Anastasis Capital Partners provides its clients with an array of sophisticated investment banking services that include mergers, acquisitions, sales and divestitures, financing, recapitalisation and restructurings; strategic advisory services, valuations and related consulting services. Anastasis Capital Partners’ professionals leverage their extensive expertise in each of these areas to provide their clients with transaction strategies tailored to achieve their goals and objectives.

1. Trading Securities and Structured Products
2. Debt & Equity Financing
3. Private Institutional Financing
4. Mergers and Acquisitions
5. Project Financing
6. Strategic Advisory
7. Valuations
8. Restructuring
9. Asset Management

TRADING SECURITIES & STRUCTURED PRODUCTS

Traded Instruments

• Forex
• Debt Market Instruments
• Commodities
• Derivatives

Anastasis Capital Partners professionals have extensive, versatile and diverse knowledge, expertise and experience in both customer transactions and proprietary trading in over the counter (OTC) transactions. Major instruments traded include but not limited to the following;

• Foreign Exchange Currencies particularly the G7 currencies
• Money market instruments. (Commercial Paper, Certificate of Deposits etc.)
• Debt Market Instruments (Treasury Bills, Sovereign and Sub National Bonds etc.)

With a combined trading and sales experience of over 50 years globally and domestically in very large and medium -sized merchant and commercial banks, the staff at Anastasis Capital Partners are well focused and strategically positioned to deliver first class returns on major trading instruments and platforms.

DEBT & EQUITY FINANCING

Anastasis Capital Partners leverages its extensive network and experience with the credit markets to enable both mature and emerging companies to reach their goals in a cost-effective manner.

Early-Stage Companies

Anastasis Capital Partners has a track record of raising equity and debt financing from some of the world’s most successful venture firms and lenders particularly in the emerging markets. Regardless of the size and the revenue of the client, Anastasis Capital can provide an optimal solution.

Although early-stage companies typically have fewer debt options than more mature companies, Anastasis Capital Partners maintains strong ties with the financial entities targeting the emerging growth sector and is well situated to raise debt financing from a variety of sources.

Some options for early-stage companies are included below:

• Asset-Based Lines of Credit
• Bridge Loans
• Convertible Debt Facilities
• EXIM Facilities
• LBO Financing
• Mezzanine Debt
• Venture Debt

Matured Companies

Matured companies tend to have more financial options available to them and Anastasis Capital remains on the cutting edge of the latest debt instruments.

Some options for mature companies are included below:

• Asset-Based Lines of Credit
• Convertible Debt Facilities
• EXIM Facilities
• Junior Secured Loans
• LBO Financing
• Leasing
• Mezzanine Debt
• Senior Debt via Banks, Conduits, and Other Financial Entities

PRIVATE INSTITUTIONAL FINANCING

Anastasis Capital Partner’s financing professionals are experienced in all aspects of capital formation including senior debt, subordinated debt, mezzanine capital, preferred stock and common stock. We maintain an ongoing dialogue with institutional sources of capital, including commercial banks, insurance companies, pension funds, finance companies, hedge funds, mezzanine funds, venture capital funds and private equity groups. Anastasis Capital Partners offers a full menu of financing strategies for our clients, including:

• Growth and Acquisition Capital
• Going Private Transactions
• Management Buyouts
• Leveraged Buyouts
• PIPEs (Private Investments in Public Enterprises/Companies)
• Recapitalisations
• Debt Refinancing
• Partial Sale or Partial Recapitalisation

Anastasis Capital Partners has also advised middle market companies that are unable to fully capture potential growth or liquidity opportunities because they have outgrown their existing financing sources, as well as companies that are inadequately leveraging their balance sheet or cash flow with traditional bank debt. In both of these situations, Anastasis Capital Partners considers every available source of capital on behalf of our clients, including asset-based loans, senior cash flow loans, institutional private placements, equipment and mortgage financing, asset securitizations, operating or capital leases, subordinated debt, preferred stock and common equity. We often pursue more than one type of capital to provide an optimal capital structure and minimise dilution. We also recognise and proactively manage the structural and logistical challenges of closing multiple transactions simultaneously.

MERGERS & ACQUISITION

Anastasis Capital Partners’ professionals combine their transaction expertise along with our extensive research capabilities, proprietary investor database, and custom, enterprise-wide transaction management system to deliver the greatest value for each client. We implement a customised and comprehensive process intended to generate maximum value for shareholders with minimum distraction for operating managers. Our professionals work closely with clients to first define objectives, and then design and implement a transaction strategy to achieve each goal.

We offer our clients:

• Expertise in every phase of strategic advisory and corporate finance
• Extensive transaction experience in all investment banking products
• Significant financial and operational expertise
• Significant industry contacts

Exclusive Sell-Side Engagements

Every sale engagement is unique and depends on the specific needs and objectives of the client’s shareholders. The manner in which Anastasis Capital Partners conduct a sale process will, by design, vary based on the client’s preference with regard to:

• The number and nature of the parties to initiate discussions
• The client’s time frame and expectations
• The management and ongoing operations of the business
• Other strategic considerations and market factors
• Personal and other unique considerations

While every sale engagement is conducted differently, we recognise that creating value for our clients also requires that we conduct all sale engagements with:

• The highest level of confidentiality and discretion to best preserve and protect the client’s relationship with customers, vendors and employees
• Extensive industry and buyer research, allowing us to understand the transaction and value proposition from all perspectives
• Active management from our senior professionals to ensure that the process remains on track, with all involved parties working together towards a successful conclusion
• Understanding the financial and key valuation considerations at the highest possible level to advise our client and communicate to potential buyers
• Understanding our client and its future potential and communicating this understanding to the targeted audience to maximise value
• Minimising the time requirements of management and potential distractions to the acquirers
• Creativity and negotiating savvy that allows us to structure a transaction that best meets the client’s multiple objectives

Buy-Side Acquisition Advisory

By taking a comprehensive, long-term view of our clients’ acquisition initiatives, Anastasis Capital Partners focuses on generating the best return for the long term (which may include not doing a transaction). We believe this sets us apart from other advisors. Our professional’s partner with clients to identify relevant acquisition criteria and establish a systematic process to identify, research, and prioritise potential targets to complement their organic growth plans. From initial contact, due diligence and valuation, to negotiation, and deal structuring, Anastasis Capital Partners will be your partner every step of the way.

Corporate Divisional and Subsidiary Divestitures

Given the complexities of corporate divestitures, finding the right buyer is the most challenging and critical aspect of these transactions. In some cases, a strategic buyer is required due to lack of management or shared operating assets that must be retained by the parent. In other cases, a financial buyer is preferred due to management’s desire to participate in a transaction and concerns about sharing information with competitors. Anastasis Capital Partners will work with the parent company and operating management to understand these issues and agree on the optimal buyer for each situation. Through our experience in divestitures of subsidiaries, operating divisions, product lines and manufacturing facilities for public and private companies, Anastasis Capital will establish a framework that preserves confidentiality while maximising value and other transaction attributes that are important to the shareholders of the parent company.

Management and Leveraged Buyouts and Recapitilisations

Anastasis Capital Partners has extensive transaction experience, advising both management teams seeking to acquire an operating entity from its owners, and owners seeking to sell an operation to its managers. In addition to structuring and negotiating transactions that meet the objectives of both managers and owners, Anastasis Capital can assist management teams in securing the appropriate external financing to consummate a transaction. We also provide assistance with structuring ongoing equity positions, key terms of employment contracts, as well as valuation services that provide owners with the assurance that they are receiving a fair and competitive value for their business.

PROJECT FINANCING

Anastasis Capital Partner’s financing professionals are experienced in all aspects of Project financing involved with long-term financing of infrastructure and industrial projects based upon the projected cash flows of the project rather than the balance sheets of its sponsors. We focus on important areas such as Project Risk Identification and Allocation, Project Funding & Capital contribution, Project Delivery methods and stages, Project Development & Operations and financial modelling.

The professionals at Anastasis Capital Partners will provide the funding through equity investors, known as ‘sponsors’, as well as a ‘syndicate’ of banks or other lending institutions that provide loans to the operation.

The need for project financing remains high in developing and emerging economies as more countries require increasing supplies of public utilities and infrastructure. In recent years, project finance schemes have become increasingly common in Nigeria.

STRATEGIC ADVISORY

Anastasis Capital Partners’ strategic advisory services focus on identifying and implementing strategies to maximise shareholder value while addressing diverse shareholder objectives. We evaluate capitalisation alternatives, analysing their ability to meet both the growth requirements of a client company and the liquidity needs of its shareholders. Anastasis Capital Partners examine multiple transaction strategies, including acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalisations and the possible sale of the company. In addition, Anastasis Capital Partners measures how each strategy impacts shareholder objectives relative to risk, liquidity, asset diversification, succession issues, and estate planning and value maximisation. Anastasis Capital Partners’ analysis of shareholder value is based on solid analytical as well as first-hand experience and knowledge of the current M&A and financing environments.

VALUATIONS

Anastasis Capital Partners’ valuation professionals subscribe to the highest ethical and professional standards. Anastasis Capital Partners provides independent and objective valuation advisory services for a number of purposes, including merger and acquisition transactions, strategic planning, ESOPs, fairness opinions, estate and tax planning, management compensation, goodwill impairment testing and purchase price allocations (including valuation of intangible assets). In addition, we also have the capabilities to appraise fixed assets, including machinery & equipment and real estate. Our valuation professionals combine advanced valuation techniques, an understanding of current market conditions and an in-depth knowledge of tax and structural issues to offer middle market companies a broad range of sophisticated and relevant valuation services.

RESTRUCTURING

Anastasis Capital Partners’ restructuring services focus on companies undergoing a period of unexpected financial or operational turbulence. Anastasis Capital Partners has the capabilities to work with underperforming companies to unlock additional value and identify new sources of capital. Anastasis Capital’s professionals are often engaged to analyse the potential sale of the company or its operating assets, while providing innovative strategies to restructure the company’s debt and equity. We are comfortable both in and outside bankruptcy court and have experience in this specialised area. Collectively, our merger, acquisition and financing specialists can provide a solution that maximises value for all constituencies.

Anastasis Capital Partners can provide the following options for troubled companies:

• Asset-Based Lines of Credit
• Convertible Debt Facilities
• EXIM Facilities
• DIP Financing
• Junior Secured Loans
• LBO Financing
• Leasing
• Mezzanine Debt
• Senior Debt via Banks, Conduits, and Other Financial Entities

 ASSET MANAGEMENT

Anastasis Capital Partners’ asset management services focus on identifying and implementing strategies to maximise investors’ value while also addressing the objectives of the investors which are very diverse. Our investment professionals have extensive transaction experience, qualifications and track record of portfolio management both in developed and emerging economies to provide strategies and solutions to individuals, advisors and institutions.

Anastasis Capital Partners’ provide optimal investment advice to our customers that are based on solid analytical as well as first-hand experience and knowledge of the current market condition. We strategically balance the costs, opportunities and risks against the desired performance of assets, to achieve the clients’ desired objectives and execute strategies to generate excess returns and provide excellent client solution.