“Listing on the London Stock Exchange can offer businesses access to a broader investor base and offer an enhanced profile. Its success is rooted in careful planning and an understanding of the likely issues.”
Strand Hanson provides advice to clients on all aspects of their fundraising activities, whether public or private and including assistance with sourcing and structuring of both debt and equity financing.
For clients looking to raise equity or debt finance, Strand Hanson advises on:
- Optimal capital structure
- Timing
- Appropriate equity and debt sources
- Financial implications of equity and debt issues
- Current market conditions and investor sentiment
Since 2009, we have advised on approximately 125 secondary fundraisings, raising, in aggregate, in excess of £2.75bn.
For clients looking to raise equity or debt finance, Strand Hanson advises on:
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- Optimal capital structure
- Best timing
- Appropriate equity and debt sources
- Financial implications of equity and debt issues
- Current market conditions and investor sentiment
Strand Hanson’s equity fundraising activities include the following:
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- Offers (offers for sale, rights issues, open offers, public offers and placings)
- Venture capital fundraisings
- Private placements
- Broking licence gives us the ability to fulfil the regulatory broking role and widen the breadth of investors available to clients
Strand Hanson’s knowledge and experience in structuring debt packages includes:
- Traditional debt
- Mezzanine finance and alternative debt structuring
- Convertible debt instruments
- Pre-payment/off-take facilities
Strand Hanson is ideally positioned to identify various sources of private equity funding, be it from venture capitalists or institutional investors.
Strand Hanson is able to negotiate with a number of banks and other funding sources to procure the optimum financing structure and terms for our clients.
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In early April 2020, Strand Hanson was appointed by Rosen’s Diversified, Inc. (“RDI”) to act as Financial Adviser in relation to the assessment and execution of a potential recommended all cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Collagen Solutions plc (the “Company” or “Collagen”) (the “Offer”), under the provisions of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the “Code”).
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