Corporate Finance

Our corporate finance team provides specialist advice to mid market clients on a range of transactions. Our corporate finance team has deep technical specialist knowledge and can advise on the most complex of matters. We are commercially focused and innovative in our thinking to deliver value adding advice to our clients. We advise on:

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Management Buy-Outs/Management Buy-ins
  • Equity and debt financing
  • Corporate restructures
  • Venture capital and private equity
  • Business valuation
  • Due diligence

Disposals

Our corporate finance team has extensive experience acting as lead financial advisor in sell-side mandates. Our sell-side advisory services include:

  • Purchaser identification, research and analysis;
  • Business valuation and financial modelling
  • Advising the vendors on the initial approach to prospective purchasers, preparing management presentations and information memorandums;
  • Negotiating term sheets/letters of intent
  • Co-ordinating the due-diligence process and hosting data-rooms
  • Co-ordinating other professionals including the legal advisors to ensure a smooth transaction process

Acquisitions

Our corporate finance team has extensive experience acting as lead financial advisor in buy-side mandates. Our buy-side advisory services include:

  • Target identification, research and analysis
  • Business valuation and financial modelling
  • Advising the purchaser on the initial approach to targets and transaction structuring
  • Preparing and negotiating term sheets/letters of intent
  • Carrying out financial and tax due-diligence and coordinating legal, commercial and other due-diligence
  • Co-ordinating other professionals including the legal advisors to ensure a smooth transaction process

Management Buy-outs/Management Buy-ins

Our corporate finance team can advise, structure and raise capital for Management Buy-Outs (MBOs) and Management Buy-Ins (MBIs) allowing management teams transition to becoming business owners. MBOs and MBIs can have a range of complexities from structuring to financing the transaction. Our services include:

  • Business valuation and financial modelling
  • Advising on the transaction structuring and financing
  • Preparing and negotiating term sheets/letters of intent
  • Raising capital to finance the MBO/MBI
  • Co-ordinating other professionals including the legal advisors to ensure a smooth transaction process

Equity and Debt Financing

Our corporate finance team has the experience and network to assist clients in raising equity and/or debt financing whether for growth, to fund acquisitions, for working capital, secondary sales and funding buybacks for exiting shareholders. Our equity and debt financing services include:

  • Financial modelling and business planning
  • Advising on the sources of finance and the optimal sources and mix for the project
  • Business valuation
  • Advising on the initial approach to prospective investors/debt providers, preparing management presentations and information memorandums;
  • Negotiating term sheets/letters of intent
  • Co-ordinating the due-diligence process and hosting data-rooms
  • Co-ordinating other professionals including the legal advisors to ensure a smooth transaction process

Venture Capital and Private Equity

We work closely with family offices on sourcing, diligencing and executing private equity and venture capital investments. We have a vast network entrepreneurs, advisors, venture capitalists, private equity funds, angel investors, family offices and institutional funds providing deal-flow for our family office clients. We work closely with family offices who have constructed their own venture portfolio in Seed to Series A financings. Our services include:

  • Target identification, research and analysis
  • Assessing founders, markets and products
  • Valuation and financial modelling
  • Advising the investor on the initial approach to investment opportunities and transaction structuring;
  • Preparing and negotiating term sheets/letters of intent
  • Carrying out financial and tax due-diligence and co-ordinating legal, commercial and other due-diligence
  • Co-ordinating other professionals including the legal advisors to ensure a smooth transaction process

Valuations

Our corporate finance team provides business valuation services for a range of purposes including for mergers and acquisitions, fairness opinions, equity raises, share awards under employee incentive plans, minority and majority shareholder exits and group restructures.

  • Target identification, research and analysis
  • Business valuation and financial modelling
  • Advising the purchaser on the initial approach to targets and transaction structuring
  • Preparing and negotiating term sheets/letters of intent
  • Carrying out financial and tax due-diligence process and coordinating legal, commercial and other due-diligence
  • Coordinating other professionals including the legal advisors to ensure a smooth transaction process

Due Diligence

Our corporate finance team provides due diligence services whereby we examine the target company in accordance with a scope agreed with the purchaser. We produce our report outlining the key risk areas to assist you with your decision making process. Our due-diligence services include:

  • Financial due-diligence
  • Tax due-diligence
  • Reviewing the structure of the transaction
  • Advice on valuation and quality of earnings
  • Identification of key risks

T: +353 (0)1 221 0610
E: [email protected]
5 Fitzwilliam Square,
Dublin 2 D02 R744

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