Financial Restructuring

An overview of our Financial Restructuring services.

Capital | Africa seeks to establish a leading financial restructuring practice in Tanzania. Our professionals have practiced bankruptcy, corporate, securities and real estate law, providing the firm with a solid understanding of the legal issues which inevitably affect financial strategy in situations of distress. The firm employs an interdisciplinary approach to engagements and is accustomed to evaluating complex, highly leveraged situations in short time frames. CA also is a leader in effectuating merger and acquisition transactions for distressed companies.

Putting Companies Back on Track
Business downturns and failures are inevitable. Recovery - whether returning to profitability or salvaging viable assets - involves a broad array of options for company owners and managers, creditors, shareholders and other involved parties. In these situations, CA can bring order to financial turmoil and provide structure amid disarray.

CA has established itself as a preeminent provider of financial advice and recovery services for troubled companies and their constituencies. As early participants in this emerging field, our senior professionals have distinguished themselves in the industry with experience and continuity as a cohesive group. The firm continues to build on to its reputation for thorough and comprehensive analyses of the vital factors in restructuring transactions and its abililty to rapidly implement creative solutions. For clients, this translates into an ability to efficiently manage the restructuring process: thereby maximizing value and minimizing delay.

CA supports its Financial Restructuring business with substantial operational resources. The firm's regional and international infrastructure and experienced cadre of capital sources allows it to respond quickly in situations where an immediate focus is required. Having advised parties at all levels of the capital structure, CA possess a multi-faceted understanding of restructuring dynamics as well as keen insights into the negotiating strategy of all parties-in-interest. With an ability to both anticipate the many variables of restructuring cases and analyze situations from the perspective of all constituencies, our financial restructuring practice has members that have the advantage of strengthened negotiating skills. While the restructuring process is inherently fraught with risk and uncertainty, the professionals at CA strive to manage outcomes for the benefit of their clients, often employing innovative, unconventional methods when situations demand creativity.

Special Situations/Distressed M&A
CA also has extensive experience in transactions involving a change of control, asset sales and other M&A activities for distressed middle-market and large corporations. These situations may involve asset divestitures, or selling a company or its assets quickly under extremely distressed circumstances-often in contested or litigious settings- in or out of bankruptcy.

While CA generally serves as the sell-side investment banker in these transactions, soliciting and negotiating the sale transaction, the firm has advised other participants in a transaction in a variety of roles in the distressed M&A context. The firm specializes in advising larger and middle market companies where a disposition strategy depends on running a prompt, concerted, sophisticated merger and acquisition process.

Special Situations/Corporate Finance
Corporations facing challenging financial and strategic circumstances are not effectively served by “cookie-cutter” corporate finance or restructuring approaches. Rather, each of these situations requires a global perspective and a subsequent unbiased action plan to produce a value - maximization strategy for all corporate constituents. CA is uniquely positioned to provide such advice by approaching these situations with a broad arsenal of financial advisory, finance, and corporate restructuring skills.