Funding Advisory (Debt Advisory)

National and international financing markets are characterised by increasing complexity. Geopolitical uncertainties and numerous regulations, including in relation to ESG (environment, social and governance), are making investors more restrictive. At the same time, new players are entering the market and offering innovative financing solutions. Innovative, fast-growing companies in the technology, software or service sectors are being offered new financing options, such as venture debt or infrastructure debt. However, companies and investors are still regularly confronted with special challenges during the financing process - not every available offer is suitable for every situation. In addition, self-imposed financing goals are often in conflict with each other, such as the lowest possible price with the greatest possible flexibility for borrowers.

When business is not progressing according to plan or in a changing business environment, companies should be able to quickly obtain a well-founded overview, often under time pressure or pressure to act, such as in M&A processes. It is important to negotiate alternative financing solutions with various capital providers, create competition among financing partners and keep an eye on the primary goal of creating financing security.

Our financing experts provide you with comprehensive support for all questions relating to corporate financing and the financing of transactions. As we are not tied to specific financing products or individual financing partners, you can rely on independent advice in which the development of a financing strategy and the stringent implementation of financing measures are the core elements.

We work with you to define the objectives and priorities of the new financing. We develop solutions that meet your needs and expectations. At the same time, they also fulfil the requirements of investors and can therefore be implemented on the market. It is important to determine the optimum financing and capital structure for the individual situation. We take into account various financing instruments such as

• loans
• credit lines
• promissory note loans and private placements
• capital market instruments
• Subordinated capital (mezzanine capital)
• Leasing
• Factoring 

Together, we identify suitable capital providers and draw on banks, debt funds, insurance companies, alternative investors and other capital providers. We do this together with our financing experts from the foreign KPMG companies in more than 150 countries worldwide.

Through structured preparation of the market approach with a meaningful and convincing information package, we ensure that we arouse interest among financing partners and receive attractive financing offers for your project. It is important to create competition, both among the parties approached and between alternative financing structures and instruments. In order to relieve your own capacities, we take care of answering questions from the financing partners and negotiating the commercial aspects of the financing transaction for you.

Our aim is to give you more than one option for realising financing. This allows you to choose the form of financing that suits you best. We also increase the financing security for you. Together with you and, if necessary, your legal advisors, we then take care of the contractual documentation. We advise you until the funds are disbursed - and in many cases beyond that, for example on compliance with loan agreement conditions (including financial covenants), reporting to lenders or adjusting contractual terms during the term.

In addition to traditional capital procurement, we support you with all financing issues relating to organised capital markets (equity capital markets, debt capital markets). This includes capital structure considerations, the issue of bonds, pre-IPO and post-IPO financing and investor relations. We are happy to assist you in your rating process, whether it is obtaining an initial rating or rating considerations in connection with planned transactions and capital measures.

Our financing experts see a large number of different financing transactions every year and are therefore able to assess very well which type of financing is feasible and what the best possible conditions are in the current financing market environment. But we also know the investors' side well, because many of our colleagues in the team have many years of experience at banks and investment banks. We see the large number of successfully implemented financing transactions as confirmation of our expertise, which we are happy to use to achieve the best possible result for you.