The accelerated pace of change in the business world caused by abundance of information, new technologies and challenging global markets in a borderless economy, places significant strategic and competitive pressures on companies desirous of expanding their activities.

Acquiring and developing new capabilities to increase market share and to gain competitive advantage will remain a key challenge for management, irrespective of their operational boundaries. Business and financial solutions of consistently high quality are thus sought by enterprises for innovative, customized and regulatory compliant strategies.

Our focus in corporate finance is to assist our clients to make the optimal investment and financing decisions to improve competitive position and maximize the value of their business.

To cater the above-mentioned needs, our corporate finance services include the followings:

Mergers & Acquisition Services

Regardless of the reason that stands behind the decision to join forces with another company, either by merging and forming a new company, or by fully taking it over, the proper planning and implementation of the entire Merger & Acquisition (M&A) process is crucial and it can only be completed with specialized tax and legal support.

Our experienced team of legal and tax advisors supports company’s strategic business decisions by providing services in the areas of:

  • Tax & legal due diligence
  • Tax & legal structuring of the transactions
  • Preparation of comprehensive scheme of merger
  • Full support during acquisitions of companies and groups
  • Merger, split and reorganizations
  • Clearance from Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan
  • Clearance from Competition Commission of Pakistan
  • Obtaining approval from the concerned High Court
  • Post transaction integration services
  • Legal advisory services after the acquisition
  • Impact assessment of transfer pricing

Due Diligence/ Transaction Services

Due diligence is an investigation, audit, or review performed to confirm the facts of a matter under consideration. In the financial world, due diligence requires an examination of financial records before entering into a proposed transaction with another party.

Our due diligence service focuses on the most crucial elements of transactions, which includes:

  • Identifying and quantifying industry and deal-specific risks and opportunities.
  • Evaluating quality and reasonableness of historical and projected earnings and cash flows.
  • Assessing quality of assets and identifying window dressing, if any.
  • Critically evaluating receivables and inventory.
  • Identifying hidden costs, commitments and contingencies.
  • Identifying and quantifying tax exposures.
  • Identifying and quantifying liabilities that can be deal breakers; and
  • Highlighting issues likely to affect the purchase price or contract conditions.

Corporate Restructuring

Corporate restructuring is an action taken by the corporate entity to modify its capital structure or its operations significantly. Generally, corporate restructuring happens when a corporate entity is experiencing significant problems and is in financial jeopardy.

We offer a full range of restructuring advice to maximize value and keep companies out of formal insolvency. We have specialist teams who provide the following services:

  • Restructuring through Mergers and Acquisition
  • Operational advisory
  • Debt advisory – Debt restructuring
  • Pensions advisory – Redesigning pension scheme and reviewing pension fund investment.
  • Independent business reviews – Debottlenecking, diversification, new market identification.
  • Cash and liquidity/working capital management

Complementing the provision of restructuring advice to lenders and other creditors, we have a dedicated Corporate Advisory team who acts for companies, their shareholders and their management when they are experiencing financial, operational and/or event driven change or stress. 

Business Modeling

Business modeling refers to a company’s plan enabling it to make more profit. It identifies the products or services the business plans to sell, its  target market and anticipated  expenses.

Our team provides following services in this regard:

  • Mergers and acquisition, joint ventures and divestitures strategy designing
  • Financial planning of business including plan preparation and analysis
  • Capital budeting
  • Estimation of cost for the proposed business model
  • Reorganization, restructure and operational improvements
  • Capital raising and refinancing

Feasibility Analysis

Feasibility analysis is an evaluation of a business model or project aimed at, determining its viability for execution and identifying potential bottlenecks. The main purpose of a feasibility analysis is to answer the two questions:

  • Will the suggested business project work?
  • Should the organization proceed with its execution?

Following services are provided in this regard:

  • Conducting preliminary analyses.
  • Prepare a projected income statement. What are the possible revenues that the project can generate?
  • Conducting a market survey. Does the project create a good or service that is in demand in the market? What price consumers are willing to pay for the good or service?
  • Planning the organizational structure of the new project. What are the staffing requirements? How many workers are needed? What other resources are needed?
  • Preparing opening day projected expenses and revenue
  • Review and analysis of the points of vulnerability that are internal to the project and that can be controlled or eliminated.
  • Deciding whether to go on with the planed project.

Financial Planning and Decision Making

Financial planning provides a framework to make decisions through the lens of financial security as well as proper allocation of resources.

We offer following Business Financial Planning & Advisory Services to help companies thrive over the long term.

Strategic Business Planning: Developing a sound overall strategy that takes into account needs and resources now and in the future as the business grows. All aspects of the business are examined in light of business goals, to make sure everything is set up for success, streamlined for efficiency, and risks and costs are minimized.

Business Valuation: Accurately determining business worth today and also projecting the impact of decisions being considered on the future bottom lines.

Group Retirement Plans: Choosing a qualified retirement plan that best fits the needs of the company and its employees.

Strategic Performance Management

Strategic Performance Management is a comprehensive approach to help businesses achieve their goals. It begins with a company’s strategic plan and goes all the way through to the employees who support that plan.

In order to successfully manage company’s strategy, we:

  • Analyze business goals.
  • Examine the data of the company to see how it is performing.
  • Identify and point out where the company is doing well and where it needs to improve.
  • Implement and track company’s strategy to ensure that it is working for achieving the set goals.