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How do we assess and execute potential mergers, acquisitions or disposals?

WellCapital can help – we assess and lead all aspects of decision-making around the corporate transactions.

Capital allocation is a vital decision a management team must make on a continuous basis. It happens often that a business finds itself faced with tough decisions around whether or not to buy, sell of merge as a major next step. To provide context around these decisions is always complex and unique. The starting point is always to understand the realities around the business you know best. The strategic intent of a corporate transaction is often misunderstood and pushed to a second place in the decision framework whilst it belongs in pole-position.

The execution of a corporate transaction requires mature resilience. The goal of executing a corporate transaction is not the conclusion of the deal but the successful integration of the respective businesses into a sustainable new business. The quality of post-deal integration management is probably the biggest differentiator between successful and failed transactions. Transactions are managed in such a manner to focus on the conditions precedent (“CPs”) being fulfilled declaring the transaction concluded. This is true for the professionals involved but very untrue for the business owners and management teams. The post-deal operating environment always requires clear leadership and a solid understanding of the strategic objectives that must be delivered upon. The Wellsmiths have deep experience in dealing with post-deal integrations and environments. Ensuring the integration project is run under a clear mandate is vital. This can be done by a special task-team assembled by members of management from both sides of the transaction supported by a project manager that is neutral to both sides of the transaction has rendered great success!

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    WellCapital provides corporate finance advisory solutions with the focus on business valuations, financial performance evaluations and due diligence assessments. We act as lead or change-agent in business turnaround and interventions which can result in new or amended busines models, capital structures, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, business processes and forensic investigations.

    WellCapital provides treasury advisory solutions with the focus on the various financial risk portfolios (liquidity risk, foreign exchange risk, commodity risk) arising as exposures from the underlying business models in order to develop appropriate risk management policies and strategies with performance metrics. The reconciliation of these performance metrics with the treasury accounting results is undertaken to provide both operational and strategic understanding.

    The liquidity risk management includes:
    - short-term and long-term cashflow forecasting using predictive modelling to identify the funding requirements and facilitate the operational and strategic decision making
    - mapping of all bank accounts and optimisation of banking and lending facilities
    - restructuring and refinancing of asset and liability portfolios
    - interest rate risk and credit risk management
    - obtaining credit rating and debt issues
    - optimisation of working capital management
    - alignment of cashflow forecasting with operational budgets and variance reporting based on actual cashflows
    - development of local and global cashflow pooling
    - implementation of intercompany financial support and transactions
    - obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals to ensure compliance and control
    - the treasury functions and responsibilities within the organisation should have the correct structures and systems to realise the potential positive strategic impact and value added.

    WellCapital provides expert and independent advisory services to Board committees and within legal proceedings.

    WellCapital prides itself in providing value‐added solutions and services to a wide variety of clients and markets which transcends industry and size and offer the services in a variety of ways to accommodate the requirements and priorities of our clients

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    dries.ferreira@wellcapital.co.za