Financing

Structuring the financing of your company

Quantum, leverage, cost, maturity, flexibility: every parameter of a financing matters. We run a competitive process across our network of banks and private debt funds to obtain the most suitable structure.

For whom
SMEs, mid-market companies, sponsors and owner-managers
Instruments
Senior debt, unitranche, PIK, mezzanine
Counterparties
Banks and private debt funds
What is at stake

What makes a transaction succeed

Advising on debt financing across conventional and alternative markets — senior, PIK, unitranche — on the best market terms, through our network of banks and debt funds.

  • Quantum & leverage

    Securing the amount your project requires at a sustainable level of debt.

  • Cost

    Optimising margins, fees and the all-in cost of financing.

  • Maturity

    Aligning the repayment profile with the company’s cash generation.

  • Flexibility

    Negotiating appropriate covenants and preserving your future room for manoeuvre.

How we work

A structured process, led by the partners

  • Acquisition and OBO financing
  • Senior debt, unitranche, PIK and mezzanine
  • Refinancing and restructuring of existing debt
  • Financing of growth and capital expenditure
  • Competitive process across banks and debt funds
  • Negotiation of the credit documentation
  1. Étape 1

    Financial assessment

    Analysis of debt capacity, cash flows and financing requirements.

  2. Étape 2

    Structuring

    Defining the target structure: tranches, maturities, amortisation profile.

  3. Étape 3

    Credit paper

    Preparing a complete and convincing credit paper for lenders.

  4. Étape 4

    Competitive process

    Consulting the banks and private debt funds in our network.

  5. Étape 5

    Negotiation

    Weighing offers on cost, covenants, flexibility and security.

  6. Étape 6

    Implementation

    Coordinating the credit documentation through to drawdown.

Get in touch

A first confidential discussion with a partner.