Our team of business advisors is here to provide the support your growing business needs. With expertise in taking businesses to the next level of growth, we offer guidance, strategic insights, and customized solutions to help you achieve your goals and unlock new opportunities for success.
In today's rapidly changing business landscape, FERNZ, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS helps companies navigate complex environments and refocus their strategies. With a focus on financials and equity, we deliver growth strategies to seize market opportunities. From aligning objectives to succession planning, our business planning and financial advisory services in Malaysia support your corporate strategy and development goals
The accelerated pace of change in the business world, which will only intensify as the 21st century unfolds, places significant strategic and competitive pressures on companies seeking to expand their activities. Acquiring and developing new capabilities to grow market share and to gain competitive advantage will be a key challenge facing business managers, whether their business operates in a national or international marketplace.
The corporate finance specialists in FERNZ are here to help your business to succeed in this fast-moving environment.
Whether you need advice on buying and selling companies, or help with identifying suitable target companies, or raising capital, or valuing a business, or the taxation aspects of any corporate transactions, or any other form of strategic advice, we have experienced professionals who can help your business to achieve its corporate objectives and to fulfill its potential.
Company acquisitions requires skills not often founded in day-to-day business. A typical merger or acquisition involves the following stages:
An initial strategic review
Confidential approaches
Due diligence investigations
Identification and evaluation of potential targets
Implementing a tax-efficient financial structure
Raising acquisition finance
Securing and closing the transaction
FERNZ member firms' corporate finance teams have considerable experience in advising companies at each stage and taking the transaction through to a successful completion. The sale of a business is an equally complex process and the absence of expert advice can reduce the sale proceeds, especially if the purchaser has acquisition experience. Specialists within SMC's will work with you to:
Research, identify, priorities and contact potential buyers
Prepare a Selling Memorandum which combines financial, commercial and qualitative data on the business
Arrange a selective and targeted distribution of information to potential buyers
Manage the due diligence process
Maintain a competitive environment amongst a small group of buyers
Negotiate terms and structure the deal to best achieve the seller's objectives
Maintain momentum to complete the deal.
In summary, we will project manage the financial, taxation and commercial aspects of the sale to lead you through the process.
Companies considering acquisitions and financial institutions wishing to invest often commission a detailed investigation of the financial and commercial status of a target business. Member firms' corporate finance teams are highly experienced in performing detailed investigations of target businesses and producing objective and concise reports within short timetables.
Management buy-outs and buy-ins are often difficult and complicated transactions for both buyer and seller, offering high risk and reward. To achieve a successful deal it is important to appoint professional advisers at an early stage to manage this process. Our member firms' corporate finance teams can help with:
an initial feasibility study
price negotiations
preparing business plans
sourcing and negotiating finance
due diligence investigations
tax planning for the principals
a review of contracts and agreements
post-acquisition planning.
Access to capital is one of the most important requirements for business development. Our member firms' corporate finance teams can help with the process of raising capital by:
advising on tax implications
assisting in the preparation of a business plan
helping with the implementation of your plan
in negotiating with potential capital providers
introducing sources of capital
undertaking an initial appraisal of your proposal
We have particular experience and expertise in financing cross-border transactions.
Capital restructuring often arises from the effects of acquisition or disposal, or perhaps where a business is in financial difficulty. Our member firms' corporate finance specialists can advise on the most appropriate capital structure and, where relevant, on raising additional equity or long term loan finance.
For businesses in financial difficulty member firms' specialists can help in the strategic planning process to re-focus activities and to develop a plan for the future.
Valuations are often required as a prelude to a corporate finance transaction. Our member firms corporate finance teams assess the value of a business whether for mergers, acquisitions, the admission of new partners, public offerings, commercial litigation, group reorganizations, preparation for sale or when raising equity. Our specialists are widely experienced in the valuation of shares and businesses for both commercial and taxation purposes around the world.
Successful planning requires a business to assess where it wants to be, where it is now and how is it going to achieve its chosen targets. Specialists within FERNZ's will work with you to identify and priorities your business targets while building and exploiting your company’s sustainable competitive advantages. The planning process may encompass growth by way of acquisition or be related to business development as part of a longer term succession strategy. Exit strategies may involve planning for a company disposal, facilitating a management buy out etc.