Discreet Negotiation
The most consequential conversations happen quietly. Settlements, buy-outs, contentious exits, sovereign-adjacent disputes. When the process cannot afford a leak, we lead it.
What this involves
- 01Principal-to-principal negotiation on behalf of an undisclosed client.
- 02Back-channel dialogue between counterparties who cannot be seen speaking.
- 03Structured settlements, standstill agreements, and confidential resolutions.
Where this applies
A non-exhaustive list of jurisdictions we hold live capability in for this discipline.
Global
Anywhere the client requires privacy of process.
Sovereign-adjacent
Disputes with state entities, ministries, and SOEs.
Family & shareholder
Cross-border succession and dissenting shareholder buyouts.
Contentious exits
Executive departures and founder separations at scale.
Recent scenarios
- 01
A multinational needs to settle a sovereign counterparty dispute without public record.
- 02
Two founding shareholders unwind a decade-long partnership without triggering press.
- 03
A family transition is negotiated between siblings in three jurisdictions over eighteen months.
How Reevers approaches this
We arrive without a title. Our clients are not named in the room, in the correspondence, or in the resolution. The counterparty knows they are dealing with someone serious. They do not know who.
Every discreet negotiation ends with a document. That document is the only artefact that survives. We spend as much time on it as on the conversation itself.
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