Our Management team has experience in executing PPP deals in Bangladesh in various capacities in their previous organizations. Our Management team was engaged as FinancialAdvisor to “PPP Advisory to Dhaka Elevated Expressway (PPP) Project", one of the largest PPP projects in Bangladesh and raised around BDT 9.2 billion as local currency loan for the project. The team also executed 2 more PPP Projects under the ZA Capital Advisory banner.
Corporate Advisory is one of the key areas of expertise of our Management team. Our Management team executed several notable advisory transactions in Bangladesh. Members of our Management team executed the advisory deals in the best conditions and within the minimum time frame by utilizing their extensive experience and professional networks. Our Management team has also quite a long history in executing M&A deals in Bangladesh.
Some of the notable advisory executed by our Management Team during their career:
- Demutualization of Dhaka Stock Exchange
- Sell-side Advisory up to a successful SPA, to be acquired by a reputed listed Sri Lankan Company.
- Sell-side advisory for acquisition of BRAC Afghan Bank by a reputed UAE based company.
There are few notable private equity transactions executed in Bangladesh and members of our Management team are active part of the execution team though Venture Capital and Private Equity investment is still new terms in Bangladesh financial markets. Our team members also have experience in executing several large IPOs in Bangladesh. Some of the notable deals are:
- Right Issue of Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd. (presently known as LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited) the Largest Rights Issue in the history of Bangladesh capital markets.
- IPO of Unique Hotel and Resort Ltd (The Westin Dhaka), the Largest and First Hotel IPO in Bangladesh market.
- Private Equity Investment from a leading International Development Bank for Omera Petroleum.
- Advisor of the leading Mobile Financial Service Company in connection of raising Private Equity from a leading Multilateral Development Bank.
Our Management team has experience in executing energy and infrastructure deals in Bangladesh. Members of the Management team have hands-on experience in completing power plant deals from bid preparation to winning the competitive bidding to financial closer. Some of the major transactions where our members of our Management team were actively involved are:
- Private Equity Investment from a leading International Development Bank for Omera Petroleum Ltd.
- Syndicated Foreign loan facility for One of the largest private sector Independent Power Plants (IPP), 335-MW Dual Fuel Combined Cycle IPP, one of the largest private sector foreign currency loan syndications in Bangladesh.
- IPO of Power Generation Company,one of the Largest Power Sector in Bangladesh market.
- Syndicated Debt Facility for 100 MW power plant at Chittagong.
Our Management team has a long history of raising capital through debt instruments. Team has arranged substantial amount of fund through local loan syndication, foreign loan, and corporate bonds in their previous organizations. Our Management team has the reputation of arranging funds at the best possible rates and closing the deals within the shortest possible time period. Some of the milestone deals executed by our management team in their previous organizations are:
- Subordinated tier-2 Bond for a First Generation Leading Commercial Bank of Bangladesh
- Subordinated tier-2 Bond for a Second Generation Leading Commercial Bank of Bangladesh
- Arranger for short-term financing for a major Telecom Operator.
- Mandated Arranger for long-term Project Financing for a Chemical Company.
Treasury and Financial Derivatives
Our Management team has also got exposure in money market and structuring financial derivatives for Bangladeshi companies. Our Founder and CEO executed many “the First of its kind” derivatives deal in Bangladesh while he was serving at Financial Markets of Standard Chartered Bank. Some of the notable money market deals are:
- Interest Rate Swap (first ‘Rate Derivative” in Bangladesh)
- FX- JPY-USD Range Forward (first “FX Options” in Bangladesh)
- Commodity- Cotton Collar (first ‘Commodity Derivative” in Bangladesh)
- First Gold Reverse Lease deal for any bank in Bangladesh