Modern hi-tech world and innovation-based economy pose more and more challenges for companies that require unique, complex and flexible solutions. We strive to provide support to our clients at all stages of responding to challenges and resolving issues - from formulating objectives to implementing solutions and monitoring results.
Our approach is to activate growth potential of the company on the basis of a deep retrospective analysis and understanding of its strategic goals. We aim at a sustainable effect in a long-term perspective and endeavor to provide support not only at the initial stage of planning and modeling but also at the implementation nd closing stages of any project. Our international team usually works in close collaboration with the client's specialists ensuring efficient feedback on all corporate levels.
Seeing their company's growth, the owners often face the need to formulate a long-term development strategy. There are instances, for example, when the owner sees that the company development vector does not fit the current vision of the situation, or the company has a complex business structure with subsidiaries that have conflicting interests. The company may also need new break-through products and markets. In any of such situations, there is a need for assistance from qualified specialists who can adapt the existing strategy to account for ongoing changes and work out a full-fledged development strategy for the entire company or its subsidiaries.
- Consulting on development strategy issues
- Financial modeling, developing, expert analysis and monitoring of investment projects
- Monitoring implementation of long-term projects
- Developing a system of consolidated cost indices for mid-term and long-term planning
Our approach to capital transaction support includes consideration of key issues involved in identification of existing and potential risks that have impact on investors' decision to purchase a company, as well as on the price and conditions of purchase.
We also take into account financial, tax and legal aspects of the deal and assist our client in negotiations and preparation of transaction documents. Our services are always client tailored and we take into account all specifics of the client business and particular objectives of the deal.
Our services include:
- Comprehensive financial, tax and legal analysis for the buyer
- Comprehensive financial, tax and legal analysis for the seller
- Identification of risks that have impact on the investment decision and value of the target business, including analysis of affiliated party transactions and identification of potentially questionable transactions
- We also provide services related to counteragent integrity check and identification of potential fraud risks (for more details see Forensic section)
- Valuation of immovable property
- Valuation of movable property
- Valuation of asset portfolios
- Business valuation
- Valuation for IFRS purposes
- Valuation of intangible assets
- Valuation of investment projects / investment consulting
- Financial modeling
We apply the best global practices based on International and Russian law, including:
- United Kingdom Bribery Act
- US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,
- RF laws: "On Anti-Corruption Enforcement" and "Concerning the Counteraction of the Legitimization (Laundering) of the Proceeds of Crime and the Financing of Terrorism".
Forensic service line includes the following services:
- financial and economic analysis
- expert economic analysis and valuation
- expert tax analysis
- technological and price audit, analysis of investment plans and financial models
- corporate intelligence and fact finding
- forensic inquiry, assistance and representation within the framework of litigation, including international legal disputes
- mediation in dispute settlements
Our company's specialists performed financial and technical audit of an investment project dealing with the construction of a shopping mall in the vicinity of Pulkovo airport (St. Petersburg). The following works were performed within the framework of the project:
- evaluation of the current shopping mall utilization concept with account of competitive environment;
- analysis of shopping mall management efficiency, including, in particular; accounting and cash flow management;
- drafting a shopping mall development concept;
- building a financial model for the project.
We developed a financial model for the implementation of a "business jet" venture product of a company doing business in the U.S.
Our support in the capacity of a financial consultant enabled the company to attract financing required for the commercial launching of the product.
We have been engaged as financial consultants to provide support to projects related to building residential waste processing facilities in the territory of Ryazanskaya and Kostromskaya regions of Russia, as well as Sakhalin and Khabarovsk.
Our specialists are in the process of developing a financial model for such facilities and supporting the procedure of obtaining funds from the Far East Development Fund and the investment branch of Sberbank of Russia.
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