Capabilities

What We Are Capable Of

Debt Capital Markets

Principal Capabilities :
  •  High Yield Bonds
  •  Leveraged Loans
  •  Investment Grade Debt
  •  Preferred Stock
  •  Emerging Market Debt
  •  Global Structured Notes
  •  Mezzanine Debt
  •  Municipal Debt
  •  Asset-Backed Debt
  •  Project Finance
Notable Facts :
  •  60 professionals worldwide
  •  Bookrun over 98% of our high yield offerings and leveraged loans
  •  Completed 325 bookrun high yield bonds and leveraged loans since the beginning of 2019
  •  Highest percentage of lead-left bookrun high yield offerings among all major investment banks
  •  #1 ranked bookrunner for first-time high yield issuers

Equity Capital Markets

Principal Capabilities:
  •  Initial Public Offerings
  •  Follow-On Common Stock Offerings
  •  Wall-Crossed Follow-on Offerings
  •  Accelerated Bookbuilds
  •  Block Trades
  •  Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC)
  •  At-The-Market (ATM) Programs
  •  144A Offerings
  •  Convertible Bond and Convertible Preferred Offerings
  •  Private Placements
  •  PIPEs
  •  Corporate Derivatives
  •  Over 45 professionals worldwide
Notable Facts:
  •  Over 40 professionals worldwide
  •  Completed over 290 bookrun transactions, since the beginning of 2019
  •  Black Cowrie acts as a bookrunner on over 95% of its equity transactions globally
  •  Highest percentage of lead-left or sole bookrun equity offerings among all major investment banks
  •  #1 ranked bookrunner

Mergers & Acquisitions

Principal Capabilities:
  •  Corporate Sales, Divestitures, and Acquisitions
  •  Cross-Border Transactions and Currency Hedging Strategies
  •  Takeover Defense
  •  Joint Ventures
Notable Facts:
  •  Completed more than 356 M&A transactions since the beginning of 2019
  •  The highest percentage of sole-advised M&A transactions of any major investment bank
  •  One of Wall Street’s leading sell-side advisors, ranking #2 for U.S. Sponsor Sell-side Transactions by revenue
    •  50 M&A transactions greater than $1 million since 2019
    •  Approximately 70% of our M&A transactions are sell-side transactions
    •  Approximately 60% of sale assignments completed with strategic acquirers
    •  Over 20% of sale assignments completed with cross-border counterparties

Private Capital Advisory

Principal Capabilities:
  •  Black Cowrie private capital group actively covers over 1,000 investors worldwide, including Asset Managers, Banks, Consultants / Gatekeepers, Corporate & Public Pension Plans, Endowments, Foundations, Family Offices, Funds of Funds, Insurance Companies, Sovereign Wealth Funds. Our private capital group focuses on both fundraisings for private equity funds and private capital raising for corporations across all industries.
  •  Team-based in New York and London provides global coverage
Private Funds
  •  Established GPs, first-time funds, and spin-out teams
  •  Private Equity
    •  Buyout
    •  Growth Equity
    •  Sector Focused
    •  Special Situations
    •  Turnaround
  •  Private Credit
    •  Direct Lending
    •  Distressed Debt
    •  Opportunistic Credit
    •  Special Situations
    •  Specialty Finance
  •  Private Financings / Direct Investments
    •  Platform Companies
    •  Follow-On Financings
    •  Joint Ventures
    •  Equity Syndications
    •  Co-Investments

Debt Advisory & Restructuring

Principal Capabilities – Both in and out of court:
  •  Company / Debtor Advisory
  •  Creditor Advisory
  •  Amend and Extend Negotiations
  •  Debt Exchanges and Distressed Financing
  •  Distressed and Post-Reorg M&A
  •  Special Situation, DIP and Rescue Financing
  •  Valuation Opinions
Notable Facts:
  •  Over 10 professionals based in New York
  •  Over 65 restructuring transactions with an aggregate announced or completed since 2019
  •  Ranked as one of the top 5 restructuring advisors for bankruptcy cases for 23 of the last 33 quarters by The Deal – more than any other firm