Investment Banking
Our Investment Banking business provides research, sales and trading services, as well as advice for all structures of public and private financings and mergers and acquisitions and provides access to the world’s capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.
Our clients' interests are our highest priority. We are not focused on achieving status in “League Tables”; rather, our strategy is to develop long-term relationships and provide objective, trustworthy advice. Our entrepreneurial, performance-oriented corporate culture is founded on independence. An intimate understanding of our clients' Business and partners’ investment objectives enables us to be a true advisor and partner and make trusted judgment calls. Therefore we have assembled a diverse group of specialists from operating companies, tier-one merchant banks, private equity funds and commercial banks from all areas of the globe who share a reputation for sector expertise, strong execution skills and a history of successful transactions. We are led by a team of professionals with extensive track records of success in a broad range of industries and transaction structures to help our clients navigate a new landscape of challenges and opportunities in various markets around the world.
We combine exceptional technical expertise with a commitment to personal attention at every level. The integrity of our advice, deal-making intelligence, market insight, risk management expertise, quality of our execution, and depth of our global resources are instrumental in helping companies to power their growth, meet their financing requirements and achieve their strategic objectives. To achieve this, our advice is valued because it is objective and based on client needs. This is how we build long-term client relationships and why we are the advisor that companies trust with their most important decisions. The longevity of our relationships with so many corporates demonstrates their confidence in our deal-making capabilities.
Our business is run functionally on a global basis and organised into the three distinct areas of: Origination, Execution and Distribution.
Our professionals are experienced in a broad range of advisory services including PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) and RD (Registered Direct placements) financings, mergers, acquisitions, takeover defences, minority investments in private companies, special committee assignments, going private transactions as well as other financing and strategic advisory services. Our strength lies in providing advice on mergers and acquisitions and raising capital for companies that have significant recurring capital needs due to their growth and development strategies, along with research and sales and trading services to institutional investor clients that focus on such companies. We assist both public and private companies in multiple aspects of a transaction including negotiations, structuring, coordination of due diligence process, company valuations and drafting of both internal and external communication materials. These services also include advising on strategic reviews and corporate restructuring solutions. Our professionals have advised clients in mergers and acquisitions in value from US$ 6 million up to US$ 4 billion; they have also advised on private and public financings of equity and dept ranging from US$ 2 million up to US$ 1.5 billion. We supply independent assessments across most industry sectors, and all geographical regions, as well as economic, strategy, quantitative and derivative research.
We expect to maintain and expand our reputation in our targeted industries by continually leveraging our principal competitive strengths, which include the following:
- Fully integrated platform, including investment bankers, research analysts, traders and international distribution.
- Historical performance and reputation with a leading investment banking team experienced in special situations, small and micro cap companies and emerging markets.
- Particular strength in the industry sectors of energy, leisure, consumer, TMT and infrastructure related sectors.
- Expertise in PIPE and RD financing transactions to provide public companies across multiple industries and geographical locations with effective and viable alternatives to raising capital through public follow-on offerings.
- Taking a portion of our fee in warrants in connection with finance transactions to properly align our interests with those of our clients.
- Providing both proprietary capital either on a standalone basis or in conjunction with a limited number of other institutional investors for bridge loans or other interim capital or purchasing securities in transactions in which we are acting as placement agent for the issuer.
Our main offices are in New York, San Francisco and Zürich.
