Services / Capabilities
Public Debt and Equity
Raymond James public equity and debt raising capabilities include straight equity, initial public and following offerings, registered directs, PIPES, high-grade corporate bonds, high-yield corporate bonds, asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, treasuries, and municipals. Our consumer investment banking professionals will assist in determining optimal timing for an offering by evaluating a variety of factors including market conditions, company growth and current operating environment. Raymond James has the distribution capabilities to ensure the proper distribution of shares between a wide variety of retail and institutional investors.
Advisory Services
Raymond James provides a comprehensive list of advisory services to clients considering strategies such as the sale of the company, division or operating unit; the sale or recapitalization with private equity or buyout firms; or the acquisition of a complementary business. The Firm has extensive experience advising boards of directors, and special and independent committees, including providing fairness opinions and valuation analysis in many of these specific transactions.
Fairness Opinions
Raymond James assists boards of directors, investors, trustees and other corporate and organizational leaders in fulfilling their fiduciary responsibilities by providing them unbiased opinions about the financial fairness of pending transactions. A comprehensive analysis, including thorough assessments of proposed transactions as well as alternatives, allows clients to make informed decisions in the interests of their constituencies. A timely independent analysis may establish for the record that fiduciaries have adequately considered the proposed transaction and the potential alternatives, and have properly exercised their business judgment.
Private Placements
Raymond James provides both private and public companies with the resources to raise private capital through an extensive network of retail and institutional asset pools. Raymond James has experience structuring traditional common private placements as well as structured private instruments such as PIPEs, convertible securities, preferred equity and investment units.
Restructuring Advisory
Raymond James provides a unique set of advisory services to financially distressed companies. The firm’s services include out-of-court restructuring, credit agreement restructuring, debt and equity financing, valuation analysis, strategic alternatives analysis and implementation, Chapter 11 restructurings, advisory services to debtors, DIP and exit financings, and business plan development and analysis. Raymond James’ approach to restructurings incorporates bankruptcy and restructuring process expertise, detailed analysis of business operations and financial projections, in-depth strategic advice, and a solid understanding of capital markets pricing and trading dynamics.
We are equally effective operating on behalf of companies as we are on behalf of stakeholders, whether in a bankruptcy process or out of court. We take a hands-on approach, applying senior-level leadership to the entire process and utilizing the legal system only when it is to the advantage of our clients.