Corporate Finance and Trading

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Studio Guzzi’s financial department provides consultancy services to assist the customer in evaluating its investments and planning its financial investment strategies. The main categories that the financial department deals with are as follows: corporate finance, financial and insurance consultancy, extraordinary finance.

 

Corporate Finance:

  • assistance in relations with banks and credit institutions;
  • assistance in opening credit lines and granting new loans;
  • restructuring of the credit lines and investigating loan formats that more closely match the company’s needs;
  • treasury services and cash management to reduce financial charges;
  • operational support for foreign collection and payments;
  • assistance in hedging transactions (exchange rate risk, country risk);
  • implementation of ways to predict cash flows.
 

Financial and Insurance Consultancy Services:

  • opinions on loans and investments;
  • corporate check-ups, legal audits and due diligence in finance and insurance areas;
  • leasing, factoring, lease-back and other financial contract consultancy services;
  • analysis of the current corporate finance structure;
  • evaluation of the financial impact if new branches or facilities are opened;
  • information on national and local subsidies, public funds and grants;
  • consultancy services to improve creditworthiness in accordance with the Basel 2 Accord;
  • preparation of business plans to aid transparency in bank-company relations;
  • analysis of company risk and optimisation of insurance cover (risk management);
  • training courses for finance managers and asset managers.
 

Extraordinary Finance:

  • expert reports and corporate evaluations;
  • economic-strategic analyses with a view towards mergers, transfers of company branches or other extraordinary operations;
  • shareholder and financial backer research, consultancy services for merger & acquisitions (M&A);
  • research of companies for sale or lease in Italy and abroad;
  • planning and support in leveraged buyouts (LBO) and management buyouts (MBO);
  • bond loans, assistance at the issue and redemption stages;
  • consultancy services and assistance in subscribing to takeover bids and initial public offerings;
  • operating support in the establishment of mutual investment funds and asset management companies;
  • complete support in getting listed on the stock exchange or other regulated markets.