Joint Ventures and Takeovers
"We have offices situated internationally providing us with a multi-lingual capability, we manage an international acquisition search with a dedicated transatlantic team working as one."
Our firm provides the client with a global capability, managed on a local basis and obviates the need to seek out advisers in unfamiliar territories. This provides us with the ability to offer one point of contact to handle Joint Venture & Takeover transactions over multiple jurisdictions.
We have extensive on-the-ground experience conducting deals globally and especially on the African continent, utilizing our extensive and international networks to our clients advantage.
We provide:
- Advice on the overall approach to the transaction, including approach strategy and negotiating tactics
- Valuation, including, where appropriate or required by local legislation, a formal "fairness opinion" on the financial terms of the transaction
- Assistance with due diligence
- Advice on the optimal structure for the proposed transaction, which will in turn impact on how the transaction may best be financed or materialize
- Advice on proposed financing arrangements, working with the proposed finance provider or capital markets issuer
- Advice on likely market reaction to a proposed transaction, in conjunction with equity market specialists where appropriate (often referred to as corporate brokers or financiers)
- Advice and assistance with design of investor communications, in conjunction with any external financial PR agency that has been appointed
- Where a significant capital raising may be required as part of the transaction, or where a broader advisory team is desired, we may hire co-advisers with a global investment bank or other international advisory firms
- Oversight, or drafting of transaction documentation, in close co-operation with other legal advisers, accountants, Banks and stock exchange advisers