Corporate Finance
CHIKUNI ASSOCIATES LEGAL PRACTITIONERS
We advise on the following:
> mergers and acquisitions;
> capital raisings;
> capital reconstructions and / or restructuring;
> private placements;
> stock exchange listings;
> commercialisations and privatisations;
> corporate restructuring;
> economic empowerment transactions;
> equity participations schemes;
> due diligence investigations
> management and / or leveraged buy-outs;
> localisation of shareholding interest; and
> issuance of bonds and other security instruments.
Our experience allows our lawyers to undertake the following:
> lead manage or provide support to financial advisors on the services listed above;
> conduct detailed pre-investment analysis;
> structure and arrange strategic nancing for mergers, demergers, or acquisitions or assist nancial advisors on the same;
> analyse and monitor changes in dynamics and regulatory environment of selected sectors;
> create and execute fund raising plans or assist nancial advisors on the same;
> prepare pitches, information memorandum, initial term sheets, and letters of intent or assist financial advisors on the same;
> support nancial advisors in identifying and exploring potential new business for clients;
> provide advice on regulatory authorities, e.g. the Exchange Control Authorities, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority [“ZIMRA”], the Registrar of Companies, the Competition and Tari Commission, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange [“ZSE”] and the Securities Commission [“SEC”]; and,
> drafting transaction documentation such as circulars to shareholders, agreements and applications to appropriate regulatory authorities.