Capital Raising

Practice Areas > Capital Raising

At mdp McDonald Partners, we aim to help you to help your business grow. When that happens, you may be faced with a choice:

 · Do you try to raise more debt finance from a bank or other lending institution?

· Do you seek further venture capital from a new equity partner or partners to finance the growth of your business?

· Do you limit the growth of your business by not seeking the extra growth capital required, and not undertaking new projects requiring that capital?

This dilemma confronts many businesspeople who don't have the asset base to increase their overdraft or borrow more money and don't know where to seek help to raise capital.  Therefore, many people simply choose the third option by default

That is where mdp McDonald Partners may be able to help you.  We have experience in assisting business people find their way through the capital raising minefield.  We have an extensive network which includes business advisers, financial planners, brokers, project managers and accountants that can assist you to explore your capital raising options.  We have the knowledge and experience to provide you with the advice to determine when, how and why to raise capital for your business growth.

If you are looking to invest in a business, it is essential that you perform the appropriate due diligence checks on the business.  It is important that you obtain legal advice prior to using any information to make an offer of securities or to approach any potential investors.

In any case, you will need a well drafted shareholders' or unit holders' agreement or similar arrangement in place in order to make sure that your agreement is fully documented, covering all matters which may arise during the term of the investment and adequately set out the procedures to be followed.  We are skilled and experienced in negotiating and advising on such agreements, and drafting them in such a manner as to minimise the risk of disputes.

We derive great satisfaction from seeing our clients successfully complete a business venture and helping them take advantage of opportunities that may have otherwise been beyond them.  We want to help grow your business, capitalise on opportunities and to achieve a genuine "win-win" result for you.