Corporate Finance and Deals
Today’s deals are becoming more complex than simple transactions. They require answers to new questions due to factors like evolving regulations, data protection laws, and cross-border trade agreements. With data growing rapidly, analysis needs to be more thorough to uncover potential issues. Deal speed is also increasing, requiring faster decision-making.
Corporate Finance Team at CLAIVC bring together specialized professionals from different backgrounds to analyze deals comprehensively. By working collaboratively, we identify insights, synergies, stakeholder concerns, integration challenges, and more. We take a holistic approach to evaluating your deal and business to ensure you are asking the right questions and seeking advice from the right experts.
Our Corporate Finance professionals offer practical advice to help minimize risks and increase value for your business. Their guidance is designed to help unlock, drive, and preserve value for your business.
Our Solutions:
Experience From Deal Origination To Deal Closure
Financial and Vendor Due Diligence
Be it investing or funding, the due diligence is always a challenging phase from inception to finalization in a transaction process and must be managed seriously with the right level of expertise. We at CLA Global Indus Value Consulting offer a tailor-made service provided by experienced professionals, who are able to work both as external advisors dealing completely with the due diligence process on your behalf and co-workers joining your in-house resources to provide specific skills and insights for successful transactions
- Pre-acquisition / Pre- investment
- Pre-lending
- Vendor diligence
- Vendor assistance
- Data book and Carve-out FS preparation
- Drafting and review of financial clauses
- Closing accounts assistance
- Post-closing adjustment procedures
Life Cycle Of Financial Due Diligence
- Discussion with the client to gain understanding of the transaction
- Assessment of the most appropriate scope of work and methodology
- Centralised coordination of project team
- Preparation of due diligence request list to target specific areas of concern.
- On-site work and Q&A process with management
- Support for preparation of negotiation items
- Report drafting, including assistance in the definition of financial aggregates and wording of financial clauses
- Preparation or review of closing accounts prepared by the Target
- PPA assistance and other post-closing transactions review
- Assessment of the final figures to be retained in the SPA
- Challenging of the price adjustments, either for the Seller or the Buyer
Key Solutions | Offerings In Valuation
- ESOP, Sweat Equity
- Acquisitions, Mergers and Amalgamations, Demergers
- Corporate restructuring
- Sale of Business
- ESOP, Issue of Shares/Transfer of Shares
- Delisting, Takeover Code,
- Issue of Shares/Transfer of Shares / debentures
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code/IBBI Regulations
Start-up valuations
- Fair value under Ind AS, IFRS, US GAAP
- Share based payments
- Purchase Price Allocation
- Impairment testing
- Intangible Assets
- Financial Instruments
- Valuation for Private Equity/Venture Capital Funds
- Marketing-related: trademark, trade names, unique trade designs and internet domain names.
- Contract-related: customer lists, customer contracts, and customer relationships.
- Technology-related: rights to use patented technology, databases, formulae, designs, software, processes or recipes.
- Customer-related: licensing and royalty agreements, service or supply contracts, lease agreements, permits, servicing contracts, and non-competition agreements.
- Artistic-related: plays, books, films and music, and non-contractual copyright protection.
- Arbitration and Shareholder Disputes
- Family Settlements
- Claims for Damages, loss of earnings, loss of goodwill, loss of business value etc.
- Litigation and Expert Witness
Valuation – Service Offerings
M&A And Capital Sourcing Process
- Workshops to understand the business
- Screening of the market to identify and agree potential buyers/seller/investor/ lender
- Preparation of transaction documents such as a teaser, information memorandum, pitch book, etc
- Contact the identified buyer/seller/investor/lender to initiate a conversation
- Arrange and support at the initial meetings as appropriate
- Formulate a timetable to project manage the process
- Discuss and negotiate with the potential buyer/seller/investor/lender
- Provide inputs on the non binding offer and negotiate on the same
- Formulate a deal and communicate this through initial offer letters and heads of terms
- Provide full project management up until the deal is completed
- Liaise with other professionals (DD providers, Legal Advisors etc.) to ensure a smooth process
- Support you in final negotiations and preparation with transaction documentation
Key Credentials – Financial Due Diligence
The Startup has the vision to create the world’s first female-forward OTT (SVOD), telling original, modern to mythic stories with a strong female gaze.
The focus of the platform would be to address major gap of Lack of Female-Focused content.
The founder has proven pedigree of having successfully established a leading Indian production house
The company’s products offer an end-to-end spectrum to the education vertical.
It caters for both B2B segments and the B2C segment in their ultimate quest to capture students as their end consumers
Assisted Nippon India Real Estate Fund in real estate investment in Project Domain
Enables a student to learn to read, write and type braille on their own.
Through the companion app a teacher can monitor real time progress of the student, schedule tests and homework.
Merger of Lafarge and Holcim, two of the largest cement Companies globally.
Baker Tilly India was appointed to review divestiture process of Cement business of Lafarge India.
Period: Year 2015 to 2017
Merger of Dow-DuPont, two of the largest crop protection Companies globally.
Baker Tilly India was appointed to review divestiture process of Crop Protection and Material Science business of Dow India entity.
Period: Year 2018
Key Credentials – Valuation
We were appointed to provide valuation advice to leading mining company for the purpose of business acquisition.
Valuation arrived at approx. USD 4 Billion which included number of miners, refinery & other non-operating companies
We supported a technology platform by building and designing valuation model.
We assisted Valuation of a private commercial Web site dedicated to providing health information for the purpose of selling the leading blogging website to identified investors.
Valuation arrived at approx. USD 20 million
We conducted the valuation of leading electronic manufacturing for the purpose of fund raising
Valuation arrived at approx. INR 818 million
We supported the Pharma / Chemical business by building and designing valuation model.
We were appointed to provide valuation advice to leading Companies from financial reporting perspective.
Valuation advice to leading electric vehicle to examine the records and review the valuation methodology, assumptions, report etc. submitted by Expert counterparty
We supported the Insurance/ Tech business by providing valuation for fund raise.
We assisted Preference Share Valuation of a private Company
We supported the Fintech business by building and designing valuation model in line with its growth strategies.
We assisted Preference Share Valuation of a private Company engaged into real estate business
We were appointed to provide valuation report for the purpose of tax reporting in connection with a transaction by a leading metal mining company
Key Credentials – Corporate Finance | Fund Raising
Raised equity funds up to US$500mn for globally leading steel pipe company
Raised US$500mn Debt for an Indian Refinery via a consortium of lenders
Raised US$120mn for a new Sports broadcasting venture of Sports business group
Raised US$20mn for largest fine dining Pan India restaurant chain
Raised equity of US$ 45mn and structured fund of US$25mn for a leading Sports Media Agency
Raised funding of US$14mn for a retail food chain in Nigeria
Raised structured debt of INR 110 crores for a real estate company funds
Key Credentials – Corporate Finance | M&A
Sale of one of largest casual dining pizza franchisee restaurant chain
Assisted an Indian textile Company to obtain European franchisee rights for a global Men’s wear brand
Joint Venture between a leading real estate development company with a Mumbai based developer
Marketing Joint Venture between a top real estate developer and real estate development companies
Advising on acquisition of a Coal Mine in Mozambique by an Indian Steel company
Acquisition of US fabric/ garment brand under distress by an Indian Company
Advising on joint Development of a low cost housing project in UK
Key Credentials – Corporate Finance | Divestment Monitoring
Merger of Lafarge and Holcim, two of the largest cement Companies globally.
Baker Tilly India was appointed to review divestiture process of Cement business of Lafarge India.
Period: Year 2015 to 2017
Merger of Dow-DuPont, two of the largest crop protection Companies globally.
Baker Tilly India was appointed to review divestiture process of Crop Protection and Material Science business of Dow India entity.
Period: Year 2018
Combination of FMC and DuPont, two of the largest crop protection Companies globally.
Baker Tilly India was appointed to review divestiture process of Crop Protection business of FMC India entity.
Period: Year 2018
Merger of Bayer and Monsanto, two of the largest crop protection and seed Companies globally.
Baker Tilly India was appointed to review divestiture process of Parties’ crop protection and seed business.
Period: Year 2018
Merger of Linde and Praxair, two of the largest Industrial Gas Companies globally.
Baker Tilly India was appointed to review divestiture process of Linde and Praxair’ industrial gas business.
Period: Year 2019 to 2021
