Corporate Finance

Services offered by the Structured Product & Equity Division of the Investment Department

Arrange Mergers & Acquisitions and Restructuring

• Analyze and issue opinion on the financial condition of companies contemplating M&A or restructuring;
• Select optimal business structure;
• Present a project, identify potential subjects of merger, investors, and parties to the transaction;
• Conduct extensive due diligence on the company, calculate transaction efficiency;
• Develop strategies, work out and seek approval of transaction terms;
• Advise at the negotiations stage on the terms and principles of the transaction;
• Assist in preparing the paperwork required to perform the transaction.

  Develop and Implement Financing Strategies and Strategies to Improve Investment Attractiveness
  

• Conduct comprehensive due diligence, identify strategies to improve investment attractiveness and source financing;
• Issue recommendations on financing structure and methods, and the business structure;
• Advise on actions to improve investment attractiveness;
• Prepare presentation materials for the management and investors;
• Present the company to investors, financial institutions, banks, and funds;
• Attract financing, arrange and conducts negotiations with investors;
• Develop strategies, work out and agree on the terms of financing;
• Advise at the negotiations stage on the terms and principles of the transaction;
• Assist in preparing the paperwork required to perform the financing transaction.

  Optimizing the Corporate Structure
  

• Conduct comprehensive due diligence on the company and identify corporate structure options;
• Determine the optimal shareholding structure which best meets the business development needs;
• Arrange actions to mitigate risk, unwanted dilution of control or authority, protect against hostile takeover;
• Advise on and assist in the purchase of blocks of shares, restructuring business, arranging the issue of securities and setting up new companies.

  Consolidating interest
  

• Develop an optimum strategy of consolidating shareholdings and share purchasing programs;
• Develop the list of major shareholders and purchase large blocks of shares;
• Arrange share buy-outs from small shareholders and workforce. Privatization
• Conduct comprehensive due diligence on the company and identify corporate structure options;
• Prepare and seek approval of the privatization plan;
• Advise on the preparation of documentation and actual privatization actions.

  IPOs
  

• Conduct comprehensive due diligence on the company and determine IPO plan;
• Prepare presentation materials for investors, investment consultants, investment banks and funds;
• Arrange company presentations and road shows;
• Arrange negotiations with potential investors, identify underwriters, agree on the terms of offering;
• Advise on the preparation of documents for the offering. Share Issue Underwriting
• Conduct comprehensive due diligence on the company and determine a share issue plan;
• Conduct meetings with potential investors and present the company;
• Advise on optimal timing and price of the issue.

  Dmitri Sokolski, tel. 937 07 37, E-mail: corpfin@zenit.ru