces the client directly to the distributor.
4.4 End of engagement. Our engagement ends with the delivery of the decision and, in the case of a yes, the introduction. Commercial terms, contracts, registration, labelling, logistics and any further services are agreed separately and are not part of the onboarding fee.
4.5 Fee. A one-off onboarding fee, quoted in the individual engagement confirmation after qualification and payable in advance; no VAT (§ 19 UStG).
4.6 Refund. The onboarding fee is refunded in full if (a) the distributor's decision is negative, or (b) YS fails to deliver a decision within 14 working days of receiving the complete product file. No refund is owed once a positive decision has been delivered and the introduction made, or where the delay is caused by incomplete client data.
4.7 Distributor commission. YS discloses that it may receive a commission from the distributor on shipments resulting from the introduction. This does not affect the client's price and does not create any agency relationship between YS and the client.
4.8 Additional services (financial readiness). On request, YS offers commercial preparation of financial information (e.g. P&L clean-up, normalised EBITDA, KPI packs) at a price quoted individually in writing before work begins. Such services are commercial preparation only and do not constitute tax, legal, auditing or investment advice; the client remains responsible for the accuracy of the underlying data.
The client warrants that all information provided is complete and accurate, that it holds the rights to the materials it submits, that it is not subject to insolvency proceedings and that the person ordering is authorised. The client will not circumvent YS by contacting introduced parties through third parties to avoid fees.
Both parties treat information received from the other as confidential and use it only for the purpose of the engagement. YS shares client information with third parties only in anonymised form until the client approves an introduction, and thereafter only with the approved counterparty under a non-disclosure agreement. YS's mutual NDA is provided with the onboarding email.
YS owes the deliverables described in sections 3 and 4, not a transaction, a listing, an offer or any commercial result. YS does not provide legal, tax, investment or financial advice (RDG, StBerG, WpIG). All figures and timelines outside the express deliverables are non-binding.
8.1 YS is liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, under the Product Liability Act and for guarantees expressly given.
8.2 For slight negligence YS is liable only for breach of essential contractual obligations (cardinal duties), limited to the foreseeable damage typical for the contract, and in any case limited in total to the amount of the fee paid by the client for the respective service.
8.3 Liability for indirect damage, lost profit, loss of business or loss of transaction value is excluded, except in the cases of 8.1.
The fee is set out in the individual engagement confirmation and invoiced. Payment is due by bank transfer within 14 days of the invoice date. All amounts are in euro. Set-off by the client is permitted only with undisputed or legally established claims.
Personal data is processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy. The client is responsible for the lawfulness of personal data it transmits to YS.
11.1 German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. 11.2 Place of performance and exclusive place of jurisdiction for merchants, legal entities under public law and special funds under public law is Hamburg. 11.3 Should any provision be invalid, the remainder remains unaffected. 11.4 Amendments require text form. 11.5 We may update these Terms for future contracts; the version accepted at the time of ordering applies to existing contracts.
Pick the door that fits. Each starts with a free prequalification and ends with a real introduction — no retainers, no agency layer.
You make food, drinks, FMCG, animal feed or poultry & meat. We take your product to a distributor who already sells your category — in Europe or in the Gulf — and come back with a written yes or no, and the reasons behind it.
For profitable DE / AT / CH companies. Blind teaser, indicative valuation range and a matched investor shortlist — then the first introduction.
Led by Yahya Yacoob — corporate finance leader, FMCG background, Hamburg. Arabic · German · English.
About the founder →How it works
Sixty seconds: what we assess, how we judge a distributor, and how the introduction is made.
No retainers, no open-ended consulting. One clearly priced step with a written outcome — and your money back if the answer is no.
Category, certifications, shelf life, capacity. You get an instant answer on whether your product fits our Gulf or European distributor's current list. No fee at this step.
We present your product file to our Gulf or European distributor. You receive a written yes or no with the reasons. Yes: we introduce you directly. No: you get the reasons, in writing.
Saudi Vision 2030 is driving retail expansion and Gulf consumers pay a premium for American and European origin. Distributors are actively looking for differentiated US and European products — the question is fit, not appetite.
CE-marked, selling across Europe, registered in no Gulf state at all. The product was never the problem — access there sits with a small number of groups, and registration needs a licensed local party. Within weeks the brand was in front of a major UAE group and a Saudi partner able to handle the local registration.
Read the full case →Client and partner names withheld under NDA.
What American and European food, FMCG and feed brands ask before they check their product.
Check Your Product →Within 14 working days of receiving your complete product file. You get a written yes or no from our Gulf or European distributor, with the reasons. If we miss the 14 working days, or the answer is no, the onboarding fee is refunded in full.
It covers preparing your product file, presenting it to our Gulf or European distributor, the written decision with reasons and — on a yes — the direct introduction. No VAT is charged (§ 19 UStG). It is refunded in full if the distributor says no or if we fail to deliver the decision within 14 working days. It is not refundable once the introduction has been made.
We introduce you directly to the distributor, and our engagement ends there. Commercial terms are agreed between you and the distributor. If you want support with SFDA or ESMA registration, Arabic labelling, halal certification or logistics, we scope and quote each service separately — only when you ask.
We represent only one brand per product category in the GCC. When we work with you, we are not simultaneously supporting a competitor. If your category is already taken, the prequalification tells you before you pay.
Yes. That is one of our three routes: US → EU. Same process as every other route — a free 2-minute product check, then we take your product to a European distributor who already sells your category and come back with a written yes or no, with the reasons. Food and beverage, FMCG, animal feed, poultry and meat.
Three routes. US → EU: American and Canadian brands into Europe. EU → Gulf: European brands into Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Gulf → EU: Gulf companies into Europe. Plus a second business line, M&A, introducing owners of profitable German, Austrian and Swiss companies to Gulf buyers.
Start with the free 2-minute product check on this page. If your product is food, FMCG, animal feed or poultry & meat, holds at least one recognised certification and has a shelf life of six months or more, it fits. We present it to our Gulf or European distributor and you receive a written yes or no with reasons within 14 working days. On a yes, we introduce you directly.
Yes — through the distributor route, which is how imported food and FMCG actually reach shelves in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman. We do not sell consulting hours; we get you a distributor decision first, then registration (SFDA, MoIAT/ESMA, Halal, Arabic labelling) is scoped only if the answer is yes.
Yes — animal feed, poultry (including Halal-certified chicken) and meat products are core categories. We manage SFDA and ESMA regulatory requirements specific to these categories, including Halal certification and veterinary documentation, once a distributor has said yes.
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) approves all food, beverage, feed and personal care products sold in Saudi Arabia. We manage the complete SFDA registration process: documentation, Arabic labelling compliance, Halal certification and submission tracking.
Yes. We manage full Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA) certification for UAE market entry, including conformity assessments, product testing and Arabic label adaptation.
Yes — that is our second business line. German, Austrian and Swiss owners with positive EBITDA can prequalify in 3 minutes on our Deals & Acquisitions page and are introduced to Gulf family offices. Separate process, separate terms.
Yes. We offer white-label market research for consulting firms and marketing agencies. We deliver the Gulf Market Entry Blueprint while you keep the direct client relationship and present it under your own brand.
Seven questions, two minutes, instant answer. No fee is charged until your product qualifies — and you decide whether to proceed.
Written distributor decision in 14 working days
Full refund if the answer is no
Direct introduction included on a yes
No fee until you qualify