Financial Advisory Services
Entering new markets, deciding to diversify or return to core activities, searching for new business opportunities - all give rise to opportunities of acquisitions and disposals, and the need for financing or mergers in order to achieve your corporate objectives. Working with Pricewaterhouse Advisory as your experienced and impartial advisor will help you to maximize value.
For foreign or domestic investors who wish to acquire companies in the Republic, we offer transaction services, including due diligence services and financial advisory services.
For troubled companies, their creditors and other stakeholders, our professionals can advise on corporate recovery matters such as restructuring, turnaround, and liquidation.
For companies which wish to prevent, uncover or treat the incidence of fraud, we offer forensic accounting services.
Corporate Finance
Pricewaterhouse Advisory will assist you in your search for financing. We believe that our knowledge of and contacts within the venture capital and banking worlds are second to none and our independence from sources of funds guarantees impartial advice on funding.
Developing a financial strategy
We will work closely with you to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of various funding alternatives based on a clear understanding of your commercial priorities and tax profile. Once a particular alternative has been selected, we will assist you with planning and timetable issues.
Preparing a business plan
We will assist you in preparing a business plan that best highlights the opportunity being presented to potential funding providers.
Identifying funding providers and presenting the financing
We will identify and assess prospective buyers, nationally and internationally, through our organization network, specialist databases, and our contacts within the venture capital and banking worlds.
Negotiating the financing terms
Once potential funding providers have been identified, the negotiation process begins. We will assist you during the negotiation process to ensure financing terms that meet your needs.
Legal Mergers
A merger represents a pivotal change in your company's development. We will assist you in addressing such important issues as:
- when to enter into a merger
- what must be done to accomplish the merger successfully
- how to minimize the tax and legal implications
- etc.
In the Republic, Pricewaterhouse Advisory is one of the few Big 4 firms to have the necessary government authority approval as a qualified appraiser to advise companies in connection with legal mergers, transforming one legal form to another and in-kind capital contribution. We have gained significant market presence in this type of work and assisted in many large-scale engagements.
Worldwide, Pricewaterhouse Advisory offers the following services to companies considering a merger:
- Independent valuations
- Fairness opinions
- Pricing analysis
- Bid support
- Shareholder value initiatives
- Reorganization and restructuring valuations
- Valuations for mergers and joint ventures
- Valuations with respect to tangibles
- Tax and accounting allocations
Transaction Services
The due diligence process involves gathering, analyzing and interpreting financial, commercial and legal information. It may include a review of past and current trading patterns, financial projections, products, customer base, competitive position, asset management, cash flows, taxation, human resources, and accounting and information systems.
We provide advisory support for mergers and acquisitions. We can assist you with reviews of corporate strategy, pre-deal evaluation, business integration planning, deal structuring, and comprehensive due diligence, as well as post-acquisition support and exit strategies.
In the Republic, Pricewaterhouse Advisory has particular expertise in due diligence engagements. There are two essential prerequisites for successful transactions: accurate evaluation of material risks and benefits during the transaction process and the realization of anticipated benefits after the deal is done. Before investing in a company, you will wish to make certain that all key information has been disclosed. Such information will be a crucial factor in final price negotiations with the seller.
Corporate Recovery
We provide restructuring and insolvency advice to troubled companies, their creditors and other stakeholders. We are a leader in restructuring services in the Republic. Pricewaterhouse Advisory was the first to advise on several areas of restructuring never seen before in the Republic, such as the formation of a Creditor Steering Committee and negotiations towards a Creditor Standstill Agreement.
The services we offer in this area include:
Turnaround and restructuring
We will provide you with an objective view of the root causes of underperformance, a pragmatic assessment of the way forward, and a practical action plan for survival.
Stabilization
We can provide hands-on assistance in cases where the survival of a company is threatened.
Liquidity investigation and workouts
We can assist lenders to make decisions regarding their current and future lending strategies by assessing the cause and extent of the liquidity problems of a company.
Management assessment
We can identify the key weaknesses and gaps in the management of an under performing company.
Pre-lending review
We can provide an independent opinion on the ability of a customer to service new debt.
Security review
We can provide an independent assessment of assets or businesses offered as collateral.
Forensic and Litigation Services
Forensic accounting applies accounting, financial and business skills to the investigation of alleged fraud and the resolution of commercial and legal disputes.
In the last few years, many companies have been victims of fraud incidents which have resulted in appreciable financial loss and have been damaging to management credibility.
In the Republic, Pricewaterhouse Advisory is primarily involved in fraud investigations, with a particular focus on purchasing fraud. Fraud investigations are an independent assessment of a suspected fraud on behalf of a client.
Our services in the area of fraud investigation are effective and practical. We can provide you with:
- A clear profile of the quality of your current control environment and processes, highlighting any performance gaps.
- A prevention plan detailing the steps that you must take to minimize the chance of fraud occurring in your company and assistance in implementing these steps.
- A practical and persuasive action plan to deal with any identified fraud issues.