Global merger and acquisition activity is strong, particularly in emerging markets, where Standard Bank is uniquely positioned to partner its clients and deliver innovative financing solutions.

Why talk to us?

Our specialist acquisition finance team’s partnership approach to developing customised solutions, its fast and flexible execution, and its willingness to consider large underwritings and long maturities, make Standard Bank an agile and attractive participant in any deal.

Standard Bank’s global presence enables us to facilitate cross-border transactions. Our partnership with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) provides further international reach and strengthens our access to what will soon be the world’s largest economy.

We have successfully concluded numerous groundbreaking acquisition finance deals, many of which represent the first or the largest transaction of their kind to date.

Products and services

We deliver holistic funding solutions, tailoring the following services to clients’ specific needs:

• Equity and quasi-equity
• Senior and junior debt
• Mezzanine finance
• Convertible instruments
• Other hybrids
• Deal structuring, including legal and tax considerations

Our fund approval process is facilitated by responsive credit personnel with a sound understanding of highly leveraged transactions. We aim to complement the principal’s due diligence process, and once an information memorandum has been disseminated, Standard Bank is able to give an early commitment on its intention to fund and its appetite to underwrite.

If the size of a deal necessitates additional funders, our syndication team will co-ordinate and assist in assembling a group of suitable lenders.