Capabilities

Advice designed around the transaction.

Westwood combines financial analysis, transaction structuring, investor preparation and execution support across the capital stack.

01 / Capital

Capital Advisory & Raising

Define the right capital requirement before going to market, then structure and position the opportunity for appropriate sources of capital.

  • Capital strategy and funding architecture
  • Equity, preferred equity and convertibles
  • Senior, subordinated and hybrid debt
  • Investor targeting and controlled outreach
  • Term-sheet assessment and negotiation support
02 / Credit

Structured & Private Credit

Credit structures designed around cash flows, collateral and operating cycles rather than conventional corporate-lending templates.

  • Borrowing-base and receivables-backed facilities
  • Inventory and asset-backed structures
  • Trade and working-capital finance
  • Refinancing and balance-sheet optimisation
  • Covenant and security framework design
03 / M&A

Mergers & Acquisitions

Strategic combinations and ownership transactions across African and cross-border markets.

  • Buy-side and sell-side advisory
  • Strategic investments and disposals
  • Joint ventures and partnership structures
  • Valuation and transaction economics
  • Negotiation and completion support
04 / Projects

Project & Infrastructure Finance

Commercial, financial and stakeholder work required to move projects from concept toward bankability, funding and execution.

  • Development-capital strategy
  • Project-company and funding structure
  • Financial modelling and scenario analysis
  • Offtake, EPC and stakeholder workstream integration
  • Lender, DFI and strategic investor engagement
05 / Readiness

Transaction Readiness & Strategic Finance

Address evidence, model, governance and documentation gaps before investor outreach begins.

  • Financial models and valuation
  • Investor materials and investment cases
  • Data-room and diligence preparation
  • Corporate and governance readiness
  • Restructuring and special situations
06 / Cross-border

Strategic & Cross-Border Advisory

Selected market-entry, partnership and strategic assignments where local execution and cross-border relationships matter.

  • Market-entry strategy
  • Local partner and counterparty assessment
  • JV and strategic partnership structures
  • Stakeholder navigation
  • Cross-border execution support
How we work

From opportunity to execution.

A disciplined process designed to improve financeability, sharpen positioning and reduce execution risk before capital is put in front of the market.

01

Assess

Commercial, financial and transaction screening.

02

Prepare

Evidence, modelling, documentation and readiness.

03

Structure

Capital, economics, security and transaction design.

04

Position

Investment case, materials and target universe.

05

Execute

Controlled investor and counterparty process.

06

Close

Negotiation, diligence, documentation and completion.