FUNDRAISING

Friend LLP can assist you to raise funds for a variety of reasons, be it to make acquisitions, complete a private equity transaction, fund growth and expansion, or as part of a shareholder/company restructuring.

We can advise and assist on:

• Strategic rationale for raising funds
• Merits of different funding options
• Preparing business plans and forecasts
• Introductions to appropriate funders
• Negotiations and tactics
• Total project management to completion

PRIVATE EQUITY

Private Equity, or venture capital, is an acquisition of a business by management teams, typically funded by private equity funds and bank debt. The process is similar to making acquisitions, but with unique features to the transaction.

Friend LLP have advised on numerous private equity transactions, understand the dynamics and know all the key players within the market. We are therefore very well placed to advise and assist institutions, MBO and MBI teams on buying businesses.

For example, we will assist with:

• Assessing the deal’s viability
• Preparing business plans and forecasts
• Valuations
• Negotiations with the vendor
• Fund raising
• Negotiations with funders
• Due diligence
• Total project management to completion