Founded in 2009, Common Ground is a Corporate Finance firm focussing on M&A and Debt & Equity transactions across Europe. Common Ground is the Belgian partner firm of Globalscope International M&A Advisors. Services Offered: - Buy-side * Accelerate External Growth * Realize Vertical or Horizontal Integrations * Expand to New Geographic Markets * Strategic Reposition Their Business * Play a Leading Role in an Industry Consolidation * Realize a Successful Buy-and-Build Scenario - Sell-side * Succession Planning or Issues * Management Buy-outs or Management Buy-ins * Disinvestment of Non-Critical or Non-Strategic Businesses * Distressed Sale in Turnaround Situations * Industry Consolidations - Financial Advice * Capital and Financing Structure * Joint Venture : Set Up, Unwind, Optimization or Funding * Re-organisation of Distressed Debt and Equity * Credit Rating Analysis and Advisory * Working Capital Optimization * Business Plan Preparation and Monitoring * Investment Review and Analysis * Emerging Market Developments (Structuring, Negotiation Funding, …) - Financing Analysis * To (Re)design Their Financing Structure * To Improve the Risk Profile of Their Existing Funding Mix * To Identify and Select the Most Suitable Private Equity Investors and Bankers * To Help Clients to Prepare and Present Their Business Cases * To Initiate and Conclude a Fruitful Dialogue with their Potential Investors or Bankers - Debt and Equity Raising * Definition of the Optimal Deal Structure * Selection of the Most Appropriate Financial Instrument, such as: * IPO, Capital Increases, Right Issue, Private Placements - Bond, Convertible Bonds, Private or Public Placements - Syndicated or Bilateral Bank Financing - Asset Based Financing (Leasing, (Reverse) Factoring, Forfeiting, …) - Review and negotiation of the various competing offers received * Coordination of the Due Diligence Process * Coordination of the Practical Implementation (IT, Ancillary Contracts,…) * Coordination of Drafting of the Agreements with the Legal Counsels * Negotiation of the Best Terms with the Various Parties Involved (Lawyers, Credit Rating Agencies, Corporate Bankers, Investment Bankers, Investors, Other Financial Intermediaries, …) Additional Offices: - Brussels, Belgium