We are an independent firm specialized in finance and corporate development. We offer specialized advice to our clients, with technical solutions that help them make decisions in each of the vital moments of their business.
LMQ is an independent firm specialising in financial advice and corporate development for companies, business groups, family offices and private investors.
We aim for a long-term relationship with our clients, offering a broad portfolio of services and the capacity to provide technical solutions adapted to the specific needs of the individual. We accompany our clients through all the key stages of their business.
Our international network of contacts, acquired through 20 years of experience, allows us to set up multidisciplinary teams that can provide our clients with integral solutions as required.
Our independence, professionalism and commitment means we offer a service free of possible conflicts of interest. Our marked focus on results covers the needs of the client through a personalised service of the highest quality.
Team
Highly qualified professionals.
LMQ benefits from a highly qualified and experienced team of professionals, led and coordinated by our founding partner and CEO.
Ludivina Martínez Quintana, Founding Partner
“I am passionate about my work and meeting challenges. Commitment, resilience and energy define me as a professional."
Graduate in Business Administration and Management from the University of Oviedo, with postgraduate studies in foreign trade, business consultancy and innovation in finance, imparted by the Business Schools of ICEX-CECO, CEF and ESADE respectively.
In 2001 she began her professional career and since then she has consolidated a wide experience and technical knowledge in financial and business advice to companies in different sectors of activity, acquiring a deep understanding of the markets where they operate. Likewise, she has held the position of CFO and Executive Vice President in an Asian mid-market industrial Group, leading a multicultural team geographically distributed in Asia, USA, Mexico and Spain, broadening her experience in international financing negotiations and cross-border leveraged M&A transactions.
After 20 years of experience, in 2021 she founded LMQ Consulting & Advisory, which was born with the vocation of becoming an independent firm specialized in providing financial and corporate-development services of the highest quality.
Our services
Our aim is to provide the highest quality financial and corporate development services.
At LMQ we support our clients through all the key development stages of their business, offering a wide range of services and technical solutions adapted to the specific needs of each client.
CFO as a service
We provide on-demand and tailor-made CFO solutions to take your business to the next level. We support growing companies that do not yet need a full-time CFO and businesses that have interim or project based requirements.
• Optimised financial closure and reporting
• Cash and working capital management
• Availability of capital and management of financing
• Financial transformation strategy and roadmap
• Regular financial reporting
• Advice to Steering Committee
Business Consulting /Internationalisation
We advise our clients on the best strategies for raising finance for the implementation of their projects, both nationally and internationally.
• Development and review of business plans/internationalisation
• Research of financing for expansion projects: bank and alternative (public and semi-public, venture capital funds, crowd lending platforms and business angels.)
• Optimisation of financial structure
• Hedging strategies with financial derivatives in different areas (interest rate, exchange rate, commodities etc) and negotiation in their contracting, restructuring and cancellation.
• Independent directors
M&A / Assessments
We offer our clients an independent and high quality advisory service for the execution of mergers, acquisitions and sales of companies, as well as the obtaining of financing for leveraged buy-outs.
• Identifying investment opportunities and advising on buy and build transactions.
• Advising management teams on leveraged transactions (MBO, MBI and BIMBO).
• Advising shareholders and family groups in total or partial sales processes and corporate reorganisations.
• Mergers and divisions of branches of activity.
• Valuations "Due Diligence" Post-transaction services
Businesses in crisis / Restructuring
We work to establish the most effective methods for the financial and operational recovery of your business.
• Operational restructuring: optimisation of the profit and loss account: cost reduction, downsizing and restructuring of personnel. Negotiation with suppliers.
• Financial restructuring: Preparation of independent reports on the evolution of the business (IBR), viability plans, refinancing proposal and negotiation with the banking pool. Advice on negotiations with financial institutions. Short-term cash management.
• Optimisation of working capital
• Interim management and the role of CRO (Chief Restructuring Officer)
Businesses in crisis / Forensic
We prepare and ratify expert accounting and financial reports for court cases and arbitration tribunals. We act on behalf of companies and individuals, as well as courts and other bodies.
• Quantification of damages for breach or termination of contract
• Economic and financial imbalances from concessions or expropriation of businesses
• Compliance reviews
• Independent expert reports
Partnerships: An added value
At LMQ we believe in the added value of strong and complementary strategic partnerships. We therefore follow a strategy that enriches our services with the knowledge and experience of our strategic partners in different areas relating to corporate development and internationalisation of companies.
Companies, business groups, family offices and private investors.
