financial Services

Halkin Group is your gateway to emerging capital markets and investment opportunities. We are a dynamic and forward-thinking firm that specializes in financing, advisory, and investing services on a global scale.Our unwavering belief in the immense growth potential of emerging markets drives our commitment to serving our clients' best interests. With an extensive network of relationships spanning institutional investors, strategic players, and corporate and governmental borrowers, we are uniquely positioned to connect you with the most lucrative opportunities. Whether seeking financing solutions, strategic advice, or investment opportunities, Halkin Group is your trusted partner. Our team of seasoned professionals combines deep industry knowledge with a global perspective, ensuring that you receive tailored solutions that align with your goals and maximize returns. The next decade holds immense potential for emerging markets, and we invite you to join us on this exciting journey. Together, we can unlock new avenues for growth, capitalize on untapped opportunities, and navigate the complexities of the global capital markets. Discover the power of partnership with Halkin Group.

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

At Halkin Group, we specialize in mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures for our clients. Our team provides excellent service and attention to detail for transactions of all sizes, whether international or domestic, public or private. With solid relationships with many client companies and financial buyers, our bankers can identify the most appropriate parties for a transaction. Halkin Capital offers various products and services, including buy-side and sell-side transactions (private and public), leveraged transactions, fairness opinions, general advisory, activist shareholder advisory, and takeover defence.

CAPITAL MARKETS

Our Capital Markets Group specializes in raising capital for diverse clients, from large multinational corporations to privately owned businesses founded and managed by entrepreneurs. We work closely with our industry coverage and M&A groups to offer exceptional origination and structuring expertise and extensive experience in executing and syndicating financings.

We aim to create a customized capital structure for each transaction that best serves our clients' strategic priorities and provides the most favourable terms available in the market. Halkin Group's experience includes acting as an underwriter, agent, or strategic advisor for successful transactions such as leveraged loans, private mezzanine debt, high-yield debt, IPOs, follow-ons, convertibles, PIPEs, private equity, and liability management transactions.

In today's rapidly evolving and increasingly complex capital markets environment, it is crucial to have a trustworthy investment bank with a proven track record of delivering effective financing solutions. Halkin Group provides various services and products, including private and public capital, private growth equity capital, liability management, and investor coverage.

Illiquid Financial Assets Practice

At Halkin Group, we specialize in providing liquidity solutions for illiquid financial assets across various alternative investments in East Africa. Our experienced team of bankers, who have also worked as investors and advisors in the secondary market, offer a unique perspective in the intermediary world. We have extensive knowledge of investor groups, enabling us to target investors in a controlled and competitive environment, resulting in maximum sales proceeds and the best terms for our clients. Our global investor base includes dedicated secondary funds, financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, family offices, pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, and public vehicles.

Our services range from simple direct sales of portfolios to complex fund mergers or structured solutions that involve contractual risk transfer. We offer three distinct activity clusters, from simple asset sales to complex fund-level and structured solutions. Our services include asset and fund M&A as well as structured solutions. Our domain expertise and long-standing relationships with various capital sources make us the trusted “go-to” resource for planned or emergency liquidity needs. No other practice on the Street can match our unique offerings.

Transaction Opinions

We provide transaction opinions to clients who require objective advice based on thorough analysis. Our services cater to board directors, investors, trustees, and other corporate leaders seeking to fulfil their fiduciary duties, mitigate risks, or determine corporate value. We offer fairness opinions, solvency and different capital adequacy opinions, valuation opinions, and assistance with Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP).

Transaction Advisory Services

Our Transaction Advisory Services provide an integrated, market-driven approach to help clients manage risk and achieve value throughout the transaction process. Our team of experts draws on extensive investment banking experience to offer practical and independent advice on financial, tax, and strategic matters from the initial market and target evaluation to deal exit. Our industry-based approach is flexible and tailored to meet the specific needs of our clients for each transaction. Our team comprises professionals from private equity, industry, banking, and top accounting and consulting firms, ensuring global coverage. We offer Financial & Accounting Diligence, Deal Optimization, and Seller Readiness services. Our advice is straightforward, without conflicts and inefficiencies that can be found elsewhere.

Portfolio Valuation & Fund Advisory Services

We offer Portfolio Valuation & Fund Advisory Services to private equity firms, hedge funds, other investment managers, and financial institutions. We provide independent third-party valuation services for illiquid assets, which can be challenging to value, and pose potential conflicts of interest. Our portfolio valuation services improve the credibility and transparency of investor reporting, provide benchmarks, and support fundraising and management fees. Our expertise includes valuing a wide range of complex securities, strategies, and derivatives, such as convertible arbitrage strategies, joint venture investments, real estate investments, emerging market securities, illiquid debt and equity securities, and complex derivative instruments.

Real Estate Valuation & Advisory Services

 We are a team of experienced real estate professionals with a proven track record of accurately valuing companies, real estate portfolios, and individual properties. Our clients receive reliable and unbiased financial advice based on thorough analysis of their most significant and complicated real estate transactions. We specialize in various properties, including offices, apartments, lands, healthcare facilities, retail, industries, hotels, and speciality properties. Our dedicated team has the necessary skills and expertise to handle even the most complex international assignments. Our services go beyond appraisal, as we have advised clients on real estate matters in various contexts, such as real estate valuation and assessment, entity valuation, due diligence and modelling, debt valuation, fixed asset valuation, and market analysis.