Fundraising advisory

There is no shortage of options for businesses looking to raise funds, but selecting the optimal structure is a challenge. Raising funds to finance expansion requires examining a wide range of issues and answering a complex set of questions. The international capital market is a challenging environment and selecting the right place and structure requires considerable insight and experience.

PwC has extensive experience of advising businesses on fund-raising across all markets. Whether through a public or private market, equity or debt instruments, our experience covers all possible scenarios and our independence means we focus solely on identifying and structuring the best source of finance for our clients.

The global reach of network means we can tap a local understanding of markets wherever needed and can help clients to negotiate the challenges that may otherwise derail the unprepared. Our network of contacts and deep relationships with countless sources of finance place us in the best position to make sure our clients can obtain financing that fits their purposes and meets their goals.

The challenges you face

• You’re looking to gain effective access to capital markets to raise funds for expansion, or cooperate with a strategic partner through fund raising.
• You’re looking to select the most suitable form of financing from the complex financing options available.
• Your business needs to access the public/private markets via a share or rights issue.

How PwC can help

• Our services are designed to help align your strategy with your financing requirements. We can advise on which is the most appropriate market and instrument to meet both your short- and longer-term plans.
• We can act as a financial advisor to companies planning various capital raising and capital reorganisation exercises, including: reorganisation of corporate holdings, initial public offerings (IPOs), rights issues and open offers of shares and/or warrants, issues of convertible debt or other quasi-equity, private placements of shares, debt or quasi-equity.
• We can also act as a financial advisor to unlisted companies seeking to raise pre-IPO development funds and can project manage the restructuring of corporate holdings ahead of an application for listing.