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See beyondthe obvious.

Arcadia Partners is an independent investment and advisory firm in Abu Dhabi. We invest in funds and businesses, hold meaningful stakes as engaged owners, and advise companies, shareholders and owners on significant decisions.

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Three ways to work with us. One way of looking.

We look past what is visible today to the fundamentals, the people, the risks and the potential for what something can become. Then we act with conviction.

Big-box warehouse exterior under a clear sky

Fund Investment

Disciplined capital. Conviction-led investment.

We invest in funds and opportunities where experienced managers, different strategies and strong market dynamics can create better long-term value. We look for real expertise, structural advantage and the potential to compound over time.

For fund managers, co-investors and family offices.

Warehouse floor with palletised goods

Active Ownership

Ownership with purpose.

Meaningful positions in businesses where engaged ownership can unlock more value. We bring perspective, experience and discipline to the boardroom and the management team: engaged ownership with a clear objective, never activism for its own sake.

For boards, management teams and shareholders.

Warehouse loading yard with the horizon beyond

Advisory

Experience applied to opportunity.

Independent strategic and investment advice for companies, shareholders, investors and owners facing significant decisions: positioning, capital, M&A, partnerships and shareholder matters. Because we invest ourselves, our advice is grounded in ownership.

For companies, owners and investors.

The questions we ask before we act.

Our name comes from an old phrase that asks you to look twice. These are the second looks we take, every time.

“Near the port means well connected.”

The second look

What are the real gate-to-gate times, the access restrictions and the onward delivery needs of the tenant who will actually sign?

“Fully occupied means dependable income.”

The second look

What happens when incentives expire, leases break or a concentrated tenant leaves, and what must be spent to re-let?

“The highest headline offer is the best outcome.”

The second look

How much reaches the shareholders after debt, working-capital adjustments, deferred consideration and the conditions attached?

“A majority sale settles the succession.”

The second look

Which decisions, guarantees and operating dependencies stay with the family after closing?

These are the questions behind our work, not statements about any asset or client.

Logistics and industrial real estate, walked at ground level.

The partners have spent their careers in the UAE's logistics corridor. What we look at in each place:

KEZAD

Abu Dhabi

Port and rail access, power capacity and plot geometry decide which buildings let and which only look well placed.

ICAD · Mussafah

Abu Dhabi

Older stock, mixed tenants and land-use change: the questions are clear height, yard depth and what a conversion really costs.

Al Markaz

Abu Dhabi

Multi-let parks live or die on tenant mix, lease expiry spread and the cost of keeping a diversified roll fully let.

Jebel Ali

Dubai

Scale and competition: the test is which shortage is actually being bid, and which is only being described.

Warehouse interior
SurfaceGrade A floorplate, new build.
We look atClear height, floor loading, power and the yard outside the frame.
Warehouse aisle, UAE
SurfaceA fully let, modern warehouse.
We look atWhen do the leases expire relative to the financing, and what must be spent to re-let?
Logistics park, Jebel Ali
SurfaceAn established park, Jebel Ali.
We look atWho the neighbours are, and what they pay.
High-bay racking
SurfaceFull racking.
We look atWhose goods, on what lease, until when.

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Six partners. Decades in the region's largest institutions.

Jassem Busaibe
Experience
27 years of investment and executive leadership in Abu Dhabi
Previously
CEO, Aldar Investments; CIO, Aldar Properties; CFO and CIO, SENAAT; Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Boards
Aldar Logistics Holding, Emirates Steel, Ducab, among others
Education
MSc Finance, London Business School; CFA

Saurabh Kasliwal
Experience
18 years across the full investment cycle, origination to exit
Previously
Head of Investments, Aldar Investments; Head of Investments, MISMAK (First Abu Dhabi Bank); Abu Dhabi Investment Company
Assignments at prior firms
Al Markaz logistics park; KEZAD big-box logistics assets; ADGM Towers
Education
MBA Finance, S.P. Jain; CFA, CAIA

Daniele Vecchi
Experience
34 years in treasury and corporate finance
Previously
Executive Director, Corporate Finance and Treasury, Aldar Properties; Treasury and Investor Relations, Investcorp; Head of Treasury, Majid Al Futtaim; Nestlé
Education
University of Bologna; MSc Risk Management, NYU Stern; London Business School

Duncan Rhys Kane
Experience
18 years of UAE real estate across logistics, office and residential
Previously
Chief Portfolio Officer, Aldar Properties; Head of Investment and Development, Al Tayer Real Estate; Tecom Group
Boards
Aldar Logistics Holding and joint ventures with Mubadala (UAE) and LRE Capital (UK)

Adrian Peikert
Focus
Deal origination, underwriting and structuring
Previously
Real estate team, EQT Partners, logistics strategy
Education
BSc Management Science, University College London

Saleh Busaibe
Focus
Deal origination, underwriting and structuring
Previously
Real estate team, Apollo Global Management, European real estate debt
Education
BA Economics, University of Cambridge

Roles and assignments at prior firms are described as employment history. Wording subject to each partner's and counsel's approval.

One case, told properly.

We would rather show one decision in full than a list of numbers. This space is reserved for a cleared example of a partner's judgment.

Reserved

[The situation, in two sentences.]

[What the partner noticed that others did not.]

[The decision taken, and the partner's actual responsibility.]

[What happened, with the firm and the date named.]

Why this, not a deal count

A reader can tell responsibility from proximity only when a case is told in full: what was seen, what was decided, what followed. A total of transactions cannot show that.

What we look for

  • Managers and businesses with real expertise and a structural advantage
  • Situations where engaged ownership can change the outcome
  • Decisions where independent judgement is worth more than access
  • [Size range, geographies and holding period, to be confirmed]

What we decline

  • Activism for its own sake
  • Mandates where our advice could conflict with our ownership, unless the conflict is disclosed and accepted
  • [Excluded sectors and structures, to be confirmed]

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