AREAS OF EXPERTISE

M&A Private Equity Financial Advisory Asset Management

Our goal is to provide guidance to our Brazilian and international clients from the initial discussion of strategic alternatives to a transaction closing. Our team has the international expertise to structure transactions involving stock swaps, spin-offs, split-offs, recapitalizations, share repurchases, LBO’s and MBO’s, as well as to determine an appropriate pricing structure and negotiate on behalf of our clients either the buyer or the seller.

We manage every M&A project under our responsibility with absolute confidentiality and deposit our reputation on managing the whole process on a strictly private manner. Some of the services we provide are as follows:

Market Positioning: Data gathering, market trend analysis and strategic recommendation as to potential market threats, partners, and transaction targets.

Target Identification: Search of a potential buyer or seller that best fits the other party’s product line, financial situation, or market position.

Company Valuation and Analysis: Value fairness opinion, assessment of financial position, asset quality, and strategic synergies to potential buyer.

Valuation of Intangible Assets: Intellectual property, brands, patents, and goodwill in advisory projects or in the context of an acquisition.

Leveraged and Management Buy-outs: Acquisition strategies supported by debt and private equity financing.

Transaction Management: Coordination of transaction, including team selection, documentation, registration, buyer selection, price negotiation, due diligence, and closing.

Private Equity: Negotiation with private equity funds to participate as a minority shareholder in joint acquisitions.

SELL SIDE PRIVATE EQUITY
Koliver has a practice specializing in assisting growth companies in accessing private capital markets for equity-related financing. In raising private equity capital for our clients, we structure a transaction by working with local and global private equity investors

BUY SIDE PRIVATE EQUITY
Along with M&A selling clients and private equity funds, we invest our own capital in growth companies. It is an important follow-on service for our M&A clients. In private equity transactions, we provide value by having longstanding relationships with many private equity firms in Brazil. In arranging a private equity transaction we provide an integrated solution comprised of:

• Amount and type of capital raised
• Initial valuation range
• Financing term sheet
• Offering memorandum
• Investor marketing program
• Negotiation of Term sheet and closing terms
• Transaction closing

Recent Investment

Wantant Technologies Inc.

Our main financial advisory business is to provide advisory services for global companies looking for strategic investments in Brazil, based upon our local presence and experience in local transactions and financings.

Viability Advice: Advisory in finding an international finance company and to structure the most attractive financial solution.

Financing Programs: Setting up of international financing programs, including capital markets, involving private state-owned banks.

Securitizations: Setting up of SPC’s and offshore companies to support asset-backed products, along with involving international finance companies.

Packaged Transactions: Gathering of companies with little debt outstanding to reach critical mass for an international financing facility.

Private Placements: Working with international banks, we analyze the feasibility of placing debt or equity privately with offshore investors.