Capital Market
Initial Public Offerings
We provide end-to-end advisory and lead management support for companies seeking to access the public markets.
Our services encompass the various stages of an IPO, including:
- Assessment of readiness for the public markets
- Transaction structuring and strategic advice
- Pre-IPO and capital structure considerations
- Due diligence coordination
- Preparation and review of offer documents
- Coordination with regulators, stock exchanges and other intermediaries
- Regulatory and disclosure-related advisory
- Issue structuring and pricing-related considerations
- Marketing and investor communication support
- Issue management and execution
- Post-issue and listing-related support
We work with companies throughout the transaction lifecycle, coordinating with legal counsel, auditors, registrars, advertising agencies, market intermediaries and other transaction advisors.
Further Public Offerings & Other Capital Raising
We advise listed companies on raising additional capital through appropriate capital market instruments and structures.Our services include assistance in evaluating the appropriate instrument, transaction structure, regulatory requirements, disclosure framework and execution strategy.
Rights Issues
We provide advisory and lead management services for rights issues, assisting companies and their shareholders through the structuring, documentation, regulatory and execution process.Our role may include evaluating the proposed capital raise, structuring the issue, advising on regulatory requirements, coordinating the offer documentation and supporting the company through the issue and post-issue process.
Open Offers & Takeover-Related Transactions
We provide advisory and merchant banking services in connection with acquisitions of shares or control of listed companies and transactions triggering applicable takeover regulations.
Buybacks
We advise listed companies on buyback transactions, including evaluation of the proposed structure, regulatory requirements, documentation, shareholder considerations and execution.
Delisting & Other Strategic Transactions
We provide advisory support for delisting proposals and other transactions involving significant changes in a company's ownership, capital structure or listed status.Such transactions often require careful consideration of regulatory requirements, shareholder interests, valuation, transaction mechanics and stakeholder communication. Our role is to bring together these considerations into a structured transaction framework.
Transaction & Regulatory Advisory
Our Merchant Banking team also provides transaction-specific advisory in relation to complex capital market and corporate transactions.This includes evaluating regulatory implications, transaction structures, disclosure requirements, shareholder considerations and execution alternatives.
Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs)
We provide integrated, full-lifecycle due diligence services for all categories of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), including but not limited to the issuance of the annual due diligence certificate on Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) changes, Co-Investment Vehicle Scheme (CIV), Dissolution Period (Scheme Alternative) etc.
Our Approach
We believe that successful merchant banking is not limited to completing a transaction.It requires understanding the business, anticipating regulatory and execution challenges, coordinating multiple stakeholders and maintaining transaction discipline throughout the process.