Corporate advisory case study
Company A
Challenges facing the client:
- Sought to raise €60 million of equity for a specialist consumer finance business
- High quality management team but challenging market conditions in private equity sector
Acanthus facilitated the fundraising process by:
- Performing detailed analysis of the business, providing insights into key value-drivers - this helped to identify the key sensitivities in the business
- Performing detailed due diligence at an early stage to ensure that the company was well prepared before investors were approached
- Clarifying and distilling the key selling messages in investor materials
- Identifying and initiating contact with a select group of target investors ideally suited to the company
- Advising on detailed legal and commercial issues related to transaction structure
- Maintaining focus and persistence through to closing in challenging circumstances
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