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.
Sell-side mandates from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, shown blind. Identity and financials are released under NDA.
Sell-side mandates we hold today, shown blind. Company names, locations and exact figures are released only under NDA.
Manufacturer of consumable wear parts for steel, cement and mining plants. Long-standing customer base, repeat order profile, niche position in its category.
LED retrofit and smart lighting for commercial and municipal buildings. Project pipeline with public-sector and industrial clients, service revenue attached.
Laboratory reagents and instruments sold under its own brand into research and diagnostics. Recurring consumables revenue, established European distribution.
No mandate matches that filter right now.
Mandates open and close continuously. Register a buyer mandate and you are told when one fits your criteria — before it is listed here.
Register a buyer mandate →Blind profiles. Figures are bands, not exact accounts. Identity, financials and the memorandum are released after a mutual NDA is in place. We represent the seller side only.
Gulf or European investor? Register your mandate and receive matching teasers under NDA.
Request access →Three steps. You pay nothing until you qualify, and our engagement ends at the first buyer introduction — no retainers, no open-ended advisory.
Nine questions, three minutes. You get an instant answer: Gulf investor track, global buyer track, or not a fit. Insolvency and negative EBITDA are excluded — Gulf investors want clean, profitable targets.
Within 7 working days of receiving your data: anonymised blind teaser, indicative valuation range and a shortlist of matching investor profiles. The fee is credited in full against the success fee at closing.
After your approval we introduce you to the first matching buyer under NDA. Our engagement ends there. Success fee of 3–5% is due only at closing, seller side only — buyers pay nothing.
Corporate finance on one side of the table. Gulf relationships on the other.
Yahya Yacoob leads YS Trade M&A from Hamburg. His background is corporate finance in the European FMCG industry — P&L ownership, pricing, controlling, leading finance teams — and building businesses of his own.
He speaks Arabic, German and English natively enough to sit on either side of a Gulf–German negotiation. That is what you get: a buyer-grade read of your numbers, a teaser written the way investors actually read them, and an introduction made in the buyer’s own language.
“A Gulf family office does not buy a PowerPoint. It buys a clean P&L, a credible story and a person it trusts. I bring all three to the table.”
We speak Arabic and German. We know both sides. We package your company the way Gulf decision-makers read it.
Check If You Qualify →
German, Austrian and Swiss owners with positive EBITDA — we connect you with Gulf family offices that acquire and grow European businesses.
You stay anonymous until you approve an introduction. We build the blind teaser, set an indicative, non-binding valuation range (based on your figures — not a formal valuation opinion), shortlist the right investor profiles and make the first introduction under NDA. Negotiation, due diligence and closing remain between you and the buyer — with your own advisors.
Fees: a single onboarding fee, quoted only after you qualify and credited 100% against a 3–5% success fee at closing. Nothing else.
Curated German Mittelstand deal flow. No fee, no retainer — sellers carry the success fee.
Anonymous 1-page company profiles. Test interest before NDA. Sector, revenue, EBITDA, growth story.
Full 5-page deal packages post-NDA. Financials, market position, GCC expansion thesis, valuation range.
We model the 'what if we export to Gulf' story. Revenue projections, margin expansion, valuation uplift.
EBITDA €1M+ (€2M+ preferred). Profitable and solvent — no restructuring cases. Defense, energy, infrastructure, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, technology transfer. HQ in Germany, Austria or Switzerland.
Leave your details and we come back with the NDA and the blind teaser. Nothing is shared before the NDA is signed.
We use these details only to respond to this request. No newsletter, no list.
Received. We will come back to you with the NDA and the blind teaser, usually within one working day.
Gulf investor, advisor, or owner with a question before prequalifying — start with a 30-minute call.
What owners from Germany, Austria and Switzerland ask before they prequalify.
Check if you qualify →Sellers pay a one-off onboarding fee only after they qualify (no VAT, § 19 UStG). It is credited 100% against a 3–5% success fee due at closing, seller side only. Gulf investors pay nothing — no fee, no retainer.
Companies headquartered in Germany, Austria or Switzerland with positive EBITDA. The Gulf investor track requires EBITDA of €1M+ (€2M+ preferred) and a sector with strong Gulf fit: defense, energy, infrastructure, healthcare, advanced manufacturing or technology transfer. No insolvency or restructuring cases.
Within 7 working days of receiving your data: an anonymised blind teaser, an indicative valuation range and a shortlist of matching investor profiles — followed by the first buyer introduction after your approval.
At the first buyer introduction. Negotiation, due diligence and closing remain between you and the buyer with your own advisors. The success fee is due at closing.
Yes, if we fail to deliver the teaser, valuation range and shortlist within 7 working days of receiving your complete data. The fee is not refundable based on the outcome of buyer discussions.
No. We handle Gulf-side communication in Arabic. You work with us in German or English.
Start with the free 3-minute prequalification on this page. If your company is headquartered in Germany, Austria or Switzerland and has positive EBITDA, you qualify. After onboarding you receive, within 7 working days, an anonymised blind teaser, an indicative non-binding valuation range and a shortlist of matching investors — then the first introduction. You stay anonymous until you approve it.
Yes. Gulf family offices and strategic investors actively buy profitable German, Austrian and Swiss companies — especially in defense, energy, infrastructure, healthcare, advanced manufacturing and technology transfer, with EBITDA of €1M+ (€2M+ preferred). Companies outside these sectors are matched with global buyers instead. We handle the Gulf side in Arabic.
Onboarding includes an indicative, non-binding valuation range based on your normalised EBITDA and comparable transactions. It is a commercial orientation for the teaser, not a formal valuation opinion — your tax and legal advisors remain in charge of the transaction.
Nine questions, three minutes, instant answer. No fee is charged until you qualify — and you decide whether to proceed.