Advisory & Capital · Gulf

Counsel with capital behind it.

Tactic Bridge stands beside founders in the Gulf through the decisions that shape what a business becomes: the deal that changes the trajectory, the raise that funds it, and the transition that carries it forward.

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Beside the founder

In the deal

Anchored in the Gulf

The Firm

One firm. Three ways to stand beside a founder.

Founders in the Gulf are underserved at the moments that carry the most weight: the transaction that changes the trajectory, the raise that funds it, the transition that decides what endures. Tactic Bridge exists to sit on their side of the table with counsel, capital, and access.

How we work

Three ways to stand beside a founder.

01 · COUNSEL

Senior Counsel

One senior voice through the decisions that define enterprise value. Deal structuring, M&A, capital strategy, corporate architecture, succession. Fewer engagements, deeper involvement, longer horizons.

Deal structuring
Capital strategy
Succession planning

02 · CAPITAL

Capital Alongside

Where it belongs in the structure, Tactic Bridge and its partners invest alongside the founder. Selective, minority, patient. Skin in the game changes the shape of every conversation that follows.

Co-investment
Bridge capital
Sponsor equity

03 · ACCESS

Access in the Gulf

Two decades of relationships across Gulf family offices, operators, government entities, and institutional capital. Access is quiet, curated, and used only when it serves the founder's mandate.

Family offices
Institutional capital
Government & sovereign

Where we work

Sectors we know from the inside.

Tactic Bridge takes mandates in the industries its founder has spent two decades in: the sectors where judgment on a deal comes from having built, run, or restructured the underlying business.

Industrial Real Estate Transport & Aviation Consumer & Family Enterprises Construction & Trade

Selected transactions.

A sample of recent work with founders and sponsors. Client identities withheld, figures and outcomes shared with permission.

2025, 2026 Industrial Real Estate
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Distressed Industrial Restructuring

Sourced a distressed industrial asset, restructured its position, designed a build-and-lease plan, and raised the capital to execute end-to-end.

AED 35M

Deal size

Distressed acquisition, ground-up development, and long-term lease structure designed as a single deal. Capital raised across sponsor equity, co-investment, and debt.

2025, 2026 Industrial Real Estate
Dubai, UAE

Self-Storage Development

Advisory and capital structuring for a ground-up self-storage facility in central Dubai, with AssetCo and OpCo separation.

AED 12M

Growth capital raised · plus AED 5M sponsor co-invest

Three-scenario financial model, term sheet led to signing, side agreements and governance in place. Sponsors invested AED 5M of own capital alongside external investors.

2025, 2026 Trade & Distribution
UAE

Building Materials Trading Platform

Co-founded and structured a building materials trading operation, sourcing internationally and across the UAE. Raised investor capital to finance the working-capital cycle.

AED 30M+

Capital deployed · working-capital facility

Legal entity, supply and logistics network in place. Investor capital structured as a rolling working-capital facility, with returns tied to the trade cycle.

Founder

Kirill Pelekh

Founder

Formerly with McKinsey & Company and Roland Berger, with two decades of strategy, finance, and operations across the Gulf and Europe. His work has included the national transport strategy for Saudi Arabia, the industrial strategy for Dubai, the transformation of a leading GCC airline, and the restructuring of major construction businesses. Alongside consulting, an operating role within Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority.

Tactic Bridge is the vehicle through which he now works alongside founders on the decisions that define enterprise value.

Based

Dubai, UAE

Languages

EN · RU · UA

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