Corporate Advisory
Strategy and M&A Support
Owners of private businesses are entrepreneurs with deep knowledge and experience about their sector and industry. When looking to acquire or divest a business, having the right team in place is a critical step to maximizing time and resources as the management team may not have the bandwidth to fully execute on M&A objectives.
Depending on whether you’re looking to buy or sell, advisor roles may have different purposes, but an experienced team of advisors can facilitate transactions to prevent lost opportunities and avoidable expenses.
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Strategic Guidance: offering a clear roadmap aligned with the client’s business goals while providing objective advice to avoid emotional decision-making pitfalls.
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Market Research and Deal Origination: performing detailed market research to identify potential buyers or acquisition targets. Advisors also create longlists and shortlists of candidates and initiate confidential first contact.
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Business Valuation: conducting thorough valuations to determine the fair market value of the company being bought or sold. This involves analyzing tangible and intangible assets, financial statements, and market conditions.
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Deal Structuring: designing the financial and legal structure of transactions to optimize tax, financial, and operational outcomes. This includes deciding on payment methods, stock or asset purchase structures, and earn-out payments.
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Access to Networks: leveraging extensive networks to connect clients with potential buyers, sellers, or investors that may not be accessible otherwise.
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Negotiation Support: acting as intermediaries during negotiations to secure favorable terms while maintaining productive relationships between parties.
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Due Diligence: conducting comprehensive due diligence on financials, operations, legal standing, and other critical aspects to identify risks and ensure transparency.
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Post-Transaction Support: assisting with onboarding after the deal closes to ensure smooth integration and operational continuity.
Implementation Management
We support Corporate and GRE Clients with advise and consultancy services around recasting of their debt profiles, enhancing and optimizing their Treasury set-up, liquidity and investment management services, reviewing and sharpening their overall business strategy, providing guidance around specific large and/or strategic transactions and optimizing their banking relationships to extract maximum benefits.
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Strategy Development: crafting tailored strategies alongside internal teams that align with business objectives and providing roadmaps for both short-term actions and long-term growth.
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Risk Management: identifying risks associated with new initiatives and developing mitigation strategies, including ensuring compliance with regulations during implementation.
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Project Management: full-scale project management for single or multiple projects, including development of project audits, risk mitigation plans, and cost control measures and establishing governance frameworks for consistent and repeatable practices.
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Vendor Management: managing third-party vendors and specialist providers to ensure alignment with project goals.
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Business Process Design and Optimization: analysis and redesign of business processes to improve efficiency, including creation of future-state process designs and automation workflows.
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Change Management: planning and managing organizational change to minimize resistance by preparing employees and stakeholders for transitions through training and communication.
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Measurement and Evaluation: establishing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track and monitor implementation success and adjusting as necessary.
Debt Restructuring Advisory
Work closely with your company’s management, stakeholders and lenders at every level. Our team of ex-bankers with hands-on experience of restructuring aim to deliver practical outcomes to protect value throughout all stages of the process from analysis to execution.
The Restructuring Advisory is likely to follow four critical phases
Diagnostic and Analysis Phase
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Cashflows including a critical appraisal of current cashflow allocation/ working capital and identification of any available free cashflow
Planning & Proposal Development Phase
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Preparation of a preferred restructuring proposal (having considered alternatives) and strategy for approaching the financial creditors
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Negotiation Phase
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Corporate Treasury Advisory
We support Corporate and GRE Clients with advise and consultancy services around recasting of their debt profiles, enhancing and optimizing their Treasury set-up, liquidity and investment management services, reviewing and sharpening their overall business strategy, providing guidance around specific large and/or strategic transactions and optimizing their banking relationships to extract maximum benefits.
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Diagnostic and Analysis, covering historical performance and developing financial business case projections
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Detailed assessment of existing debt
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Provide functional oversight of key roles such as Risk, Credit, Operations, Compliance during transition and turnaround phases
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