THE PARABLE OF THE LOAVES AND FISHES

The Bible tells us that when John, the Baptist was killed, Jesus withdrew to a secluded place to mourn his death. A large crowd followed him. Rather than focusing on his own loss, Jesus showed compassion for those who had gathered and began to heal the sick. At the mark of dusk, Jesus' disciples told him to send the people away to buy food. Jesus, however, instructed his disciples to feed all 5,000 people who had gathered. When he learned that the only provisions available were five loaves of bread and two fish, Jesus took the food in his hands, looked heavenwards and giving thanks, broke the bread. The food was distributed. When all had eaten, there was still food to spare.

OUR PRACTICE

No private equity investor will fail to see the extraordinary returns witnessed in the story of the loaves and fishes. The potential for a generous return on investment is always attractive to investors; while companies often need investment to fuel their growth. The economic boom has resulted in migration from the family owned/controlled to broad based ownership by funds, foreign investors and public. Our private equity practice, whether the investment is in the form of equity or debt, in private companies and public enterprises, has walked along with growth.

Since the beginning, our Firm has had the opportunity to represent both investors and target companies across various sectors for funding at all levels, whether seed, mezzanine or matured, thus allowing our teams to, in turn, understand the pulse of each transaction as a whole. Our Firm has, as counsels to investors or target companies, handled a wide gamut of transactions each having their own set of distinctive characteristics and challenges. This has helped our Private Equity team to draw on experiences and assess each transaction in its entirety and at its every stratum.

Our team visualises each investment as a blend of interests and we pride ourselves to be experts who work towards making this amalgamation of interests beneficial for both parties involved. Our motto has always been to achieve results for the transaction by successfully aligning the interests of both parties to the transaction. Our team works towards understanding the purpose of the investment, the complexities of the transaction and the goals and objectives of the investor on one hand and the company on the other.

Our services in this area of practice include conceptualizing and structuring the investment transaction, conducting legal due diligence of the company and sometimes (when representing the company) conducting a housekeeping diligence for the company, participating in negotiations from the term sheet stage till the closing stage of various transaction documents.

Our Firm has been accredited by various rating agencies as one of the most active legal advisors in the private equity space.