Our practice provides solutions to a host of issues and technical challenges, from finding the right deals and evaluating the risks, to sourcing the best specialists to see it successfully established.
The intelligent approach is to have a single, dedicated financial adviser in tune with your objectives to connect you to the right resources, at the right time, ensuring success at each stage of your transaction.
PwC slices through the complexity of private equity and offers lifecycle support – from inception to acquisition to post-deal support and exit. Our expertise spans a range of private equity services to support your needs in tax services, due diligence, IPOs, joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions and more. It’s all delivered through one team, one point of contact and one goal – your success.
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Like any new endeavour, setting up a private equity fund can be daunting. There are questions around market opportunities and the size of prize as well as practical concerns on how to design investment structures, and how to best manage tax, financial and other regulatory requirements. That’s why our team of experienced assurance, tax and advisory professionals are here to work with you every step of the way – regardless if you are a new venture, fund manager or portfolio company – helping you to navigate the do’s and don’ts of setting up a private equity fund in China.
How we can help?
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Tax and legal
Deals
Generating and identifying solid leads requires a clear view of what type of investments your fund excels in. It also requires extensive knowledge and connectivity to the marketplace. In an increasingly competitive environment, how do you cut through the noise to find a strategic fit for your investment needs? And can you generate enough quality leads to outperform your competitors and sustain deal flow?
Is this a good company and is the price right? This is the first question that must be answered before any PE fund proceeds to the next phase in the deal flow process. Yet, there is no magic formula or right answer. Financial and commercial due diligence covering the company’s financial performance, commercial operations and earning potential against competitors or industry benchmarks are necessary and to identify growth drivers and risk factors which affect potential synergies and costs of acquisition. Meanwhile, valuation models can vary by industry making it more difficult for in-house teams to determine if “the price is right”.
At PwC, we invest in people and relationships to help our clients throughout the deal flow process. Our people have extensive experience working with a broad base of clients across all industries and many of our corporate finance specialists have worked in leading investment banks. As independent advisers, we make it a priority to help you meet your strategic investment needs. Meanwhile, we have a team of strategy consultants and sector-specific deals, tax and audit specialists to put your needs first. With your objectives in mind, we leverage our industry perspectives and technical knowledge to recommend ways in which you can maximise value in structuring deals and negotiations.
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Tax and legal
Deals
The first hundred days after closing can determine the success of merger and integration. How do managers turn a newly acquired business around and realise synergies? What should be the priority: enacting cost savings, optimising operations, motivating people or all of the above? In divestitures and carve outs, short term fixes such as a transactional services agreement may be needed to sustain operations until a longer-term solution is ready. Meanwhile, the reality is that a range of performance improvement measures are concurrently needed, requiring both attention to detail and expertise in areas such as financial reporting, tax regulation, IT and operations, human resources and internal controls.
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Tax and legal
Deals and consulting
A successful exit, be it through an initial public offering, strategic acquisition, secondary sale or management buyback, requires forward thinking and planning to ensure that the right pieces are in the right places at the right time to maximise both fundraising potential and an investor’s return on investment. Our team of specialists can work with you to assess your options at each step along the way, sharing our global insights on fundraising, origination, capital markets developments and listing requirements in China and international stock exchanges.
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Tax and legal
Deals
Asia Pacific Deals Leader, Global Corporate Finance Leader, Asia Pacific Private Equity and Sovereign Investment Fund Leader, PwC Hong Kong
Tel: +[852] 2289 2400
