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Method

One process, applied with discipline

Every engagement runs on the same spine: define it confidentially, verify everything, decide with evidence. Buy and sell mandates follow the eight steps below — buyers receive verified shortlists, sellers grounded valuations and discreet buyer matching — against the published commission schedule. Advisory engagements run a shorter flat-fee path: scope, assessment, written findings, no transaction attached. You decide at every step. Together these stages are the MANDATE Method, our named methodology.
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Every engagement starts, and ends, in writing.

The sequence

From first conversation to completed transaction

1

Submit a mandate

Start with the consultation form or a direct introduction. Tell us what you need — an acquisition, a sale, independent counsel, or a partner desk — in as much or as little detail as you hold at this stage.

2

Private consultation

A direct conversation, not a sales call. We define the objective, the parameters that matter, the budget logic, the timeline, and what must stay confidential. If we are not the right office for the mandate, we say so here.

3

Market mapping

Before anyone is approached: comparable transactions, current visible inventory, and realistic pricing for the asset in question. The mandate proceeds on evidence, not enthusiasm.

4

Verification

Ownership, condition, documentation, provenance, and market logic — examined by the right specialists for the asset class. Verification is where most bad transactions are prevented; we treat it as the core of the service, not a formality.

5

Shortlist or sale strategy

Buyers receive a shortlist of verified candidates with the evidence attached. Sellers receive a valuation range, the supporting comparables, and a recommended channel strategy — private, public, or staged.

6

Negotiation

The office negotiates on your behalf. Your identity, motivations, and constraints stay out of the conversation until you decide otherwise. You see terms and recommendations; the pressure stays on our side of the table.

7

Transaction coordination

Contracts, escrow, inspections, registration, insurance, and logistics — sequenced so nothing stalls, nothing is skipped, and both sides arrive at completion without surprises.

8

Ongoing relationship

Most clients return — the next acquisition, an eventual sale, a collection that evolves. The office holds the history, so every subsequent mandate starts further ahead.

Between transactions, the advisory practice keeps holdings reviewed

Two directions

How do the buying, selling, and advisory flows differ?

Mandates share the spine — verification, negotiation, completion — and differ in the middle: buyers receive a verified shortlist with evidence attached, sellers a grounded valuation and selective approaches to qualified buyers. Advisory is the deliberate exception: flat-fee, question-driven, and finished when the question is answered — no close required.

If you are buying

Buy mandate

  • Define the asset, parameters, and budget logic
  • Market mapped; realistic pricing agreed
  • Visible and off-market candidates sourced in parallel
  • Each candidate verified before you see it
  • Shortlist with evidence — typically three to five, not thirty
  • Office negotiates; you decide
  • Transaction coordinated to completion
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If you are selling

Sell mandate

  • Asset submitted for confidential review
  • Documentation and condition assessed first
  • Valuation range grounded in closed transactions
  • Channel strategy agreed — private by default
  • Qualified buyers approached selectively
  • Offers managed; your reserve protected
  • Completion coordinated: contract, escrow, delivery
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If you want counsel, not a transaction

Advisory engagement

  • Question scoped in writing, flat fee agreed
  • Assessment: documents, market, specialists as needed
  • Written findings with the evidence attached
  • "Keep it and re-insure it" is a complete answer
  • Optional standing review, annually
  • If a mandate follows, it is a separate decision
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See three worked examples — anatomy of a mandate

What does representation cost?

Deal-based commission, published openly — because a brokerage confident in its execution has no reason to hide its economics. Buyers pay a success commission on acquisition mandates; sellers pay on sales and consignments. The schedule sits at the strong end of the market deliberately: it funds verification, off-market access, and negotiation that pay for themselves in the outcome.

Standard commission schedule — success-based, agreed in writing per mandate
CategoryBuy mandateSell mandate / consignment
Private jets2–3% of purchase4–5% of sale
Superyachts3–5% of purchase10% of sale, MYBA-style; negotiable above $25M
Art10–15% of acquisition10–15% on private sales
Luxury watches10–15% sourcing fee15–20% consignment
Luxury bags10–15% sourcing fee20–25% consignment
Collector & luxury cars5–10% of purchase10–15% of sale; negotiable above $5M

Minimum engagement fees apply on smaller mandates; advisory work is billed separately as flat fees. Every number is confirmed in the engagement letter before work begins — success-based, so we are paid when you close well, not for trying.

Questions clients ask about the process

How long does a mandate take?

It depends on rarity: liquid assets in clean condition often complete within weeks; allocation-constrained watches, off-market aircraft, or specific Hermès combinations can take months. The consultation sets an honest timeline before the mandate begins — and we would rather quote slow and deliver early than the reverse.

Where is the office, and where are mandates executed?

In Main Point Karlín — Karlín's award-winning business center — at Pobřežní 620/3, Prague 8, ten minutes from Prague's old town. Meetings are by appointment, in Prague or wherever the asset and the client are; mandates are executed worldwide under the same confidentiality discipline.

What does an engagement cost?

Success-based commission on both sides of the business: buyers pay 2–10% on acquisition mandates and sellers 3–20% on sales and consignments, by category — the full schedule is published above and confirmed in the engagement letter before work begins. Advisory is the exception: flat fees, since there is no deal to succeed at. No undisclosed amounts from anyone, ever.

Can I pause or end a mandate?

Yes. Mandates define their own term and exit terms up front; you can wind one down at the agreed notice without penalty beyond work already performed. An office that needs to trap clients in contracts is telling you something about how it expects the relationship to go.

Begin privately

The first step is a conversation, not a commitment.

Define the mandate with us. If we can serve it well, we will tell you exactly how. If we cannot, we will tell you that too.