Our Services

CORPORATE ADVISORY SERVICES

Our range of services includes:

Corporate advisory

• Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory;

• Disposal assistance;

• Corporate Restructuring;

• Debt and equity capital raising

Private equity advisory (investment/divestiture by private equity houses and MBOs); and

• Privatisations

Transaction support services

• Due diligence reviews;

• Review of transaction agreements;

• Valuations;

• Preparation of business plans, financial projections and information memoranda;

• Fair and reasonable opinions; and

• Reporting accountant reports

GENERAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY

Services include;

• Formulation, implementation and project management of turnaround plans, focusing on improved

effectiveness, cost management and efficiency;

• Performing cost-benefit analyses on existing funding arrangements, in order to establish possible

restructuring which should produce optimal finance and funding structures;

• Providing advisory services in small and medium enterprises management;

• Formulation and articulation of strategic business plans, including financing strategy;

• Project management and the implementation of growth strategies;

• Formulation of the most appropriate funding mechanism in respect of identified acquisitions within the

preferred client environment;

• Corporate restructuring and repositioning; and

• Carrying out special audits to diagnose and investigate poor performance and providing turnaround

strategies.

ACCOUNTING BASED ADVISORY SERVICES

Services under this function include:

• Assisting with the writing up of books of primary entry, preparation of bank reconciliation statements,

as well as posting of cash books and other subsidiary books to the debtors, creditors and nominal ledgers;

• Extracting trial balances and preparing financial statements in compliance with the Companies Act and

International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”); and

• We assist schools in the preparation and updating of the accounting records in line with the Guidelines

for the Administration of School Finances

TAX ADVISORY SERVICES (TAS)

We offer tax advisory services on a wide range of business activities, including;

• Value Added Tax (VAT);

• Organising tax clearance certificates;

• Tax computations and submissions of returns;

• Business start – ups;

• Mergers and acquisitions (M&As);

• Schemes of reconstruction and reorganisation of businesses;

• Double taxation agreements (DTAs);

• Corporate and personal tax planning; and

• Advice on tax audits or investigations instituted by tax authorities

RISK MANAGEMENT SERVICES (INTERNAL AUDITING)

This function includes:

• Financial, operational and compliance audits that are designed to add value and improve clients’

operations;

• Information system reviews aimed at checking the reliability and integrity of information systems,

compliance with policies and regulations, safeguarding of assets, the economical and efficient use of

resources and attainment of established operational goals and objectives

• Providing assistance on the designing and implementation of accounting and internal control

systems, and preparation of related manuals

• Carrying out risk assessments and risk profiling for organisations

• Specific investigations; and

• Performing IT reviews and audits.

CORPORATE SOCIAL REPORTING

We offer guidance and training in corporate social reporting. We offer training in the following

frameworks amongst others;

• Global Reporting Initiatives (GRI);

• Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG) Corporate Standard;

• JSE SRI Index;

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development (OECD); and

• United Nations Global Compact

COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES

Registration of companies (local and offshore);

• Maintenance of statutory records for companies;

• Submission of annual returns and other statutory forms to the Registrar of Companies;

• Checking for compliance of companies with government regulatory requirements;

• Minute taking;

• Maintance of share registers, minute books and register of member for companies; and

• Performing general company secretarial work

CORPORATE RECOVERY

Services offered under this function include:

• Liquidation of insolvent companies;

• Judicial management and turnaround of companies that are in financial difficulties; and

 Reconstruction/administration of state-indebted insolvent companies