Commercial Negotiation · Procurement Advisory · London

Pactis Partners

Your vendors negotiate for a living.
Now, so do you.

Most companies negotiate a major contract once every few years. The account team across the table does it every week. Pactis Partners levels the table — on the buy side and the sell side.

Multi-million-pound savings · retail · automotive · financial services · regulated environments

The Practice

Negotiation execution, not advice.

Consultancies write strategy decks. Training firms teach courses. We sit at the table — leading or shadowing every round — until the agreement is signed on better terms.

No. 01 Buy side — core practice

For organisations that buy

Professional procurement discipline for organisations without a procurement function — or ones that need reinforcement on a deal that matters.

  • Contract renewal & negotiation execution
  • Contract & renewal portfolio diagnostics
  • Fractional procurement leadership
  • Sourcing & competitive tenders (RFx)
  • Vendor governance & cost-out programmes
No. 02 Sell side — the other side of the table

For firms that sell

We have spent a career as the buyer. We know what procurement will demand, where they hold leverage, and what they will trade — before they do it to you.

  • Deal strategy for major enterprise sales
  • MSA & commercial terms navigation
  • Pricing structure & concession planning
  • Renewal defence
No. 03 Capability

Deal coaching

Prep-room support for leadership teams ahead of a specific major negotiation — either side of the table.

  • Negotiation strategy & planning
  • Counterparty role-play & rehearsal
  • Concession matrix & walk-away design
  • Live coaching between rounds

The Method

Three moves. One outcome: better terms, signed.

01
Weeks one to two

Review

We take your key supplier contracts and map the exposure: renewal dates, auto-renewal traps, indexation clauses, termination risk — and a prioritised plan for where negotiation will move money.

02
Days, not weeks

Prepare

AI-accelerated contract analysis and benchmarking, combined with professional negotiation planning: positions, fallbacks, concession strategy. Every output is reviewed by a negotiator before it reaches you.

03
To signature

Negotiate

We lead or shadow every round through to signature. The deliverable is not a report — it is a signed agreement on better terms.

Fixed fees, agreed before we start.

Every engagement is scoped individually and priced as a fixed fee — no open-ended day rates, no surprises. Where it aligns interests, we will put part of our fee at risk against verified savings. Enquire for a proposal.

Track Record

Judged on outcomes.

Multi-£m

Savings delivered in each of the industries we have worked in — retail, automotive, financial services and regulated environments

£60m+

Annual category spend managed on behalf of major organisations

20%

Cost reduction achieved on managed spend portfolios through negotiation

Both sides

Of the table — buy-side procurement leadership and sell-side deal support

Current work includes leading a major technology outsourcing negotiation in the London insurance market.

The Standard

Independence, guaranteed.

A negotiator is only worth engaging if their only incentive is your outcome. Four commitments, published and non-negotiable.

I.

One side of the table

We never act on both sides of the same negotiation. Ever.

II.

Never against a client

We never act against a current client — on any matter, for anyone.

III.

Overlap, disclosed

Any sector overlap is disclosed before engagement, not discovered after it.

IV.

No supplier commissions

We take no commissions, referral fees or incentives from suppliers. None.

On tooling: a proprietary AI pipeline for contract review, clause analysis and negotiation preparation compresses weeks of analysis into days — so senior attention goes where it matters, the negotiation itself. Every output is reviewed by a negotiator before it reaches a client, and client materials are handled under strict confidentiality and data-protection controls.

The Gap

Anyone can give advice.

Strategy decks are everywhere. Negotiation training is everywhere. But a firm that prepares the position, sits in the room, and stays until signature — as a fixed-fee service — barely exists. That gap is where Pactis Partners lives.

The adviser
  • Writes the strategy, leaves before the room
  • Day rates that reward duration, not results
  • Generic playbooks, any industry
  • Done at handover — gone by renewal
Pactis Partners
  • At the table, every round, to signature
  • Fixed fee agreed before we start
  • Positions built from your contracts and your leverage
  • Back at the table when the renewal comes round

Start a conversation

Facing a renewal, a major deal,
or a vendor you can't move?

Tell us about the agreement. We'll come back within one business day with an honest view on whether — and how much — negotiation can move it.

Pactis Partners · London, United Kingdom