Merger & Acquisition Advisory

A merger or an acquisition can add considerable value to a business, but making sure that each stage of the transaction process – from valuation to negotiation and completion – is successful demands considerable experience and knowledge.

How Azurest Partners can help:

• Our services are designed to help our clients reach strategic goals by identifying and then implementing opportunities to merge with or acquire other businesses

Representative Types of Engagements

• We identify appropriate buyers and will manage a sale process to achieve the best price attainable for our client

• Our deep industry knowledge means that we can help companies identify other businesses that offer a strategic fit and assist them in their acquisitions, mergers and alliances, thereby allowing them to maintain and build their competitive advantage

• We work closely with clients in the private equity sector by assisting them as they make acquisitions and advising them on disposals 

Capital Raising

We work with you to develop optimal and flexible debt and equity capital structures and competitive financing programs. We assess the company’s business models, market position and cash generative capacity and the recommend optimal capital structures.  We analyze the choices, present you with the alternatives and offer recommendations.

Specific areas of expertise include:

• Transaction financing/refinancing

• Capital structure modification/debt restructuring

• Debt and equity private placements

Investments in private placements involve a high degree of risk and may result in a partial or total loss of your investment.  Private placements are generally illiquid investments.  Investors should consult with their investment, legal, and tax advisors regarding any private placement investment.

Financial Advisory & Modeling

Azurest can develop customized financial models that are flexible, robust, accurate and easy–to–use.

• Transaction and Deal Modeling: we construct projection and valuation models to reflect the economics of the deal, the contractual terms, its operational, accounting and tax assumptions, financing proposals and potential investor returns

• Operational Model: we build spreadsheet/database tools for quantifying and forecasting specific business operations

• Restructuring and Financing Models: we build restructuring models to reflect financing requirements, capital structure scenarios, cash waterfalls, distributions and the impact of new capital structures

Strategic Business Reviews & Formulation of Business Plans

Organizations make business plans for all sorts of reasons – to attract funding, evaluate future growth, build partnerships or guide development.  

Azurest is best placed to assist clients in the following ways:

• Tailor business plans to suit the organizational objectives and be as flexible as possible to ensure it stays relevant in the face of changes and increased uncertainty

• Ensure  the following business plan essentials have been adequately addressed:

  • Comprehensive review of the organization’s strategic positioning

  • High quality market research and supporting data for key planning assumptions

  • Detailed financial projections including integrated financial statements