"The work is done quietly, structured tightly, and led personally by a senior consultant from the first conversation through closing."
Queenston supports the most consequential financial decisions in a privately held company's life — the sale, the acquisition, the transition. The work is done quietly, structured tightly, and led personally by a senior consultant from the first conversation through closing.
For owners considering the sale of a business, Queenston manages every major step of the process: preparing the business for market, understanding valuation expectations, positioning the opportunity properly, identifying qualified buyers, managing confidentiality, coordinating discussions, reviewing offers, and supporting the transaction through due diligence and closing. The goal is to help sellers maximize value while maintaining discretion and reducing disruption to the business.
On the acquisition side, Queenston works with serious acquirers who want a structured and professional approach to finding and evaluating opportunities. The firm helps clarify acquisition criteria, identify suitable opportunities, screen potential targets, support outreach, coordinate introductions, and assist throughout negotiation and due diligence.
Beyond live transactions, Queenston provides business valuation support, transaction advisory services, and strategic guidance for owners planning succession, growth, exit, or ownership transition.
These aren't aspirational values — they're operational commitments written into every engagement letter, every NDA, and every phase of the transaction process.
Information moves in stages, only under written confidentiality, only to qualified parties. Identities are protected. Anonymous CIMs are the default; full disclosure is the exception.
A 9-module Mandate Questionnaire, a 9-phase transaction process, and an Appendix-B Scope of Advisory. Everything is documented. Nothing is improvised.
Every engagement is led personally by Martin-Luc Derome, President & CEO. No queue, no handoff, no junior-led process. The person you meet is the person who closes the deal.
A two-party commitment model with 50% counterparty escrow held in trust. Serious parties on both sides of the table are protected from bad-faith withdrawal.
Every Queenston engagement is led personally by Martin-Luc Derome — supported by a small, dedicated team and a curated professional network.
Queenston operates across English and French Canada. Martin-Luc Derome is bilingual and has transactional experience in both common law and civil code jurisdictions, including Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, and Eastern Canada.
Queenston coordinates a curated network of specialized counsel — engaged as needed throughout each transaction phase, under the same confidentiality standards.
Every mandate begins with a written engagement letter. Scope, timeline, deliverables, and fees are defined before work begins. No ambiguity, no surprises.
Start with a private conversation.
No fee. No commitment. Held in confidence by Martin personally.