Corporate Finance Advisory Services
Corporate Finance Advisory Services in the UAE
Local market expertise applied to capital raising, business disposal, and every major financial decision in between.
Farahat & Co.’s Corporate Finance Advisory team brings local market experience and industry knowledge to businesses navigating acquisitions, capital raising, business disposal, and strategic financial decisions.
- Sell-side and buy-side expertise, supporting both parties across the full transaction lifecycle
- Capital structuring guidance, covering Islamic finance, joint ventures, and fund placement
- Coordinated support with our in-house due diligence and valuation specialists
Our team helps clients anticipate and address issues as they arise, providing the advice needed to pursue growth and change through well-structured strategic transactions.
What Is Corporate Finance Advisory?
Corporate finance advisory covers the specialised financial decisions that sit outside a business’s normal day-to-day operations, decisions that typically require dedicated expertise rather than internal resources alone.
This includes mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, financial restructuring, capital structuring, and business valuation. A corporate finance advisor helps a business plan projects, secure financing, buy or sell a business, and set the strategic direction for major financial decisions, drawing on market relationships and technical expertise that most internal finance teams do not maintain in-house.
Sell-Side Advisory Services
If you plan on selling all or part of your company, Farahat & Co.’s Corporate Finance Advisory team brings significant local market experience and industry knowledge to your transaction, helping you extract the strongest possible value from the sale.
Our sell-side advisory services include:
- Analysis of shareholder alternatives
- Transaction structuring, negotiation, and closing assistance
- Value range analysis
- Identification of qualified financial buyers
- Development of marketing materials
- Competitive marketing processes
- Coordination of management presentations with selected acquirers
Buy-Side Advisory Services
Our Corporate Financial Advisors serve as a financial advisory resource and provide specialised transaction support, helping you create and act on growth opportunities with confidence.
We support clients across the entire buy-side lifecycle, coordinating with our in-house specialists for contract review and technical due diligence ahead of closing, and provide post-transaction integration support to help realise the benefits a strategic transaction was built around.
Our buy-side advisory services include:
- Financial modelling and target evaluation
- Support in establishing acquisition goals and criteria
- Value range analyses
- Competitive assessments
- Evaluation and arrangement of financing alternatives
- Bid preparation support
- Structuring, negotiation, and closing support with the seller and financing source
Capital Structuring and Strategic Financial Advisory
Beyond individual transactions, our Corporate Finance Advisory team supports several strategic initiatives that shape a business’s broader financial position.
- Capital structure advisory: assessing the right balance of debt and equity financing for your business’s stage, sector and growth plans.
- Islamic finance structuring: advising on Sharia-compliant financing structures for businesses seeking Islamic finance solutions.
- Joint venture structuring: supporting the formation and financial structuring of joint venture arrangements between UAE and international partners.
- Corporate structuring: advising on the group and entity structure that best supports your business’s tax, operational and strategic objectives.
- Financial feasibility studies: independent assessment of a proposed project or venture’s financial viability before capital is committed.
- Fund placement: supporting businesses seeking to raise capital through connections with relevant financing sources and investors.
Benefits of Corporate Finance Advisory
There are several reasons businesses engage an experienced Corporate Finance Advisory team to guide them through a transaction or major financial decision.
- Proper evaluation of the opportunity: an experienced advisor instils confidence and ensures every aspect of a deal is properly vetted, which matters particularly for those answering to shareholders or a board.
- Augmented internal resources: most first-time buyers and middle-market companies do not have dedicated corporate development teams, and the executives who would otherwise lead a transaction are already occupied with day-to-day responsibilities.
- Stronger negotiating position for sellers: advisors maintain relationships and information resources that identify potential buyers business owners may not otherwise reach, generating competing bids and healthy negotiating tension.
- Valuation expertise: a comprehensive valuation analysis establishes a company’s value and provides sound judgment for evaluating bids.
- Bridging the information gap: private sellers can sell at a discount to public peers due to limited publicly available information; an advisor facilitates access to confidential information for prospective buyers, helping reduce that discount.
- Efficient process management: advisors manage the full transaction process, from creating competitive tension and maintaining confidentiality through to negotiating final sale terms.
Related Corporate Finance Services
Corporate Finance Advisory sits alongside several related specialisms at Farahat & Co., each addressing a different part of a business’s strategic financial needs.
- Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory: end-to-end guidance on deal strategy, target identification, and transaction execution.
- Government & Infrastructure Advisory: financial advisory support for infrastructure projects and government-related transactions.
- Private Equity & Capital Advisory: advisory support for private equity investment, fund structuring, and capital raising.
Depending on your specific situation, one of these related services may address your needs more directly than a general corporate finance engagement, and our team can help identify the right starting point.
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Why Choose Farahat & Co. for Corporate Finance Advisory
Farahat & Co. has supported UAE businesses with audit, accounting, and advisory services since 1985, giving our Corporate Finance Advisory practice a foundation in verifiable financial analysis that extends well beyond deal advisory alone.
- Deep local market experience: our advisors understand the UAE’s regulatory landscape and business environment, from mainland Commercial Companies Law to free zone and DIFC structures.
- Full transaction lifecycle coverage: sell-side and buy-side advisory, coordinated with our in-house due diligence and valuation teams.
- Independent perspective: as an established audit and accounting firm, our advisory work is grounded in verifiable financial analysis rather than deal-driven incentives.
- Sector breadth: experience across finance, real estate, trading, technology and manufacturing transactions.
- Established track record: over four decades supporting UAE businesses through complex financial transactions and regulatory requirements.