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INSIGHT CAPITAL

The company

Insight Capital is a newly-established Investment Banking boutique providing services to companies operating in Greece and in the neighbouring countries.

Focusing on the middle and upper market, at Insight Capital, we combine industry expertise with superior transaction execution capabilities to achieve extraordinary outcomes for our clients. We like to create a close working relationship with each of our clients through integration with their own project teams and through regular and clear communication.

Insight Capital is licensed to act as financial advisor to legal entities willing to list their securities (equity and/or debt) on the Alternative Market (EN.A.) of the Athens Exchange.

Our Vision

is to lead corporations into a new era by helping them to navigate through unsettled financial times, caused by the deepest and most complex financial crisis in this country’s recent history.

Our Statement

is to guide our clients through persistently difficult markets by providing them with top-quality investment banking advisory services, resulting in solutions which are realistic, straightforward and can be expeditiously implemented.

Our Advantage

is the independency from financial institutions, ensuring that our services are free from conflict of interest, a disadvantage that is inherent in traditional banking outfits. Our independence enables us to objectively examine all possible structures and alternatives.

With a pragmatic and pro-active approach to our engagements, our advice is given from a truly independent perspective, ensuring unbiased, optimal solutions for all our clients’ financial needs.

Get to know us

Our team

Who we are

We are a team of (6) highly-experienced financial professionals with an enviable investment banking background, as well as a long and proven track record.

Our Staff

averages 15 years of collective Investment Banking experience,
has executed over 40 investment banking transaction covering the full spectrum of the industry, namely IPOs, secondary offerings, M&As, privatizations, PIPEs, debt issuances, refinancings, operational and financial restructurings and liquidations,
has executed several venture capital investments,
has acted on behalf of entities falling part of the private as well as the public sector.

Transactions οf reference

Some of the transactions our staff has worked on:

Company

A B Vassilopoulos S.A.
Food Retailer
IPO
NIKAS S.A.
Cold Cuts Producer
Mouzakis S.A.
Yarn Manufacturer
Hellenic Sugar Industry S.A.
Sugar Producer
Sidenor S.A.
Steel Products Manufacturer
Floatation via M&A
Halcor S.A.
Coper Products Manufacturer
Floatation via M&A
ETEM S.A.
Aluminum Products
Floatation via M&A
Sylver & Barite S.A.
Mineral Products
Floatation via M&A

Sector

Transaction Type

Our Way

Our advisory services cover the full spectrum of public and private transactions including corporate finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and project finance.

In this currently unsettled environment, we believe that it is crucial for our clients to achieve and maintain the right balance, from a financial point of view, in order to avoid unnecessary problems. As such, we place considerable emphasis in providing optimal, yet realistic solutions which can be implemented in a timely manner.

Services

Corporate Finance

We take pride in advising our clients on a wide spectrum of strategic issues regarding their corporate and financial strategy.

Optimal Capital Structure

We provide strategic and tactical advice pertaining to balance sheet issues. In particular, we focus on financial restructuring, including asset redeployment.

We always favour a no-frills, realistic approach in understanding our clients’ objective and competing demands, for we know that this is the only way to sustainable benefits.

We also use a wide variety of analytical tools, giving due consideration to the interrelation between optimal allocation of financial resources and maximization of value to the shareholder.

Above all, we place great importance on effectiveness of implementation both in terms of time and cost.

Liability Management

We work closely with our clients to configure their liability profile and ascertain their balance sheet and cash flow needs. As a result, we are able to provide optimal, yet realistic solutions and execution alternatives which meet our clients’ specific needs.

Capital Markets Advisory

We provide tailor-made advice, always strictly adhering to a client’s particular requirements. Our strength is in seeking innovative solutions that can also be implemented cost-effectively and, quite often, within a strict time frame.

Debt Capital Markets

We analyse thoroughly the specific needs of a particular client to prioritize his objectives in any given environment. This allows us to propose financial structures that best fit client’s needs, culminating in a balanced solution.

We negotiate alternative structures for existing and new debt on behalf of our clients, providing them with expert advice on enhancing liquidity and competitiveness.

In addition, being fully aware of the market’s current state, we may propose solutions which can be implemented gradually, with clearly-set milestones.

M&A and Strategic Advisory

We place emphasis on assisting our clients to achieve their strategic and financial goals, often in situations which are challenging and complex. Our area of expertise covers M&A, divestitures, spin-offs and various types of asset redeployment assignments. Acting either for a buyer or a seller, our clients enjoy the assurance that the advice we provide is free from any conflict of interest, which is inherent in traditional banking outfits.

Acquisition Finance

We have great expertise in structuring and arranging a wide range of acquisition financing schemes.
M&A Advisory
We constantly seek new ways of realizing value from corporate assets, with innovative strategies for optimizing business portfolia. Our services include evaluating potential targets or merger partners, providing valuation analyses and evaluating and proposing financial and strategic alternatives giving due consideration to unleashing hidden synergies and focusing on key drivers. We advise on strategy, timing, structure, financing and pricing. We assist in negotiating and closing a particular transaction. We coordinate all other expert advisors that may be engaged, all the way to closing of a transaction.

Restructuring – CRO Duties

We act as advisors to companies confronted with inability to timely meet debt and other payment obligations due to liquidity issues and financial distress. On our clients’ behalf, we negotiate to re-profile delinquent debts in order to restore liquidity. At the same time, we apply a bottom-up approach in redesigning our clients’ overall operations in order to restore profitability on a permanent basis. In doing so, we encourage our clients to reconsider their competitive advantages in a wholly new business environment, including divesting from less lucrative businesses and from no-value accretive segments or assets.

Considering that, restructuring is a preferable alternative to bankruptcy, we always take a pragmatic approach: we negotiate with clients and lenders and other debtors, to re-profile obligations in order to eliminate cash flow shortfalls and avoid litigation.

On individual projects — being refinancing or workouts — we also advise our clients in fund raising (equity and/or debt) in order to facilitate and expedite the successful restructuring of the business.

Project Finance

We provide premium Project Finance services to companies for a wide variety of assignments. Our services are customized according to the capital that is required, the various risks associated with the project and other parameters that need to be accounted for.

We customize our services according to the requirements of our clients, following a detailed assessment of their market position and size. If needed, we may set-up a specialist team comprising experts across a wide range of industries, to meet the demands of a particular assignment.

A Reliable Partner in doing business