DCDM | Corporate Finance

We seek to assist our clients in successfully delivering shareholders' value by creating, enhancing and maximising the value of their businesses. We accomplish this by assisting from origination through execution on a range of transactions where we believe our expertise may add value. We also serve our clients in devising strategies to optimise value, facilitating access to funds from financial institutions and assisting them in developing and implementing business

At DCDM, our Corporate Finance function focusses on successful completion of transactions and delivering stakeholder value. Through our large multi-disciplinary team and powerful network, we are able to provide technical and industry knowledge, while acting as the focal point for the integration of our firmwide competencies and capabilities to deliver successful transactions.

We place strong emphasis on understanding the clients' objectives and identifying key risks and benefits early on so as to enable successful completion of transactions. With our team of experienced professionals committed to service quality, we seek to provide impartial and professional advice relying on our experience and skills to provide the most appropriate business solution.

Our emphasis is to work alongside our client in the series of activities that form part of a transaction ranging from assisting in devising appropriate strategies, sourcing transactions, identifying partners, establishing the business case, due diligence, financial structuring, negotiation, legal documentation to closing and follow up of the transaction.

We can offer you independent and professional advice on the full spectrum of corporate finance related issues, including the following:

Raising equity and/or debt on the right terms for new or existing businesses is key to enhancing shareholder value. We help our client in establishing the business case so as to ensure the feasibility of the proposal and to minimise the risks to potential investors that we identify through our local and international network. We also use our expertise in structuring the transaction to reduce the cost of capital and working alongside our client in the negotiation, and legal documentation phases to achieve a smooth closing of the transaction.

We appraise proposals with a view to establishing their viability and offering alternative solutions, if deemed appropriate, based on the external and internal factors affecting the business. Through the use of our methodologies and industry knowledge, we also provide an independent and professional valuation of businesses to clients.

We work alongside clients undertaking significant corporate mergers and/or acquisitions. Through our methodology and database, we are able to bring parties together, identify the key issues and deal breakers with a view to resolving them and satisfactorily closing the transactions.

We identify potential partners and work alongside them to ensure that those entering into these types of arrangement maximise the benefits for themselves by clear management of the exercise on creation, execution and exit.

Whether raising finance, profile or providing a market in your shares, we are able to assist our client in achieving a successful flotation of their businesses through our experience and smooth planning.

We advise our clients in restructuring their businesses whether for corporate, financial or other reasons. We work alongside them in the series of activities, which are normally generated by such types of transactions.

We advise clients on the most appropriate way disposal of their businesses so as to achieve their objectives. Using our database and network we identify potential buyers and accompany the vendor in the series of activities leading to the eventual disposal of the business.

Assisting Governments and quasi governments in the process of privatisation ranging from the organisational changes and commercial disciplines required financial evaluation and eventual sale. Depending on our mandate, we work alongside the Governments or indeed potential buyers in ensuring a smooth change from the public to private sector.