Makalani’s Financial Advisory Services business provides differentiated strategic and tactical advice as well as unparalleled execution to financial sponsors, public and private companies across a broad range of industry sectors and geographies. Our multidisciplinary team with more than 60 years of experience and a proven track record will help our clients identify and pursue strategic priorities, devise strategies to enhance shareholder value, and develop new ideas to achieve their goals. As a leading independent firm, we are able to serve as a trusted advocate to our clients across a number of key disciplines:
- Corporate finance
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Strategic shareholder and B-BBEE advisory
- Capital markets and debt advisory
- Africa market intelligence and consulting
- Derivative structuring and hedging
- Transaction advisory services
- Financial restructuring
- Independent valuations and reporting
- Strategic consulting
- Real estate valuation and advisory services
Our track record
- More than 60 years professional experience in various markets and disciplines
- More than R15 billion of financing raised across various business cycles
- Board level, advisory committee and investment committee experience in both the listed and unlisted space, both internationally and domestically, with more than twenty-five positions across various entities
- Proven experience in operating in Africa having concluded transactions in, amongst others, Nigeria, Malawi, Angola, DRC, Madagascar, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia, including the management of complex cross-jurisdictional relationships including local and international participants
Key differentiators
Makalani’s success relies on the excellence, dedication and experience of our team to every client engagement:
The Right People
The Makalani Financial Advisory Team has diverse skill sets that spans over 60 years of combined experience
Fact-Based Thought Leadership
Up-to-date knowledge and perspective on our client’s most pressing issues and opportunities
High Level Of Experience In Specialty Areas
Significant transactional experience and leading specialists in all major industry and African markets
Team Approach
Collaborative culture which allows for close coordination between our professionals across disciplines to provide our clients with superior advice on their strategic and complex, transactional needs