About Strand Hanson20 Jan 2014 14:12
Strand Hanson is an independent, advisory led modern merchant bank with offices in London, Asia and South Africa. Our team has extensive expertise in M&A, ECM, DCM and restructuring transactions. We focus on providing financial and strategic advice to public and private companies, private equity houses and activist investors, both in the UK and internationally. Strand Hanson is an award winning adviser on both M&A and ECM transactions and has advised, over the past 5 years, on over £5 billion of M&A transactions and in excess of £1.3 billion of ECM transactions. The firm is a Sponsor on the LSE and has acted as financial adviser to a number of Main Board Listings, a Nominated Adviser on AIM and a UK Takeover Panel approved adviser. Via Strand Ventures, we are also able to provide bespoke financing to corporate clients. Strand Hanson operates across a broad range of geographies and sectors, with a particular focus on the Mining and Oil & Gas sectors in emerging market economies. Strand Hanson is proud to be AIM’s No1* rated Nomad by client market capitalisation and AIM’s No1* rated Nomad across Natural Resources. Our strong working relationships with London’s leading broking houses means we are well-placed to advise clients on the appropriate appointment to meet their specific requirements, both initial and on an ongoing basis – importantly, without compromising our uniquely independent approach to advisory mandates. The combination of our presence in London and our well established Cape Town office, together with our Singapore office and strategic relationships the firm has within the FSU and China, provides Strand Hanson with unique access to companies / assets and the capital required to develop them. This approach means we are particularly experienced in advising early stage companies within the African natural resources sector. Our experience of global markets and the advice we have given on numerous transactions leaves Strand Hanson ideally placed to assist our clients in attaining their strategic goals.