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Global Advisory

Expert M&A and capital markets advice

Wealth Management USA

Dedicated to helping individuals and families preserve and grow their wealth over the long term

Asset Management

Global investment solutions and services to institutional clients, financial intermediaries and independent financial advisers

Five Arrows

Our alternative assets arm, managing funds dedicated to private equity and private debt

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Over 200 years at the centre of the world's financial markets

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Sovereign Advisory

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The adviser of choice for Sovereigns and state-owned enterprises.

We advise sovereigns and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on a broad range of transactions to help them effectively manage both their financing and state assets.

Our team of public sector experts are committed to building long-term partnerships with our clients. We have advised on some of the world’s largest and most transformational sovereign transactions, acting as a trusted adviser to many countries over decades. Our clients appreciate our discretion and understanding of the sensitivities surrounding mandates –making many of our sovereign engagements confidential.

We have been at the heart of sovereign advice for more than 200 years. We have been innovative in shaping our offering to governments and SOEs’ changing needs through the privatisations of the 1980s, the GFC in the 2000s, and the impact of COVID.

Expert debt advice

We assist sovereigns in determining government financing needs and design and implement appropriate tailored financing strategies. 

Our debt expertise and constant dialogue with banks, lawyers, investors and ratings agencies provide us with an excellent overview of the market and allows us to help clients capitalise on opportunities created by favourable capital market conditions.

Our global scale means we can achieve better pricing and terms than regional peers. We remove the need for an intermediate between issuer and bookrunner to defend our client’s interests, countering bookrunners’ often opportunistic and short-term approach.

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Unrivalled privatisation experience

We have successfully executed some of the largest privatisation programmes globally, through both M&A, IPO/secondary offering, or both simultaneously in a dual-track process.

We were pioneers of government privatisation programmes in the 1980s, and advised Cyprus, Greece, Ireland and Portugal in economic reform programmes during the Global Financial Crisis.

Our sovereign and SOE advisory services covers:

 

  • Budget and fiscal performance
  • Privatisation programmes, through both M&A, IPO/secondary offering, or both simultaneously in a dual-track process
  • Liability management, including debt restructuring
  • Access to multilateral financial institutions and regional banks’ programmes, financings and assistance
  • Credit rating advisory
  • Issuance of Eurobonds, bonds in local currency and structured instruments
  • Key infrastructure project financing
  • Advice on banking sector supervision
  • Sovereign borrowing in public and private market
  • Promotion of countries’ economies and key competitiveness indicators

Global Financing Solutions

The world’s leading independent provider of financing solutions.

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