Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance

 

You might be raising capital, making an acquisition, disposing of a business, or seeking a wide market for your company’s shares on a stock market. Whatever the reason, you want to complete the deal efficiently and get the best value. Our specialists can help you do that.

Pre-IPO (initial public offering) assistance

We will determine all pre-IPO steps you need to undertake to ensure a successful and well-subscribed IPO transaction. Such steps may include the selection of an IPO vehicle that is most appropriate for your company and the initial valuation of the issuer’s shares of stock. We can also put you in touch with legal advisor/s and underwriter/s who can help you further with your IPO process.

Financial due diligence

When making an acquisition or an investment, it is the responsibility of the buyer or investor to make sure that all relevant financial facts and financial risks associated with the opportunity are thoroughly considered. We can conduct a financial due diligence on your investment target to help you assess such relevant financial facts and risks before you make any big decision.

We have conducted financial due diligence work for our foreign and local clients on their target companies in various industries, including more recently in mining, retail trading, real estate development, information technology, and banking, among others.

Financial forecasts

Occasionally, you may need to translate your future plans, or your target’s, into a financial model so that you can assess the effects of changes in critical variables that may be related to a contemplated transaction. We can design the financial model and, in the conduct of sensitivity and scenario analyses, help you make informed decisions about an opportunity.

In case you already have financial forecasts, we can check the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying such forecasts through our analysis of the accounts and the market environment. Our examination as an independent party is typically required by the target audience of the said forecasts (e.g., banks, acquiring companies, the Securities and Exchange Commission, etc.).

We have compiled or examined the financial forecasts of companies in a wide range of industries, including oil shipping, technology, steel, banking, real estate development, semiconductors, mining, and retail trade, among others.

Valuation

Through our valuation services, we will develop an opinion on the value of your business or its shares. Our clients typically require our valuation services in transactions such as divestment, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, management buy-outs, and tender offers.

Our valuation clients represent some of the big names in various industries, including real estate, property management, manufacturing, power, petroleum, mining, shipping, technology, retail trade, banking and pharmaceuticals.

Feasibility studies

We can help you evaluate the viability of your contemplated projects through the conduct of market research and financial analyses. We will compute financial feasibility measures such as the internal rate of return (IRR), net present value (NPV), and payback period.

Some of our significant engagements on market research and feasibility studies were conducted for hotels and resorts, a car dealership, shipping companies, a real estate developer, a hospital and a petroleum distribution company. The results of our studies have been crucial in the decision of our clients to pursue (or not) their contemplated projects or transactions.

Financial advisory

Our financial advisory services cover a wide range of activities. We can provide financial analysis of your target companies, or assist you in meeting bank requirements for your needed financing. We can also provide you with the necessary support for your bids for banks’ non-performing assets.

We were the lead advisor in the bid and post-deal stages of a government corporation’s disposal of mortgages, which has been dubbed as the largest ever corporate finance deal in the Philippines.