Corporate finance IPOs

PwC also acts as an independent financial adviser, free of any inherent or perceived conflicts of interest, when investment banks have been appointed as sponsors and are seeking to provide further integrated services (e.g. underwriting services). In such circumstances, we provide advice on the above matters independent of the appointed sponsor or broker.

Potential issues

You are looking to float or tap any of the Capital Markets in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Zambia, Ghana, Angola, Mauritius or Tanzania
You would like to raise money via a rights issue or placing
You are looking to restructure your financing/balance of debt to equity

How we can support you

Expert advice and experience
Benefit of access to specialists in the rules and regulations governing public listed companies on all major stock exchanges
Deep industry knowledge across the full range of industry sectors
National and international network of practitioners with local knowledge

PwC's IPO services include

Advice on the most appropriate market/exchanges for capital raising
Valuations
Timing and tactics
Preparation of prospectus and investor presentations
Liaising with regulatory authorities on all regulatory issues
Project management of other advisers (eg brokers, lawyers, reporting accountants et cetera)

Delivering value at the public/private interface.

It's our job to understand, advise on and solve the complexities involved in transactions, financing and policy at the interface between the public and private sectors. Whether it's raising funding for infrastructure projects or procuring private sector partners for our public sector clients, we deliver solutions that fund new roads, upgrade housing, build schools, modernise hospitals, improve rail services, and regenerate communities. With an extensive track record spanning more than a decade of providing authoritative, innovative advice on a wide range of transactions worldwide, our global experience and local knowledge enable us to deliver the integrated strategies and services our clients require.

We work with governments, shaping their policy, developing frameworks and helping them to implement PPPs, industry by industry. We reconcile investors' need for profit with the requirements of Government for political and financial transparency. As an independent adviser, we engineer a truly competitive bidding process.

Potential issues

Public sector clients engage us
Private sector clients engage us
How we can support you
PwC services

Public sector clients engage us

To accelerate the delivery of public sector and infrastructure services
To advise on the strategy for involving the private sector in delivering public services
To fund additional necessary infrastructure investment, bearing in mind the need to control public sector borrowing and Maastricht criteria
To transfer appropriate risk to the private sector and to improve innovation and economic efficiency
To achieve competitive value for money procurements

Private sector clients engage us

For our knowledge of the public sector and its procurement processes
To bring together project partners and structure consortia
To arrange competitive financing and financing structures
To manage tax and accounting aspects of procurements

How we can support you

A highly experienced team with specialist industry knowledge provides independent and objective financial and transaction advice
Our experience and skill in managing competitive tender processes deliver value for money
Leading-edge knowledge of debt and equity markets and structures enables us to develop innovative financing structures that deliver robust and efficient project solutions
Providing the necessary resources to complete complex transactions

PwC services

Our service offering includes:

Transaction advice to the public & private sector on PPPs and PFI
- Scoping and developing the project and the implementation of the procurement process
- Structuring the deal and arranging finance for the private sector
- Negotiating through to financial close
- Assisting partnership management post contract award
- Post-transaction services
Project Finance – long-term funding for infrastructure development
Public sector policy and strategy advice
Corporate financing services and debt advice
Regional development and grants advice
Outsourcing advice

For organisations looking to raise capital for expansion and growth via the public markets, PwC provides advice on Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and finance raising. By acting as a sponsor alongside your broker, we provide advice on markets/exchanges, regulatory authorities and issues and managing other advisers.