INVESTMENT BANKING
We provide bespoke Financial Advisory and capital raising services to Individuals, Corporate clients and Government Institutions.
We work closely with our clients to understand their needs and then work as an integrated team providing them with unique tailor made solutions, strategic advice and risk management service.
We offer a complete range of Investment Banking products such as Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Structured Finance, Project Finance, Finance Advisory, Equity & Debt Capital Market and Alternative investment.
We leverage on our thorough knowledge of the global capital market, world class research platforms as well as strategic alliances. We excel at building long-term client relationships equipping our clients with the competitive edge to execute transactions flawlessly. In addition to these, we help Corporations, Governments and other groups plan and manage large projects, saving their client time and money by identifying risks associated with the project before the client moves forward.
We also assist with pricing financial instruments to maximize revenue and with navigating regulatory requirements. We are able to provide advice on how much a company is worth and how best to structure a prospective deal our clients are considering in regards to a potential Acquisition, Merger or sale. This may also include the issuing of Securities as a means to raise capital for the client groups and also for creating documentation for the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Mergers & Acquisitions
The Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Group at Deutsche Partners Holdings is one of the leading M&A advisors in Africa, providing the full spectrum of Strategic Financial Advisory services to our clients.
We provide expert advice and execution in transactions including Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures, Restructurings, Leveraged Buyouts, Takeover Defenses and Special Committee assignments. Our specialization also covers Corporate Sales, Cross-Border Transactions and Currency Hedging Strategies.
Our team works seamlessly to develop and deliver innovative, fully integrated strategic and financial solutions to our clients’ most challenging issues.
Why work with us?
We have your best interest at heart, there are specific things we look out for to ensure that our clients get the best possible outcome from every transaction. The key things include:
- Improving company’s performance and accelerate growth.
- Economies of scale.
- Diversification for higher growth products or markets.
- Increase market share and positioning, giving broader market access.
- Strategic realignment and technological change.
- Tax considerations.

Corporate Finance
Our unique position is built on a successful alliance of Advisory expertise, strong global industry knowledge and local intelligence. Our highly experienced professionals offer you insightful advice on all types of mergers and acquisitions and equity capital market transactions.
We are primarily concerned with maximizing shareholder value through long and short-term financial planning and the implementation of various strategies.
Our financial solutions includes:
- Corporate and Acquisition finance
- Leveraged finance
- Export and Project finance
- Energy and Commodities
- Media and Telecom
- Real Estate
- Capital Investments
Our tasks include making capital investments and deploying company’s long-term capital. Through capital budgeting, We are able to identify capital expenditures, estimate future cash flows from proposed capital projects, and compare planned investments with potential proceeds. After undergoing a thorough analysis, we then decide which projects to include in its capital budget. We are also tasked with short-term financial management, where the goal is to ensure that there is enough liquidity to carry out existing operations.
By using financial accounting tools, we identify capital expenditure, estimates cash flows from proposed capital projects, compares planned investments with projected income, and decides which projects to include in the capital budget.
Engaging Financial modeling tools, we are able to estimate the economic impact of an Investment opportunity and compare Alternative projects.

Structured Finance
Our services are employed by Corporations, Governments and Financial intermediaries with the primary objectives for:
- Managing risk
- Developing financial markets
- Expanding business scope
- Designing new funding instruments for advancing, evolving and complex emerging markets.
Using our structured financing approach helps clients transform their cash flows and reshapes the liquidity of their financial portfolios.
Our products:
- Collateralized mortgage obligations
- Credit default swaps
- Hybrid securities
- Debt and equity securities
- Collateralized Bond Obligation and Collateralized Debt Obligation

Project Finance
Our project finance / project finance advisory service is focused on assisting Public Institutions and Private Investors in the planning, procurement and implementation of large-scale transactions for infrastructure and related services.
We specialize in financing long-term Infrastructure, Industrial projects, and Public services using a non-recourse or limited recourse financial structure. Our Project financing approach is based on a loan structure that relies primarily on the project’s cash flow for repayment, with the project’s assets, rights, and interests held as secondary collateral.
Our areas of expertise:
- Feasibility assessment
- PPP transaction advisory
- Planning
- Procurement support

Finance Advisory
Our Financial Advisory Services are specially designed to provide for our clients’ major transactions in respect of Ownership, Capital structure, and Operation mode. The major transactions we specialize in are generally classified into expansionary activities (e.g. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures), contraction activities (e.g. spin-offs, stripping, and bankruptcy liquidations), and ownership or control transfer activities (e.g. Equity transfers, Privatization of Public companies, Management buyouts, and anti-takeover strategies).
Our Finance Advisory Services
We provide acquirers with the following financial advisory services:
- Assisting acquirers in seeking and assessing appropriate target companies;
- Providing proposals on Acquisition strategy, price, conditions, process and financial arrangement; assisting acquirers in negotiating acquisition terms and conditions with target companies; and
- Assisting in preparing Acquisition-related documents and announcements.
We provide target companies with the following financial advisory services:
- Monitoring stock prices of target companies and giving early warnings;
- Assisting in formulating anti-takeover strategy to prevent any hostile acquisition against target companies;
- Assisting target companies in reviewing fairness of the offering consideration if the acquirers intend to make a friendly acquisition, and fully realizing their corporate value through negotiations; and
- Assisting in preparing relevant documentation and announcements.

Equity and Debt Capital Markets
Our Equity Capital Markets team specializes in structuring, marketing and execution of all equity and equity-related products. Our team works closely with Investment and Corporate Banking and Institutional Equities professionals to deliver tailored solutions for our clients.
Our major services are:
- Initial Public Offerings
- Follow-On Common Stock Offerings
- Wall-Crossed Follow-on Offerings
- Accelerated Bookbuilds
- Block Trades
- Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC)
- At-The-Market (ATM) Programs
- Convertible Bond and Convertible Preferred Offerings
- Private Placements
- Corporate Derivatives
Our Product Expertise
We function in a wide range of sectors and products with underwriting activities ranging from initial public offerings and follow-on offerings to monetizations and private placements.
Areas of Product Expertise Include:
- Common share and trust unit financings
- Convertible and exchangeable securities
- Preferred shares
- Warrants and other equity derivatives
Debt Capital Markets
The Debt Capital Markets is a team of seasoned professionals with vast knowledge and experience from across the international debt markets.
Our services includes:
- High Yield Bonds
- Leveraged Loans
- Investment Grade Debt
- Preferred Stock
- Emerging Market Debt
- Global Structured Notes
- Mezzanine Debt
- Municipal Debt
- Asset-Backed Debt
- Project Finance

Alternative Investments
The services we offer doesn’t fall into one of the conventional investment categories.
Services offered:
- Private equity or venture capital,
- Hedge funds,
- Real property,
- Commodities,
- Managed futures,
- Art and antiques,
- Derivatives contracts
- Tangible assets.