Mergers and acquisitions
- We develop and implement acquisition and disposal
strategies.
- We focus on the deal process from strategy through to
execution, accessing the capital markets and valuing, negotiating
and structuring deals.
- We help our clients to complete and extract the maximum value
fromtheir transactions.
- We pride ourselves on our execution capabilities and
accessibility.
- We have advised on mergers and acquisitions transactions
totalling over R70bn in the past five years.
- We have partnerships with leading mergers and acquisitions
practices inChina and India.
- We have a partnership with Venmyn, a leadings pecialist advisor
in mineral valuations in South Africa.
- We are recognised as a leading mining advisory team.
Corporate restructuring
We help companies review and change their corporate structures
to ensure an optimal capital structure and the lowest of cost of
capital.
Capital raising
- We provide innovative strategies to raise capital and finance,
both locally and offshore.
- We ensure that our clients have the most sophisticated and
specialised debt packages that local and international financing
markets provide.
- We have strong relationships with the key debt and private
equity providers, which allows us to get timely introductions and
competitive pricing, whilst maintaining an objective and
independent approach at all times.
BEE Transactions
- We are recognised for our independence, thought leadership and
innovation when it comes to BEE financing.
- We have a good grasp of BEE funding structures and what is
likely to succeed.
- We advise investors on the deal process from strategy to
financial closure, including debt raising.
- We have been involved in some of the largest and highest
profile BEE transactions in South Africa.
Business Valuations
- We provide independent corporate valuations for internal
strategic purposes.
- We use the consulting services of Professor Carlos Correira,
who is recognised as one of the leading experts on company
valuations and valuation methodology.
- Professor Correia has published articles in the financial press
and in research publications and was awarded the Standard Merchant
Bank prize three times (placing 1st or 2nd) for outstanding
research published in the SA Journal of Accounting Research.
Equity Derivative Strategies
- We apply innovative equity derivatives as risk management
tools.
- We are an acknowledged leader in derivative structuring and
have provided tailored solutions for clients for over 15
years.
- The derivative strategies we have designed have been used in
BEE transactions for the transfer of economic interests to BEE
partners;to encourage longer-term shareholder relationships; and
for the retention of BEE shareholding.
- We have also designed derivative strategies for corporates to
use in share repurchases, acquisitions, convertible and
exchangeable bonds, employee share schemes, and investment hedging
structures.