Direct investments are private market transactions in which we make a debt, preferred stock or equity investment in a business expecting to receive a cash return and generally additional upside if the business performs according to our projections.

For private debt investments, we look for inefficiently-financed situations in which we can facilitate a recapitalization, or for situations in which traditional institutional financing is not available.

In all private debt and equity investments, we typically look for businesses with substantial franchise value, healthy cash flow, and motivated management.

We prefer deals size on above USD 20.0 Mio..

Mergers and Acquisitions

 

ASAP is capable of structuring and executing a wide range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, strategic tie-ups, joint ventures, spin-offs and defenses against unfriendly takeover attempts.

Our extensive global network, particularly in the US and Asia Pacific regions, enables us to identify key merger and/or acquisition targets for our clients who are looking to expand their business operations via a horizontal or vertical integration.

Transactions are identified through our close relationships with our clients and our analysis of business conditions and industry trends.

We undertake due-diligence and valuation analysis on potential targets and negotiate on behalf of our clients to determine the ideal structure and terms of the transaction that leads to eventual completion of the merger and/or acquisition process.

 
Leveraged Buy-outs
 

The members of the ASAP team have been involved in a number of transactions that involve asset acquisitions by management teams where the team members have been instrumental in arranging private equity and leverage financing.