Private Equity

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Citigroup Investment Banking

Some notable clients:

Baring Private Equity, International Finance Corporation, Morgan Stanley, Quam Private Equity, Paul Capital Partners, Symphony Capital Partners

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We understand your business
Over the last decade, the private equity industry has experienced dramatic growth in scale and ambition. But recent difficulties in fund raising coupled with defaults by portfolio companies mean challenging times for investors. Intense rivalry between PE houses, and a scarcity of proprietary investment opportunities are leading to an increasing focus on generating attractive proprietary deal flow, making superior investment decisions and on adding value to portfolio companies.

We aim to help private equity players accomplish these aims, with fact-based insights on growth potential, risks and opportunities. Local industry insights and experience can make all the difference in making informed investment decisions. Recognizing this we have developed a proprietary network of industry and technical consultants throughout the world as the cornerstone of our approach to addressing our client’s commercial due diligence needs.

Access our network of experts
Contact GIA and gain reliable insights and advice through our consultant network in over 100 countries, which includes researchers and scientists, industry veterans across R&D, sourcing, manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution functions, investment directors and officials at government and regulatory bodies.

Make more informed investment decisions
We have a track record of market and commercial due diligence on hundreds of M&A and investment targets. Make our experience and industry expertise work for you.

As your strategic market intelligence and advisory partner, we can help:

Identify sectors with interesting investment fundamentals and short-list the hottest investment targets within those sectors
Validate investment theses and growth assumptions through 360 degree due diligence of targets, including hands-on assessment of market dynamics, competitors, distributors, retailers, customers and other value chain players
Monitor and quantify new threats as well as profitable growth opportunities for portfolio companies
Assess the ability of portfolio companies to compete, enhance growth strategy and develop post-investment growth options
Identify, evaluate and recommend potential acquisition targets for portfolio companies