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Franck da Silva

A Paris-founded cross-border M&A principal who has spent over a decade closing the distance between European capital and Southeast Asia.
ASEAN Business Navigation Partner · Service 05 · Mahat Advisory
Service 05 — ASEAN Navigation Founder · Ænon (Paris · Singapore) Cross-Border M&A Europe ↔ Southeast Asia 13+ Years Advisory
About

The Bridge Between Europe and ASEAN

What works in Singapore does not work in Jakarta. Franck da Silva builds the bridges Europe and Southeast Asia actually cross — off-market opportunities, cross-border transactions, and the partnerships that survive the cultural distance between them.

Franck da Silva owns Service 05 — ASEAN Business Navigation — at Mahat Advisory. He is the Managing Partner and Founder of Ænon, the global advisory firm he founded in Paris in 2013, leading cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions across Europe and Southeast Asia by handling both buy-side and sell-side mandates, creating off-market opportunities, and managing execution across offices in Europe and Asia.

His navigation expertise is built on real transactions, not theory. He co-founded Amanah International, a strategic alliance of multidisciplinary advisors guiding shareholders and CEOs through the most significant challenges in a company's life cycle, and has held senior M&A partnership roles across Paris, Zurich, and Singapore. He operates natively across European and Southeast Asian business cultures.

Professional Experience
ASEAN Business Navigation Partner — Mahat Advisory · Service 05
Managing Partner & Founder — Ænon · Cross-Border M&A · Europe & Southeast Asia · Since 2013
Co-Founder — Amanah International · Shareholder & CEO Advisory Network
Founding Partner — Cimarosa · French SME Strategic Decision-Making
Managing Partner — Corporate Finance Associates · Middle-Market M&A
Education
MSc International & Corporate Finance — ISC Paris (Grande École)
MSc Risk Management in Finance — CY Cergy Paris Université
Core Domains
Cross-Border M&A
Europe ↔ Southeast Asia Navigation
Off-Market Opportunity Creation
Buy-Side & Sell-Side Execution
Capital Recomposition
Exit & Succession Transactions
Cross-Cultural Deal-Making
Strategic Partnership Building
Role at Mahat Advisory
Franck owns Service 05 — ASEAN Business Navigation. He guides organisations through the cultural, commercial, and transactional distance between Europe and Southeast Asia — the relationships, timing, and structure that desk research cannot supply. He is also Mahat's Cross-Border Trade Sectoral Partner.
ASEAN Navigation & Cross-Border Mandates

Contact Mahat Advisory to discuss Service 05 ASEAN business navigation and cross-border mandates. Franck da Silva's involvement is confirmed where the mandate requires Europe–Southeast Asia transactional navigation.

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