About

Garrison Quebec Consultants

GQ was setup in 2009 to deal with the growing need for a consultancy firm that dealt with various client expectations underneath one umbrella. We have a growing database of international GQ clients who vary in size from individuals with personal ambitions in Europe to corporate companies in the UAE. Our team have a diverse skill set range to make it easy for our clients to access all of our services with one potential phone call.

  • Complex International Business Law
  • Complex International Business Accountancy
  • Complex International Business Insurance
  • Business Acquisitions &Mergers
  • Business Apprenticeships
  • Investment Programs

 

Law, Accountancy & Insurance

We provide legal advice and representation for all matters concerning International Law that Businesses may face during their time of trading.  Our Lawyers have a rich background of experience that is absolutely necessary in this field to make sure that every need of yours is met in the shortest possible time frame.

Our specialist accountancy team have decades of experience between them. They have managed the books of multi-national companies in the past and continue to be of great assistance to our clients.

Our in-house insurance team deal with complex insurance matters involving buildings, oil rigs, shopping centres and hotels. There is usually a lot of liability and red tape involved in the certification of huge projects henceforth our team conducts the due diligence necessary to make sure what is put in place protects our clients’ interests fully.

Business Acquisition & Mergers

If you’re looking to grow your business you may want to consider a merger or acquisition as an alternative to generic growth.

There are lots of benefits to growing your business in this way and it’s often the case that one plus one can make three (or more) for even the smallest businesses.

Pure mergers are more unusual than acquisitions, simply because there’s rarely a merger of equals. The usual scenario is for one business to take over another and establish itself as the new owner. The target business then becomes a subsidiary of the acquirer, or its assets are assimilated.

Making the merger or acquisition work for you is a challenge for the management team, which will be dealing with a range of logistical, financial and cultural issues.

It’s important to reassure your newly acquired customers that the change will benefit them, or at least keep things the same. Quick and effective communication is essential to customer retention.

Steps to a typical merger or acquisition include:

  • Financial due diligence / valuation of the target and a review of the structure of the transaction including taking tax advice
  • Agreeing an offer and putting a Non-Disclosure Agreement and Heads of Terms in place (the Heads often establish the key principles of the deal and pre-empt detailed negotiation of any commercial matters later in the transaction) – an additional Lock-Out Agreement can be a good way to ward off other buyers at this stage
  • Conducting the Legal Due Diligence process
  • Negotiating the transactional documents including the Share Purchase Agreement / Asset Purchase Agreement as well as ancillary documents
  • Completion of the acquisition / merger.

 

Business Apprenticeships

At GQ, we provide advice and counsel for new Business’ that are entering the marketplace. We also accept pitches from Business’ who are still in the embryonic phase where it is merely just an idea or a concept. In usual cases if the proposition is of interest to us then funding will be provided in exchange of equity. It may very well be the case that all of our services are provided in return for an equity in the business. All cases are not the same hence it will be up to our B.A team to decide how to proceed.

Investment Programs

We have a number of investment options that one can possibly take up with us. We have a very successful team who have exceeded in client expectations as well as excelling in their consistency to deliver positive returns year on year:

GQ Original Fund

The GQ Original Fund program range comprises portfolios that target a positive return, whatever the direction of the market. Our range of absolute return funds stand out in the market for having a strong track record, with all of our absolute return strategies outperforming their benchmarks over three and five-year periods.*

Our diverse fund range offers investors the ability to capture our best ideas for investment in their respective asset classes. Each specialist investment team tailors their choice and combination of investment approaches to reflect the characteristics of the markets in which they invest. The risk framework is tailored to the investment universe and approach.

Our investment process is designed to generate a large number of original and uncorrelated investment ideas, encouraging a high level of embedded diversification within our funds. Each fund typically contributes to a portfolio’s stability, diversification and upside capture to a varying degree.

The diversity of investment universes and investment approaches, within a consistent risk management framework, means the individual strategies lend themselves to being held together in a portfolio

 

Specialist Equities

The potential to deliver positive returns no matter what the direction of the equity market.

This Fund is designed to generate absolute returns with low volatility. It deploys a diversified portfolio to generate growth that is not correlated with mainstream asset classes.

Our objective is to deliver returns over the long-term from stock picking by holding pairs of long and short positions to hedge out unwanted risk. We have a team that has worked in the trading business in all corners of the Earth and have a strategy in place that has worked since we were incorporated:

  • Stability: aims to deliver positive returns, irrespective of how the market is performing.
  • Diversify Risk: targets returns that don’t correlate with mainstream asset classes and strategies.
  • Weak volatility: the strategy is designed to provide a smoother path to returns than a traditional long only approach.
  • Liquidity: you can place and withdraw money easily.

Farmland

Producers who are able to grow production will be rewarded. Global population is expected to increase by almost 60 million a year peaking in 2050, with almost all of that growth concentrated in the developing countries*

The increase in the level of relative and absolute wealth in the developing countries is resulting in changing diets richer in protein and higher in calories; the required growth in production to meet this increase in demand is over 60% across the agriculture commodity spectrum

The growth in production has been slowing as the gains from intensification are diminishing and as agriculture is forced to compete for scarce resources. Our assets are usually based in South East Asia, China, Mongolia and parts of the Americas.

Historical data suggests low correlation to other asset classes and therefore farmland offers diversification of assets. Farmland is an income generating asset. This is absolutely key. Historical data suggest that as a real asset. Farmland may provide protection in periods of high inflation.

We believe Farmland is more lucrative than housing considering the figures that we are working on with our current clients. However we do still indulge in the property market in pursuance of the wishes of our customers. Both programs have provided very healthy returns.

Cash Management Solutions

There comes a time when Business’ suffer due to a number of reasons involving management and market mechanics. We provide an outcall service from our analysts who break down your business and make it successful again. In usual cases business turnaround time is 3-6 months.