Corporate & Financial Advisory

Our Focus

AFG Venture Group has experience advising on strategic management, acquisitions, mergers, divestments, capital raisings, management buy-outs (MBOs), management buy-ins (MBIs) and debt restructuring. We provide strategic and tactical advice for raising capital through mezzanine debt or equity, including identification of potential investors and assisting with negotiations through to closing.

Mergers & Acquisitions

We provide advisory services to identify opportunities, locate counterparties and complete transactions.  These services include the sale of a businesses, acquisitions, merger or carve outs or divestments.

Entry Strategies

When entering a new market it is important to take into account many unique issues, ranging from government regulations to cultural issues. Our group has extensive experience in dealing with these various issues, and can advise on the most appropriate entry strategy.

Corporate Strategy

We assist clients to develop their corporate and business strategies in Australia and Asia. Strategic work can be particularly relevant prior to the commencement of any transaction. We aim to deliver value to shareholders by identifying how commercial advantage can be maximised and sustained.

Licensing and Commercialisation

We work with companies to commercialise technologies into markets, using intellectual property frameworks, know-how and expertise.  This includes licensing arrangements and transactions as appropriate.

Listing Advisory and Assistance

We work with clients to ensure that a public listing is a success by determining the most effective strategy and means of when, where, what and how. This includes rights issues and strategic advice for companies that are already listed.

Exit Planning and Business Succession Planning

At appropriate times shareholders and owners wish to consider their alternatives to exit.  We work with clients to assist them to plan exits to receive maximum value.

Funding Strategies, Capital Raisings, IPO's and Backdoor Listings

We work closely with clients to quantify capital needs, timing, and to identify potential equity partners with the right commercial and cultural fit in Australia and Asia. Whilst a financial or institutional investor may prove the ideal capital provider for some companies, for others a trade, or active investor, is more appropriate.

Investment Advisory Services

Independent transaction review, determination and analysis of policies, dilution and effects of capital raisings, employee share schemes.

Restructuring and Reorganisations

Our services in this area focus on the balance sheet, capital structures,  internally financeable growth rate, analysis of results, systems review analysis, benchmarking and financial re-engineering.

Equities Advisory

We appreciate the demands and challenges that Boards, Individual Directors, Chief Executive Officers and Chief Financial Officers of listed companies face. Issues arise that include:

• ∙ Strategies for raising capital which include identification of counterparties, pricing and timing
• ∙ ASX, ASIC market, legal and regulations compliance
• ∙ Corporate Governance processes and procedures
• ∙ Placements, reorganizations of capital, funding for growth and restructuring
• ∙ Broker and investor communications and roadshows
• ∙ Investor spread and investor alignment
• ∙ Project management

Structured Finance

AFG Venture Group has wide cross border experience gained over many years in structuring merger and acquisition and other deals for clients within Australasia and also to and from the Australasian region. This experience includes finance, profit repatriation, supply chain set up and management and licensing arrangements.

Services include the facilitation of tax, legal, management and corporate governance in respect of cross border structures especially joint ventures as well as innovative structuring.

Our aim is to establish the most appropriate and flexible structure at the start of a project or venture as varying such structures later can be difficult from a relationship and legal point of view and can also be expensive.