Debt Advisory

Herter & Co. advises on raising debt capital across the entire product range and for various occasions, supporting you along all process steps:

• • process organization and execution
  • coordination with lawyers and other consultants
  • identification of suitable lenders
  • preparation of quotation requests to lenders (“RFPs”)
  • business valuation
  • pre-negotiation of terms before the selection of banks
  • comparison and analysis of financing offerings for decision-making purposes
  • term sheet negotiations with lawyers
  • background negotiations with individual financiers
  • co-negotiation of the documentation
  • coordination of all admin related paperwork (KYC process, account openings, etc.)
  • Closing / funding of the transaction

Corporate / Management

Typically, we advise corporates on:

• syndicated loans
• bank, bond, debt fund, alternative and structured financings
• promissory note loans
• overdraft facilities
• factoring, leasing, and other off-balance-sheet financing
• derivative financial instruments

In preparation of finding the optimal structure and instruments, we proactively analyze the company’s numbers, current financing structure and metrics which correspond to a typical internal credit rating of a financier. All these factors have an impact on the outcome of recommendations.

Typically, we advise financial investors on:

• LBOs, acquisition financings
• refinancings
• leveraged recapitalisations
• extension of maturities, investment, or dividend financing
• guarantee lines
• factoring, leasing, and other off-balance-sheet financing
• complex contract or covenant changes