DC Advisory

We are an international team made up of c.750 professionals from around the world.

See team members >> https://www.dcadvisory.com/team/

Mergers & Acquisitions

We advise on all aspects of buy-side and sell-side M&A. We also provide ongoing strategic advice to ensure that owners and managers are best placed to grow their businesses. Our experience, sector expertise and judgement give our clients a genuine competitive advantage.

Capital Advisory

Our Capital Advisory team provides a full suite of balance sheet solutions in a fully integrated manner. We have experience assisting nearly every type of client and are leaders across our core European markets where we complete a large volume of transactions.

With access to the full range of capital providers, our depth and breadth of experience and track record, including some of the markets’ most innovative solutions – we deliver commercially focussed creativity. We work closely with M&A – leveraging industry expertise, supporting acquirors and sellers of businesses.

We have no conflicts and maintain impartial views providing the right advice with independence and integrity across the spectrum of options.

Capital Raising

Among the areas where our capital raising specialists can advise, are:

• Acquisition finance
• Expansion capital
• Recapitalisations
• Refinancings
• Stapled debt packages
• Covenant waivers, resets and amendments credit ratings
• Existing and potential capital structures
• Short-term liquidity

Restructuring

Among the areas where our restructuring specialists can advise are:

• Complex stakeholder negotiations
• Structuring and executing liability management exercises, e.g. debt repurchases, tender and exchange offers
• Restructuring existing debt and equity
• Representing buyers and sellers of distressed companies and assets
• Structuring and negotiating plans of reorganisation, including pre-packaged and pre-negotiated solutions
• Planning for UK schemes of arrangement and administration or European cross-border insolvencies
• Corporate viability evaluation and business and securities valuations

Asia Access

Our dedicated Asia-focused team based in London, Paris and Frankfurt works full-time with our partner offices spread across the Asian continent. We are experts at transacting on cross-border M&A between Europe and Asia

Our advice falls into three main categories:

• Identifying Asian buyers for European sellers
• Sourcing European target businesses to fit an Asian buyer’s strategy
• Entry strategies for European businesses looking to access Asia. And vice versa

In every Asia-Europe situation, the importance of cultural understanding cannot be overplayed, and that is where our team’s guidance is critical. Providing:

• Advice on the suitability of a business for an Asian market
• Insight into the relevant Asian parties and markets
• An Asia-compatible M&A process – (approach, timetable, marketing, negotiation style all need to be tailored)
• Negotiation guidance
• Tactical advice
• A multilingual transaction team

We don’t just go to Asia. We know Asia.

Financial Sponsors Group

Our dedicated Financial Sponsors coverage teams have an unrivalled knowledge of private equity fund strategies and life cycles, in addition to investment focus insights and access to deal origination opportunities

How we set ourselves apart:

We operate as 11 dedicated global sector-focused teams, each with in-depth, industry-specific knowledge and a track record of successful transactions. We understand the market dynamics and competitive forces of each sector and how they impact our clients, investors and providers of capital

Our specialist Capital Advisory team is a fundamental part of our buy-side advisory offering; we can raise optimum debt packages in accelerated time scales, without obligation to any one lender. This is often the decisive factor in a M&A process

We pride ourselves on our commitment to providing senior level engagement for the entirety of every process

Our operations throughout Europe, the US and Asia enable us to identify and engage with the best and broadest selection of international buyers

We only provide advice. The advice we provide is independent and unconflicted by the desire to sell any products

Our global professionals have deep relationships and understanding across eleven core industries - combining execution excellence, insight into market and counterparty behavior:

• Aerospace, Defense & Government Services
• Business & Tech-Enabled Services
• Consumer, Leisure & Retail
• Education
• Financial Services
• Healthcare
• Industrials
• Infrastructure
• Media & Telecom
• Real Estate
• Technology & Software

See all our transactions >> https://www.dcadvisory.com/transactions/