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CORPORATE FINANCE /
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
OPTIMIZATION

The proper capitalization of a company—created through newly sourced and redeployed capital—can allow for equity risk diversification, improved cash flow, and accelerated growth, if desired. A properly designed capital structure will eliminate or lessen personal guarantees and associated risks; improve cash flow through the elimination of high-cost debt, excessive debt-service requirements, and/or onerous prepayment penalties; provide capital for and lessen restrictions on capital expenditures and growth; lessen or remove financial and operating covenants and restrictions; and finally, reduce the number of capital providers with a “say” in corporate matters.

The professionals’ of First Abu Dhabi Islamic Finance PJSC have a successful track record of identifying and procuring the appropriate capital type with structure and terms that are consistent with a company’s short- and long-term objectives, including senior debt, sale-leaseback financing, and subordinated/mezzanine debt and equity.

The Structured Finance team at First Abu Dhabi Islamic Finance PJSC works seamlessly with our Investment Banking and Global Wealth Management Divisions to assist clients in raising capital through unconventional means and to create low-risk investment products for our investors. Given the current credit dilemma, where risk aversion and non-direct exposure on projects or corporations are prevalent, our team incessantly devises new innovative solutions to mitigate and/or spread a project’s risk across various financial institutions.

Our structured finance experts work with acclaimed banking institutions, world development funds, export credit agencies, insurance companies, and governmental institutions to issue financial risk instruments/contracts and assist in raising low-cost capital for our clients while also accounting for the risk appetite of our investors.

Our structured finance core competence is the ability to access debt capital markets to generate liquidity via credit enhancement and to customize financial structures based on the parameters identified by our investors.

SERVICES

STRUCTURED FINANCE

Capital Restructuring is a practice adopted by orporations in reaction to changed business conditions, as a means to fund growth strategies, to jump start themselves out of a downward spiral or to attract potential investors/ buyers. This can be accomplished via various combinations of equity and debt restructuring.

The liquidity crunch has given rise to the enhanced need for organizations to reallocate assets to improve their availability. Our Corporate Finance team conducts a thorough and rigorous research and analysis process, then advises the client on the trade of assets and capital restructuring in order to improve their monetary position enabling them to reap greater returns.