MTA INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
Global Project Finance Consultants

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MTA have helped clients in many countries, including: 

Anguilla,
 

Barbados,
 

Belgium,
 

Bolivia,
 

Borneo
 

China
 

Czech Republic
 

Dominica
 

Dubai
 

Ecuador
 

Egypt
 

Finland
 

France
 

Germany
 

Greece
 

Hungary
 

India
 

Ireland
 

Japan
 

Kazakhstan
 

Korea
 

Lithuania
 

Maldives
 

Malaysia
 

Pakistan
 

Russia
 

Sweden
 

Turkey
 

UK
 

Ukraine
 

Poland

and many other countries. . . . . .   

GREETINGS. . . .

Thank you for visiting our web site. . . . . .and If you are looking for Project Finance, an Equity investor, a Joint Venture Partner or a Merger or Acquisition you  have certainly come to the right place. We can also provide advise on any aspect of arranging foreign loans or investment.

MTA International Finance is part of Michael Trevett & Associates, a private partnership and one of the longest established Project Finance Consultants in the UK (first established 1976) providing a fully comprehensive professional funding arranging service for clients in many parts of the world. Our mission is to find a solution to all genuine and credible funding requirements, what ever they are and wherever they are.

You should not be under any illusion; arranging any type of cross border (International) funding or investment is always extremely difficult to do, it's very complicated and time consuming, and without help and guidance from experienced funding professionals, it's almost impossible to achieve. Many borrowers make several fundamental mistakes, for example:

• They do not consult professional packaging consultants early enough when a planning a project; that usually means a great deal of time and expense is wasted preparing plans and documents in a way that is not required by funders and investors. Business Plans and documents must be prepared in the way that the funder needs to see it - not in the way borrowers think it should be done!

• They think that arranging cross border funding is just the same as it is in their home country; it’s not, in fact it’s vastly different and always requires professional packaging. Everything is different, business plan, documents and supporting information.

• They believe that a funding source will make an investment decision based on their business plan alone; they won't, in fact the business plan is just the start of a very long and complex decision making process!

The first essential things to establish are:

• Will your project actually qualify for cross border borrowing?

• Is your project located in a country where it's possible to arrange funding?

• If so, what type of funding will be possible for that location?

• Is your Business Plan suitable and is it in the correct funding format?

• What type of security will be required, if any?

• What costs will you have to pay, and when do you have to pay them?

• And many, many other questions that must be answered before you can proceed.

 We actually don't accept over 80% of all projects we receive because we believe they are not suitable for foreign funders or investors.

TYPES OF BORROWING:

Usually borrowers want a debt loan from a lending bank but in many cases they just can't qualify for bank borrowing or sometimes there's even a better alternative way to fund a particular project, such as (depending on where the project is located):

·         Private or Corporate Equity Loan or Investment.

·         Venture Capital.

·         A Joint Venture Partner.

·         Asset Finance.

·         Global Leasing.

·         A Purpose Designed Funding Structure.

·         Real Estate Finance and so on.

And In most cases, more than one type of funding from different funding sources is needed to achieve the total finance requirement.

OUR SERVICE:

MTA provides a comprehensive service to International clients covering . . . . . .

·         Analytical & Diagnostic process,

·         Business Plans,
    General consultation regarding funder matters.

·         Structuring Cross Border Funding Cases,

·         Packaging and documentation,

·         Presentation to direct funding and investor sources.
 

BUSINESS PLANS:

We know from many years experience that the completeness and quality of your business plan is critical to funding success and that’s why, where necessary, we automatically reformat our clients plans so that it’s exactly the way funders need to see it; not the way you think it should be done. There is no such thing as a 'standard business plan format' and in the same way every project is different, so every business plan is different too. All funders and investors insists business information be set out in a different and specific format for them, depending on the type of funding required. More than 85% of cross border projects are immediately rejected by funding sources because of inadequate and poorly prepared business plans; MTA International Finance can ensure that does not happen in your case.

FUNDING SOURCES:

We are not direct debt lenders; however we may in some specific interest cases take a small equity position in the project. We have extensive experience submitting structured loan cases to debt and other funding sources both in the United Kingdom and other jurisdictions throughout the world. We are confident that we can structure and package your project and design for you a winning loan attainment strategy.

MTA will never 'circulate' your case to brokers and so called 'intermediaries'. You will only ever deal with actual highly visible direct funding sources, in Europe and financial centres in other jurisdictions .

It’s virtually impossible for a borrower or a broker in one country to make a direct application to a funding source in another country unless they have in depth knowledge of the lender’s actual requirements and how they need to see a presentation. A case for cross border finance must be treated and packaged in a way that's totally different from arranging funds within the country where the project is located.

OUR CLIENTS:

Our clients are located throughout the world and they are involved in many different industries, to which we provide a range of services dealing with all aspects of arranging cross border funding.

Through our associate company Mitrass Consulting, we provide extensive additional consultancy services for Business Administration, Marketing and Exporting.

We hope that we can help you realize your goals too.

FRAUDS & SCAMS:

Beware. Over the past ten years, largely since the rapid growth of the internet, we have seen many so called 'Intermediaries' come and go. Some have gone to jail and others just disappeared with their ill gotten gains from front fee frauds. There's always been financial scams and frauds connected with finance but the problem has become much more serious in recent years, particularly related to 'foreign loans'.

But YOU don't need to become a victim if you understand exactly why and how people perpetrate financial scams.

  SCAMMERS MAINLY RELY ON THREE THINGS:

GREED: They rely on borrower's greed and desperation to get project finance at all costs. Some borrowers are so enthused about getting finance for their project they ignore advice from genuine sources that it may not be possible to arrange finance in their case, and listen to scammers who convince them it's all very easy to arrange!. Cross border funding is NEVER easy to arrange! - even for very well established businesses with excellent track records, so why will it be easy for you?.

Debt finance for a new business or one with a less than perfect track record from overseas sources is almost impossible to achieve. So it’s bound to be exciting when someone says they have a way to arrange it for you.

NAIVETY: Scammers rely on borrowers being extremely financially naive, especially when they are seeking foreign borrowing; that's why there are so many frauds connected with foreign loans. Scammers use complicated legal looking documents related to 'financial instruments' such as bank guarantees and letters of credit - neither of which are used for normal project finance, and complex funding Programmes.

They often claim these special schemes are based off shore - that's so they cant be checked out. In reality, they are just a figment of the scammers imagination, but it all sounds good to the desperate borrower!

DOCUMENTATION:   Scammers reply on clever documentation that it's almost impossible to understand. Normally the documents look very legal and financially correct whereas in fact they are totally worthless. Just because a document sounds like it comes from a bank, and maybe it's on bank letterhead, that definitely doe's not mean it's a genuine document.

Here's a few things to especially watch out for but always remember, as far as finance is concerned. . . .

" IF AN OFFER OF FINANCE LOOKS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
IT ALMOST CERTAINLY IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "

DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE THAT TELLS YOU:

"International Funding is easy to arrange": it's not, in fact it's extremely difficult and very complicated to arrange. If arranging funding in your own country is difficult, it will be very much more difficult fro a foreign lender. 

"Funding can be arranged anywhere": It can't - it's impossible to arrange project finance in some countries. Be especially cautious with anyone making this statement.

"They can close funding in a very short time": It can't, it always takes a long time to arrange, especially the legal aspects of a case. 

"You need to pay large 'commitment fees' to get a loan": You don't; genuine lenders never require payments in advance to grant a loan. Any bank application fee is paid after a loan is drawn. 

"Your loan is 'approved": This is an old scam - they tell you a loan is 'approved' subject to paying a due diligence fee. A loan can only be approved by the actual funder, never by an intermediary. 

"They have a 'special funding programme'": This is always total nonsense. If a case is not bankable it's not doable.

AND DON'T TRUST ANYONE:

That only gives you an email address: An email address could be anywhere, including an internet cafe somewhere! always make sure you have physical address to correspond with. DON'T EVER SEND ANY INFORMATION UNLESS YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL ADDRESS.

Offers Bank Guarantees: Don't ever  have anything to do with bank guarantees for project finance - 99% of the time it will almost certainly be a scam. Bank Guarantees, Letters of Credit etc applies to short term import/export finance, never to long term project finance.

Wants you to pay money into an escrow account: People are fooled because as there's a 'lawyer' involved they think there're safe - but usually the lawyer is part of the scam. If you pay money into an escrow account it's virtually certain lost.  If you pay money to an escrow account there will always be a clause in the small print of a contract which allows that to be transferred to the scammers account.

Who tells you they can arrange a 'self liquidating loan' . Sounds fantastic, having a loan that repays itself but this is nothing more that a figment of scammers imagination. If it was possible to get a loan that you did not have to repay, then everyone would get one!

Fraud.........you don't have to be victim!