02 / Capital & M&A advisory

Capital for Growth.
Advice for What Comes Next.

Capital strategy and transaction execution for founders, business owners, sponsors, and fund managers.

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Three Disciplines.
One Advisory Team.

Support across private credit, equity capital, and M&A, shaped around the objectives of each mandate.

01 / Private credit

Finance the business.

Debt capital for acquisitions, growth, refinancing, and liquidity needs.

  • Senior and structured credit
  • Asset-backed lending
  • Acquisition and specialty financing

02 / Equity capital

Bring in a capital partner.

Equity solutions aligned with growth plans, ownership objectives, and the next stage of the business.

  • Growth equity
  • Minority recapitalizations
  • Structured and preferred equity

03 / Mergers & acquisitions

Buy or sell a company.

Advisory support through positioning, outreach, diligence, negotiation, and closing.

  • Sell-side mandates
  • Buy-side advisory
  • Divestitures and cross-border transactions

A Process Built
Around the Mandate.

We begin with the commercial objective, the company, and the capital or transaction requirements.

  1. 01

    Assess the objective.

    Review the business, financing or transaction needs, and readiness.

  2. 02

    Prepare the approach.

    Develop positioning, transaction materials, and an appropriate investor, lender, or buyer strategy.

  3. 03

    Manage execution.

    Coordinate outreach, diligence, and negotiations through the transaction process.

Reach out in confidence

Discuss the
Next Transaction.

Introduce the business, the objective, approximate transaction size, and timing. The team can assess the next step.

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Find the Right Fit.

What should an initial inquiry include?

Company name and website, a short overview, the type of mandate, approximate company and transaction size, and the intended timing.

I need help preparing before starting a transaction.

If the immediate need is working through operating priorities or business readiness, consulting with Alex may be the appropriate place to start.

I want ZKW to buy my marketing agency.

That is a direct acquisition conversation with ZKW as a prospective buyer. Visit sell your agency to explore that route.