Private Equity Sponsored Deals

We are fully independent and provide you with a comprehensive and expert assessment of the funding options available. DC Advisory Partners always works in partnership with its clients and does not participate in any resulting financing, thereby ensuring that there are no conflicts of interest.

We are active both on buy-side and sell-side mandates:

• Buy-Side advice:
  • Structuring of new leveraged buy-outs
  • Add-on acquisitions
  • Growth & expansion financings
  • Recapitalisations
• Sell-Side advice:
  • Arranging staple financing (and financing clubs)
  • Organising a “managed” banking process

We ensure that raising finance does not impede deal completion or cause business disruption.

Our value added can come from any or all of the following:

• Freeing-up of resources by outsourcing project management for the financing
• Acting as a buffer between client and lender with difficult credit / bank relationship
• Advising on complex / unusual capital structures
• Extracting the maximum value from a process by ensuring competitive tension
• Bringing together different financing partners / managing a “self-arranged” club

Our services may include:

• Advising on the selection of appropriate potential financiers (“market sounding”)
• Review of comparable debt transactions and advice on the form of initial structure and underwriting approach in relation to the proposed Transaction
• Preparation of presentation / debt memo, term-sheets
• Requesting support letters and indicative term-sheets from financing banks
• Analysis of indicative financing structures and associated terms and conditions
• Negotiating the scope of due diligence required by banks
• Review of management base case / financial models
• Negotiating term sheets with selected financing banks in accordance with the key targets and priorities for the financing of the Company
• Liaising with banks during the due diligence process to ensure that all credit issues are covered and that financing commitments are received on time
• Advising on the selection of the Mandated Lead Arranger(s)
• Advising on the commercial aspects of the financing documentation (particularly financial covenants)