Independent Financial Advisory
Strategic financial advisory delivering transformative impact across African markets — from M&A and debt advisory to complex structured finance.
End-to-end mergers and acquisitions advisory including valuations, negotiations, and execution.
Debt advisory supports companies and projects in structuring, negotiating, raising, renegotiating and restructuring debt financing from banks, DFIs and alternative lenders under optimal terms.
Strategic advisory to governments, sovereign entities and public institutions on the structuring of sovereign and climate finance: design of sovereign funds, guarantee facilities and public development banks; structuring of PPPs for strategic infrastructure (renewable energy, agropoles, vital infrastructure); mobilisation of green and climate finance from international donors; mapping of investment opportunities and attractiveness reforms. Drawing on senior experience with the World Bank Group (IFC), AFD / Proparco, UNDP (BIOFIN) and Madagascar's EDBM.
Investment readiness work to make projects and companies bankable and investable: vendor due diligence, pre-fundraising strategic advice, legal and corporate restructuring, and negotiation of structuring contracts (e.g. PPAs for renewable energy) that secure project bankability.
Advisory on financing, financial structuring and restructuring for complex transactions.
Capital raising from private and public sector stakeholders, DFIs, and institutional investors.
Financial and strategic valuations for transactions, reporting, and strategic planning.
Development of comprehensive business plans and financial models aligned with investor requirements.
Wealth structuring, financial modeling, and strategy training for executives and teams.
End-to-end preparation of projects and companies to make them investor-ready and bankable — from due diligence and strategic positioning to legal structuring and the negotiation of foundational contracts.
Comprehensive vendor due diligence — financial, legal and operational — to anticipate investor questions, build credibility and de-risk the transaction before going to market.
Strategic positioning and structuring ahead of capital raises: value narrative, investor targeting, capital stack design and a readiness roadmap.
Corporate, legal and governance restructuring to de-risk transactions and align structures with investor and lender requirements.
Negotiation of structuring contracts essential to project bankability — such as Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy, offtake agreements, concessions and EPC contracts.
Two decades inside leading institutions (Rothschild & Cie, IFC / World Bank Group, Proparco / AFD) and active mandates with UNDP-BIOFIN, EDBM and the FAPBM (Foundation for Protected Areas and Biodiversity in Madagascar) have built a working network of international financiers actively deploying capital in Africa and emerging markets.
