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Problem Solving in Business Strategy and Corporate Finance
Growth Capital
Raising equity for your business growth
If you need to raise capital to fund your business growth, we are able to advise you on important issues:
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Evaluating the amount, the structure, and the form of payments of the capital issuance including share prices premiums, ESOPs, etc.
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Estimating enterprise and equity pre / post-money values, minority (majority) discount (premium), dilutive effects, etc.
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Selecting the type of placement, private versus public (stock exchanges, equity crowdfunding platforms, etc) and the most suitable categories of Investors: PE funds, VC funds, industrial companies, family offices, HNWIs, etc.
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Preparation of executive summaries, teasers, decks and infomemos
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Shortlisting potential investors
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Negotiating LoIs, MoUs, preliminary offers, contractual agreements, etc.
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Assisting in the due diligence coordination
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Advising on the new corporate governance
Business Strategy
Creating value for your business
Formulate a winning business strategy is a brain teaser requiring to apply a strict methodology. We are able to support you in carrying out strategic analyses and decisions with a structured approach:
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Carrying out customer, competitor, and market analyses
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Carrying out firm, and portfolio analyses
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Defining CVPs, business models, strategies, action plans, and KPIs
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Structuring financial models and the metrics
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Analyzing historical performance
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Forecasting performance with operating, growth, and financial engineering improvements
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Producing pro-forma financial statements
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Estimating the Cost of Capital
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Measuring the value of the business / firm
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Valuing the company
Mergers & Acquisitions
Acquiring or selling a business
Often a Company is able to enhance its market position acquiring a Competitor, specific assets and capabilities; on the other side, a Company or an Entrepreneur want to dismiss a business not more relevant to their objectives. In both cases, we are able to support you to deal with important issues:
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Defining the M&A strategy and objectives
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Identifing Prospects
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Valuing Firms
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Valuing Synergies
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Valuing Shareholdings
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Valuing liquidity and control premiums/discounts
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Structuring transaction terms: form of payment and financing; contingent payments
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Negotiating the deal
People
Aurelio Lonardo
Independent Corporate Finance & Business Strategy Advisor with 25+ years
Member of the Board of Directors of Companies
Past experience in financial and industrial groups:
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Senior Director Corporate Finance Unit at BANOR Asset Management Group;
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Corporate Finance Manager, at E-Services SBU at BNL Paribas bank;
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Head of Corporate Finance at Unipol Merchant;
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Corporate & Project/Export Finance at Techint Finanziaria
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Project Controller at Techint and Snamprogetti (Saipem)
Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA)
Diploma in Business Innovation and Management awarded by MIP School of Management of Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Graduated (magna cum laude) in Engineering at the University Frederick II, Naples, Italy
Lecturer in Business strategy at AIAF School
Former Lecturer in Financial Accounting at Polytechnic of Milan
Contact Us
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