Do advisers and financiers pressure their client companies to expand overseas too rapidly? The secrecy that surrounds these relationships means this is a difficult question to answer, writes Silvia Pavoni.

To be a good one, the relationship between a company and its banks and advisers has to be intimate. Corporates must expose their most secretive plans and discuss their most sensitive issues. And consultants must use all their acumen, experience and tireless work to craft the best solutions for their clients’ requests.