Transaction financing

Concorde MB Partners provides structured funding to help emerging and distressed businesses, entrepreneurs who want to withdraw cash from their company without losing ownership. Financing transactions typically take the following forms:

Growth capital

Acquisition of funds from private equity or family funds to accelerate the growth of the company to help it to gain a dominant market position or achieve a marketable size.  It is rarely realized in a pure form, and is often coupled with the selling of a share or divestiture (see below), because founders do not like to transfer control even partially without receiving a significant amount.

Buy-out financing

We help our corporate clients to attract bank, mezzanine or private equity financing for their professional acquisitions.  On the seller’s side, we occasionally arrange ‘bundled financing’, which buyers ‘get on the tray’ with their capital investment so that they be able to offer a full price for the company.  Sometimes we also assist the internal or external management guiding the buyout if they do not have sufficient experience in managing investors and banks.

Pre-financing of dividends / withdrawal of capital

This is when a business owner pays a dividend to himself on a loan or minority capital investment in his company. Typically, dividend pre-financing loans / investments do not exceed 20 to 40% of the value of the company because the investors want to ensure that the owner does not throw the reins on the horses but also helps them earn money after the transaction.

Debt reorganisation

Many troubled businesses can survive by renegotiating their debts, even outside bankruptcy. Banks do not write down debt easily, so an experienced and knowledgeable banker is needed to convince them of the need. We help entrepreneurs restructure their loans and raise new capital to save their company. It is better to start small again than to exit the market and lose your hard-earned reputation.