Corporate Advisory

Our corporate advisory experts offer:

• Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Advisory: Comprehensive transaction support for both buyers and sellers.

  • Sell-side advisory: Preparing businesses for sale, identifying buyers, negotiating terms, managing deal execution.

  • Buy-side advisory: Sourcing and evaluating acquisition targets, valuation, due diligence, and structuring.

• Capital Raising Advisory: Helping clients secure and structure the right funding to support growth or acquisitions:

  • Equity capital: Access to private equity, venture capital, family offices, and strategic investors.

  • Debt advisory: Sourcing and structuring bank or non-bank debt facilities. o Investor readiness: Preparing financial models, information memoranda, and investment materials.

  • Capital structure optimisation: Balancing equity and debt to achieve strategic objectives.

• Valuations & Strategic Reviews: Delivering objective insights into business value and strategic direction:

  • Business & equity valuations for transactions, shareholder buyouts, or compliance.

  • Strategic option reviews to evaluate growth, acquisition, or exit scenarios. o Fairness opinions / expert reports for transactions and shareholder decisions.

  • Pre-sale value enhancement to identify ways to improve valuation prior to exit.

• Transaction Support & Advisory: Advising and executing on major financial events such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and IPOs:

  • Due diligence: Financial, commercial, and operational assessments.
  • Financial modelling: Building robust models for valuation, scenario planning, and deal structuring.
  • Negotiation: Advising on transaction terms, governance, and shareholder arrangements.
  • Post-deal integration: Supporting clients to ensure smooth transition and value realisation after completion.

• Succession & exit planning: Designing shareholder exit or succession strategies to maximise value
  

• Ongoing Strategic guidance: For growth-focused or acquisitive businesses, ASVW can provide long-term, relationship-based advisory services, including:

  • Continuous board-level strategic advice.

  • Multi-year buy-and-build program support.

  • Regular performance and capital structure reviews.

  • Retained advisory relationships on a monthly or quarterly basis

• Access to expertise and networks: Providing access to specialised knowledge, industry insights, and a network of other professionals.

• Legal Advisory:

  • Transaction structuring and regulatory compliance advice

  • Legal due diligence

  • Drafting and advising on transaction documentation (Term Sheets, Share Purchase Agreements, Subscription Agreement, Shareholders Agreement)

  • Joint Venture and partnership agreements

  • Employment and contractor agreements