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HERA FINANCE is an independent advisor in
corporate finance and strategy, founded and led by Franck S. GIAOUI
since 1996. As a banker, we advise our clients on the sell side or the buy side. We specialise
in financial engineering including mergers & acquisitions, disposals
& divestitures, LBO-MBO and private placements.
HERA
FINANCE masters three types of competencies :
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Technical
Strategic
and financial analysis
Financial engineering
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Relational
Confidential approach
of targets and/or investors
Management
of the whole process, including the management team of our client and
external professionals (lawyers, auditors, consultants, financial partners…)
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Transactional
Exclusive or non-exclusive
negotiation
Data-room and due-diligence
management until the closing
HERA FINANCE focuses on corporate
finance :
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Mergers, acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures (M&A)
You are looking
for external growth or strategic partnerships. You manage an investment
fund and are looking for build-up between your investments and other companies.
Through a buy
mandate, we support you to identify and approach targets, and we negotiate
on behalf of you.
You are the founder of your company, and you would like to sell your
shareholding. You are an institutional or private shareholder, and would
like to sell your stake (majority or minority). You are looking for a buyer
for the non-core businesses of your company.
Through a sell
mandate, we support you to identify and approach industrial
or financial investors, and we negotiate on behalf of you.
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Private placements to institutional investors (PP)
You would like to open the
shareholding of your company, to ensure its growth. You are an
institutional investor and look for new investments.
Through a private placement
mandate, we support you to approach and negotiate the best deals for you.
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LBO-LBI and MBO-MBI
You are an
experienced manager and would like to buyout a company.
Through a
buyout mandate, we negotiate on behalf of you and structure the financing
with the most relevant lenders.
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Strategy consultancy
You would like to
implement a growth strategy for your company : To enter new
product-market niches or, on the contrary, to focus on your core business,
to grow through acquisitions or to dispose non-strategic assets, to optimize
your return on capital employed or to improve your financial structure
taking into account your corporate philosophy and your human resources.
Through our strategy
consultancy, we make you available our experienced methodologies to develop
profitable growth or focus strategies, and prepare or integrate an
acquisition.
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Non executive board member
You are a CEO and
you wish to strengthen the board of directors of your company by the
appointment of an independent non executive director.
You are a non
executive shareholder and you seek to actively manage your asset with the
support of a professional representative on the board of directors.
Through a non
executive director mandate, we make you available our international
experience of corporate strategy and finance at the highest level.
We can also take
transition executive position in situations where stake requires it, in
case of vacancy or unplanned succession of the manager.
HERA FINANCE expertise covers
several sectors :
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Professional services
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Specialised distribution and retail
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NICT (new
information and communication technologies)
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Energy (new and renewable energies, wind, solar)
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Publishing and media
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Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
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Automotive
The three differentiating
founding principles of HERA FINANCE are :
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Senior banker, specialised in strategy and
corporate finance, personally committed throughout the whole process.
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Long-term relationships with our clients, based on independence,
trust and closeness.
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Driven creativity and consistency to close complex transactions.
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