Corporate Finance:
Investment banking consulting services

Having successfully completed a large number of transactions on mergers and acquisitions, many of which cross-border, Alpha Bank can provide advice and support on every stage of such transactions until their completion. More specifically:

• Evaluation of merger and acquisition opportunities
  
• Formation of strategy and structure of the transaction 
  
• Valuation of the assets for sale or purchase
  
• Finding financing for the transactions
  
• Co-ordination of legal and other consultants and preparation of the relative contractual documents
• Negotiations for the completion of the transaction

Such examples are the sale of International Healthcare Systems (Romania) to Diaverum (leading international provider of renal care), the sale of the dairy company DODONI to the joint venture S.I., the sale of 51% of EPA Thessaloniki-Thessaly to ENI GAS E LUCE as well as the sale of 49% of EPA Attiki and EDA Attica to DEPA with SHELL as the seller.

Alpha Bank through the Corporate Finance Division can participate as an Advisor and/or Underwriter in various capital market operations such as: 

• Initial public offerings (IPOs)
  
• Secondary offerings 
  
• Share capital increases 
• Private placements
  
• Convertible bond loans
• Corporate debt bonds  
  
• Public Offers
  

Offers advice throughout the duration of the process:

• Management of the offer 
• Coordination and organisation of the transaction
  
• Regulatory framework
  
• Composition of the prospectus and other relative documents
  
• Billing
  
• Preparation of presentations to institutional investors  
  
• Organisation of the group of underwriters
  

Indicative cases of recent capital market operations where Alpha Bank was an Advisor and/or Underwriter were the following: TERNA ENERGY MAEX, MYTILINEOS, SUNLIGHT, FORTHNET, EL.TECH ANEMOS, LAMDA DEVELOPMENT.

Alpha Bank has completed numerous and complex works that concern enterprises under the control of the Greek State, restructuring and sale of companies, capital offers and valuations. 

Furthermore, it participated in a number of privatisations in S.E. Europe, offering technical support to government agencies on privatisation issues, as well as consulting services to strategic investors on issues of commercial transactions of privatisations. 

Indicative transactions are the role of financial advisor to the Fraport-Copelouzos joint venture for the concession of 14 regional airports in Greece, to HRADF for the award of the contract of concession of the exclusive right to organise and execute horse-racing bet in Greece, as well as for the sale and lease back of 28 properties of the State.  

In the area of consulting services, Alpha Bank has gained experience from the completion of numerous and complex works to enterprises of the public and private sector:

• Capital and loan restructuring projects for companies, as well as to concessions regarding the structure and execution of the relevant procurement procedures
  
• Valuation of enterprises, shares and intangible assets
  
• Valuations aiming to financial information
  
• Specialised valuations and reports and opinions on fair and reasonable price according to the legal and regulatory demands (Fairness opinion)
  
• Composition of business plan or strategic business study.