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Corporate Finance

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Services

Our complete range services means that our expert advisors can assist you with all of your Corporate Finance needs including:

Mergers and acquisitions

Whether you are looking to grow or diversify through an acquisition or merger, downsize or divest lower performing assets, or exit from your existing business, our highly expert team will help you put a successful strategy in place to ensure the best possible outcome for you.

We draw from an experienced team of corporate finance advisors to provide investment banking style advisory services, including:

  • divestments and trade sales
  • acquisition advisory work – sourcing the acquisitions and facilitating the transaction
  • mergers, consolidation and amalgamations of entities
  • privatisations of government business enterprises and public to private transactions
  • management buyins and buyouts
Our expert advisors have a wealth of experience and resources at their disposal to:
  • accurately assess your current situation
  • provide creative financial and transaction structuring
  • research and identify the potential acquisitions, buyers or targets that fit you best
  • provide effective and intelligent solutions to deal with obstacles
  • to fully assess all strategic alternatives and possible outcomes
  • work closely with clients to negotiate and close transaction to achieve their strategic and financial objectives
We will work with you, from start to deal close, to achieve a successful outcome for you and your business.

Capital markets advisory

To achieve strategic growth aspirations, businesses often need to seek equity or debt funding from capital markets. We can help with managing the complexities of the process and seeking the right partner. Our services include:

  • sourcing venture capital and private equity
  • initial public offering
  • secondary market raisings and rights issues
  • sourcing mezzanine finance options
  • sourcing debt funding
  • takeover advisory work – takeovers of companies and takeover defence advice
We have strong contacts within many sectors of the capital markets including Private Equity, Venture Capital, Brokers and Underwriting and the Banking community. These professional relationships enable us to select relevant capital market partners that will deliver a superior outcome in respect to value, terms and co-ordination with your business strategy.

Our expert advisors have extensive experience and a strong record in:

  • the formation, structuring and implementation of a financing strategy
  • assessment of financial options across all debt, equity and hybrid product areas, domestic and global
  • developing funding alternatives and negotiation strategies
  • work with clients and their legal advisor to ensure the deals make commercial and financial sense
  • all areas of procurement from initiation to close
In Capital Markets Advisory it’s not only what you know – but who you know and what you know about them. We know.

Valuations and independent expert reports

Whether it’s a divestment, a takeover, future planning, or trying to make a good strategic decision, it pays to get a proper assessment of the impact on value. Our specialists have the proven experience and know-how to ensure your valuation is prepared on a fundamentally sound basis, with relevant research, analysis and professional care – all in accordance with relevant legislative requirements.

We provide fully independent advice on a broad range of valuation issues, including:

  • shareholder issues such as entry and exit and assisting in merger and acquisition planning
  • independent expert reports as required by Corporate law and ASX Listing Rules
  • taxation and statutory requirements
  • executive options and employee share plans
  • intangible assets – specifically intellectual such as patents, trademarks
  • purchase price allocation advice
  • dispute settlement
  • investment decision making based on economic value added principals
  • litigation support and expert financial evidence
  • restructuring
Our specialists’ independent approach, considerable experience, ongoing research and attention to detail all contribute to ensuring the optimum outcome for you.

Transaction services and due diligence

Our team of experts will ensure that your business transactions are appropriately assessed and that the process runs smoothly and efficiently, ensuring relevant and valuable advice that you can actually use.

Among the many transaction support services we provide are:

  • acquisition strategy and financial due diligence
  • commercial due diligence and review of synergies and strategic value
  • transaction and project management
  • setting up and administering data rooms (virtual and physical)
  • deal evaluation and structuring
  • negotiations and strategic advice
  • financial modelling and feasibility
  • tax consulting
  • vendor assistance and vendor due diligence prior to embarking on a trade sale
The transaction services advice provided by our specialists will ensure that your strategic decisions are based on financial and commercial realities, and that you can make them with confidence to get the desired result.

Other services

In addition to these services we also provide expert assistance with and advice on:

  • Cross border transactions through our international network
  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • Project Financial Modelling
  • Business Restructuring