Overview

Successfully buying and selling companies requires more than the right funding, planning and preparation. It requires experienced advisors by your side, whom you can trust and who will help you identify, and make the most of, opportunities available.

We advise entrepreneurs, CEOs, executives and owners on mergers and acquisitions, acquisition finance, complex structuring and market transactions. We create tailored corporate finance solutions to address some of the most important strategic decisions key stakeholders have to make.

Our institutional-grade, best-in-class advisory investment banking services add value to private companies and institutions, as well as their stakeholders and executives.

Over five decades and three generations, we have been advising on a full range of local and cross-border transactions, helping our clients with:

  • Mergers and acquisitions;
  • Ownership change;
  • Corporate defence situations;
  • Independent valuations/fairness opinions;
  • Corporate restructurings and generational takeovers;
  • Debt and equity placements (public and private);
  • Acquisition financing; and
  • Derivative transactions directly related to the above activities.


This is what sets us apart:

Global

We offer a unique combination of cross-border reach, in-depth sector knowledge and flexible, personalized service.

Our locally based execution team ensures rigorous transaction execution, are always accessible and able to provide prompt assistance when needed.

Comprehensive

Our solutions are developed by specialists and always take into account your specific strategic, regulatory and financial objectives.

Our comprehensive and innovative services include structuring the right financial packages, company valuation projects, negotiating transaction structure, among others. We are actively involved in each stage of a transaction providing negotiation advice to deal-specific tactics and support

Independent

Our independence and open-architecture model gives us the ability to partner with leading global financial institutions as well as external product specialists in order to help our clients achieve the best results.

Our non-conflicted advice means we are free to add value to your strategic decisions, across all products, sectors and markets.

Sector Coverage

<p>Wherever you are based, whatever challenges you face, our services lay the foundations for success. We cover the following sectors:</p>
Tech
Tech
Financial
Financial
Food
Food & Beverage
Transportation
Transportation
Fashion
Fashion
Health
Health
Hospitality
Hospitality
Industrial
Industrial
Education
Education
Media
Media
Mobility
Mobility
Oil
Oil & Gas
Real estate
Real Estate
Renewables
Renewables
Retail
Retail
Telecom
Telecom

Case studies

Baobab Group completes sale of Chinese subsidiary, MicroCred China
CIGP acted as the Financial Advisor and Escrow Agent for Baobab Group's sale of its Chinese subsidiary, MicroCred China, to a Hong Kong-based investor as part of its strategic focus on advancing financial inclusion for the underbanked in Sub-Saharan Africa....