STRUCTURED FINANCE

Structured Finance provides you with flexible and customized financing solutions for strategic projects.
Our global network expertise and relationship with largest financial institutions enables us to open doors and find the right contacts for you. We provide individual solutions - tailored to your needs and the requirements of the banking industry. We do this in the following areas:

Acquisition financing
We provide support in seeking viable external financing solutions for planned acquisitions.
You benefit from our expertise in:

  • Bank financing
  • Bridge loans - While we concentrate on the debt financing needed for the transaction, we can put you in touch with potential equity investors if necessary.
    The following services are also offered in connection with acquisition financing:
  • Analysis of the debt capacity of the buyer and the target company
  • Development of a financing structure and appropriate terms commensurate with risk
  • Syndication and assembly of a suitable group of banks
  • Syndicated Lending

Syndicated Lending
Syndicated lending is primarily used for the following types of transactions:

  • Intermediate-term business financing
  • Acquisition financing, including management and leveraged buyouts
  • Project financing

A syndicated loan can be used for stable, intermediate-term financing with a reduced refinancing risk. Large amounts can often be placed even if the capital market does not offer any possibilities. Negotiations and loan servicing are settled together via one contact, while bank relationships with various banks are coordinated and maintained. The bank syndicate provides a good starting point for future financing needs. The structured conditions promote disciplined financing of the business units. With additional business opportunities for the syndicate banks, very attractive total costs are possible. Even though these loans have long durations, interest rates for short-term maturities may apply.

Management Buy-Out

Batard & Partners provides active support for management and leveraged buyouts (MBOs/LBOs). While management - and in certain cases other investors - take on the risk in the form of shareholders' equity, Structured Finance organizes the necessary borrowed funds.

Structured Finance can arrange and manage the syndication of loans.

Initial scenarios:

  • Desire to sell the company / succession planning
  • Concentration on core competencies
  • Strategic expansion of business areas

One of the prerequisites is a high, stable, free cash flow, with little additional investment
is necessary in subsequent years.

Objectives:

  • To preserve independence
  • To generate entrepreneurial momentum
  • To facilitate strategic options such as initial public offerings, acquisitions, mergers, etc.

Project Finance
Batard & Partners offers tailored financing through financial institutions, primarily for infrastructure projects in the Information Technology, Healthcare, Transportation, Energy, Manufacturing and Telecom sectors. Project financing is suitable for larger investment projects in the public and private sector and above which provide long-term financing based on future cash flows. In Project Finance, Batard & Partners acts as financial advisor or as agent of syndicated project loans.

Advisory
For companies that are looking for tailored, complex financing solutions, such as structured, cross-border leasing, Batard & Partners can provide an experienced, interdisciplinary team for advising corporate organizations.
We work closely with specialists within International banks and with a team of external advisors (tax, law, accounting firms). This enables us to advise you even on the most complex issues. Our extensive contacts with private investors help us place the lease transactions with local or international investors.