Corporate Finance

The expansion of a company, a strategic reorientation or a re-organisation: in the field of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) there are opportunities for companies of every size and in every sector to increase in value. These corporate challenges, however, can also be accompanied by significant risks for a company and its decision-makers. Due to the fact that such purchase and sales transactions are not part of the everyday business of a company, we recommend seeking the assistance of our experts.
Our philosophy of combined consulting offers the ideal basis for the services we provide within the framework of financing solutions by means of the networking of experts from diverse specialized areas, markets and the connection with tax and other experts.

Our Services:

• Comprehensive support in M&A transactions, both buy and sell side
• Evaluation of business plans, preparation of all materials for transaction, including teasers, information memorandum, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, and request for proposal.
• Support in negotiations with sellers or potential investors
• Budget forecast and valuation based on DCF, multiple and/or comparable models
• Financial, tax and commercial due diligence
• Post-merger integration
• Purchase price allocation

We have extensive knowledge in business and asset valuations for various purposes.

As a member of the Crowe Global, we can call on the expertise of local professionals around the globe to offer a seamless cross-border service.

We help companies with:

• Valuation of all types of businesses and assets
• Various disputes — valuing businesses, assets and lost profits
• Accounting and financial reporting support — e.g. for purchase price allocation and impairment reviews;

In addition, our valuation and modelling team support clients with the development of bespoke, flexible financial models for a wide range of transactions. A robust financial model is a useful tool, allowing clients to assess strategic plans and assist in decision making.

We prepare models for:

• transactions
• budget
• leverage buy-outs and management buy-outs
• valuations
• long term forecasting and scenario analysis
• business plans and feasibility studies

We also provide independent financial model review services, which can provide comfort to investors that a model is structured properly to accurately reflect the transaction or business. We offer a range of levels of review, from high level reviews and best practice checks to extensive model audits.

We assist companies in various development stages, seeking to raise funds for a wide range of purposes, including working capital, capital expenditure, acquisitions, management buy-outs or simply refinancing to improve on their current terms. We have strong relationships with a wide range of potential funders and financiers, both debt and equity, and our approach to assist clients by covering all aspects of the transaction:

• Structuring and optimization of transaction
• Business plan preparation and forecasting
• Financial modelling and valuation
• Funding advice and sourcing support
• Institutional or private financing
• Negotiation of transaction terms and conditions
• Pre-investment due diligence

When financial positions deteriorate, Crowe professionals bring the deep industry expertise needed to uncover decisive restructuring actions that can help you maximize recovery and minimize loss.

Our restructuring advisory services include:

• Stabilization of financial performance: Crowe restructuring team support our clients to develop and implement turnaround restructuring plans, manage creditor negotiations and return, determine plans ahead of bankruptcy and execute decisions after bankruptcy.
• Operational performance analysis: We analyze current operations, recommend operational revisions and develop and implement  high-impact business plans to help improve cash flow and achieve sustainable results.
• Financial advisory: We help our clients to develop critical cash conversion procedures, evaluate alternative financing options,  plan and execute expedited sales of noncritical assets, and assist in bankruptcy proceedings.
• Interim management: Our restructuring professionals can seamlessly step into key leadership positions to provide support and accelerate the restructuring plan.

Our feasibility studies are objectively analyzed based on both quantitative and qualitative data, enabling client project managers and senior management to investigate the measured potential outcomes of a project before investing too much time and money, hence reducing risk significantly.

Through our approach in preparing feasibility studies, we look at prospective ventures from the following perspectives:

• Market Study.
• Business Model to be adopted when executing a project.
• Technical Study.
• Management Study.
• Financial Model of the Project and its feasibility.
• Financial and Economic impacts of the project.