Specialist Services

• Mergers &
  Acquisitions
• Capital Raising
• Financing
• Investment
  Products

Mergers & Acquisitions

Bravura advises on all aspects of mergers and acquisitions including:

• Identifying targets partners
• Performing valuations
• Structuring transactions optimally
• Negotiating terms and conditions
• Advising on regulatory aspects, accounting
  and tax
• Leveraged buy-outs
• Management buy-ins
• BEE transactions

Financing

Bravura continues to find that corporates are not gearing their balance sheets efficiently. Yet there are attractive funding opportunities available that allow companies to raise low cost term funding against certain assets.

For example, leverage can be raised against existing or new movable fixed assets including plant and machinery and fleet vehicles.  International banks are seeking to fund South African companies in this manner and we have strong relationships with a number of them. In addition to procuring less expensive offshore finance, there are a number of tax benefits that the borrower could access without losing control over the assets being funded.

Such transactions can be evaluated as a means of replacing existing borrowings or as raising new debt.

Capital Raising

Bravura is not a bank, nor do we have any formal ties to any existing banking group.  This allows us to raise funding from the cheapest source, and work with all the parties in the market without loyalties or preference for a specific individual or group.  We have deep skills in raising:

• Equity
• Junior debt;
• Senior debt

Because we are independent we are able to work with the most efficient capital providers for the specific opportunity.

Investment Products

The importance of optimal cash management in a company can never be overstated. Management needs to optimize return on cash in the best interests of shareholders. 

This entails having a great deal of knowledge about investment and treasury products such as government gilt instruments, tax exempt instruments and others. 

We have found that even the most sophisticated financial directors need access to expertise, and Bravura’s structured debt team has many years of experience to offer our clients.