Independent Advisory | Global Commodities

Nobil

Commodities. Strategy. Insight.

Strategic and transaction support for companies navigating growth, investment, portfolio and commercial decisions across global commodity value chains.

About Nobil

Senior-level thinking without adding permanent overhead.

Nobil is an independent advisory platform focused on corporate development, M&A, commercial strategy, business development and market intelligence in commodities.

Nobil supports management teams that need additional analytical and strategic capacity for a transaction, investment decision, market question, portfolio review or high-priority commercial initiative. Work can be structured around a defined project or a specific strategic workstream.

Capabilities

Practical support for consequential decisions.

01

Corporate Development & M&A

Support across the transaction and investment decision process.

  • Opportunity screening and strategic fit
  • Valuation, financial modeling and business cases
  • Commercial, operational and financial due diligence
  • Investment memoranda and executive materials
  • Divestiture, separation and integration workstreams
02

Commercial Strategy & Business Development

Structured analysis to turn market opportunity into an executable strategic choice.

  • Growth and market-entry assessments
  • Partnership and commercial opportunity evaluation
  • Asset and portfolio strategy
  • Value-chain and capacity analysis
  • Cross-functional strategic initiatives
03

Market Intelligence & Decision Support

Decision-ready analysis for management and leadership teams.

  • Commodity and industry market analysis
  • Competitor and peer intelligence
  • Trade-flow, origination and capacity analysis
  • Strategic outlooks and scenario work
  • Board and executive-level materials
Selected Founder Experience

Built in global commodity businesses.

The experience below was gained by Nobil's founder in prior professional roles and is presented to illustrate relevant background and capabilities.

20+ acquisition, divestiture, minority investment and capital-project opportunities evaluated
~$3M to multi-billion-dollar transaction and investment opportunities evaluated
Global work across North America, South America and Europe
Board-level strategy, valuation, budget and capital-allocation materials
Prior Experience

Bunge–Viterra integration

Supported European integration of the approximately $34B Bunge–Viterra merger, including regulatory approvals, divestitures, asset-separation planning, governance and cross-functional integration workstreams.

Prior Experience

Gavilon acquisition & strategic investments

Contributed to work related to the $1.125B Gavilon acquisition and evaluated strategic investment opportunities across agricultural commodity assets and infrastructure.

Commodity Value Chains

From origination to export infrastructure

Experience spanning grain origination, storage, logistics, crushing, processing, fertilizer, biofuels and export infrastructure, with close collaboration alongside traders and commercial teams.

Executive Decision Support

Analysis built for action

Developed investment cases, competitor analysis, regional strategy, performance reviews, annual valuations and decision materials for CEO, CFO, executive and Board audiences.

How Nobil Can Support

Flexible support when the internal team needs more capacity.

Engagements can be scoped around a discrete question, transaction, strategic project or temporary increase in workload.

Founder portrait of Iuliana Dorn
Founder

Iuliana Dorn

Founder & Principal

Iuliana's background spans corporate development, M&A, strategy and global agricultural commodities. Prior to founding Nobil, she worked in Corporate Development and Strategy at Viterra, formerly Glencore Agriculture, and in private equity. Her experience includes acquisitions, divestitures, integration, capital projects, strategic planning, market analysis, valuation and executive decision support.

She has worked closely with commercial teams, traders and senior leadership to evaluate investment opportunities, market dynamics and long-term strategic priorities across global commodity value chains.

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