Mandel Partners, as a member of the Espírito Santo group, works with and advises companies, shareholders and managers, covering all stages in the development of their businesses, including appraisal missions, divestments, company transfers and acquisitions.

AS AN INVESTMENT BANK, WE COVER

M & A operations

Consulting on sales/transfers :

• Strategic consulting, advising shareholders and management
• Assistance during the period of industrial contacts and associations, on either a national or international basis
• Conducting operations to remove business assessed as non-strategic from the business scope
• Support for LBO and OBO operations
  • Targeted approach for investment funds
  • Direct knowledge of the debt market

Consulting on acquisitions

• Selective action based on knowledge of the different elements, e.g. sector, group, management and shareholders.
• "A la carte" action: from valuation to negotiation

Consulting on external growth projects

• From initial targeting to conducting the operation
• Cross-border operation capacity, e.g. in Europe and emerging countries

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Operations for financing and raising funds

• Carrying out capital operations (e.g. by private contract, private investment, market trading, delisting etc.)
• Involvement in the raising of funds, working with investment funds, family offices, institutional investors and other players
• Establishing or restructuring financial debts.

The teams within Mandel Partners have complementary skills and competences (e.g. in negotiations, audit, modelling and structured finance) and have been acclaimed for their expertise in average securities trading, acting for

• Family businesses
• Investment funds
• Corporate parties
• Public sector /Institutions

Mandel Partners, with the Espírito Santo group as the main shareholder, has both commercial and financial backing, thereby facilitating regulatory authorisations and permits, bringing an integrated offering of a full range of competencies, products and services, and a wide selection of financial facilities and partners.

The teams with Mandel Partners have a solid international position through the integrated investment banking network of the Espírito Santo group and its partners.

Espírito Santo group investment banking is ranked second for the number of merger-acquisition operations in Portugal and Spain, and is in tenth position in Brazil (Bloomberg, 2007). The teams are also very active in the United Kingdom and Poland.

Institutional Partners