Laurence Paul assists companies with a full range of corporate finance advisory services, from raising debt to selling a business.
Several IPOs, rights issues and corporate bonds have been carried out successfully in recent years, contributing to the Lusaka Stock Exchange being one of the best performing emerging markets in Africa. Our capital markets now give both multinational and local companies real access to capital.
We work in that market every day. When we advise on a raise, a restructuring or an acquisition, the advice is grounded in what is actually being priced and placed — not in a textbook.
We start with the business, the balance sheet and the constraint you are actually trying to solve — which is often not the one first described.
We design the instrument and the terms, model the outcomes, and prepare the documentation and due diligence a counterparty will require.
We take the transaction to market, manage the process to close, and stay involved through the reporting obligations that follow.
Tell us the shape of it — the amount, the timeline and the constraint — and we will come back with an honest view on feasibility.