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Corporate Services An IFC Advisory Solution to Support Private Sector Growth in Emerging Markets

Overview of IFC Corporate Finance Services

BUY SIDE ADVISORY ADVISORY CORPORATE ADVISORY

Assist clients to assess and Assist clients to identify, Assist clients to optimize select potential markets for to, shortlist and engage with financing structures and entry/expansion—at a regional, /strategic partners— attract third party funding; country and city level; identify, from both traditional and non advise on shortlist and select targets for traditional markets; support and acquisition or ; , negotiations and realization strategies; support support valuation, negotiations transactions execution, including clients as a trusted advisor and transaction execution, up facilitation of investors’ due when preparing for an IPO to deal closure diligence, up to deal closure

Examples of Clients Benefitting from IFC Corporate Finance Services

Buy Side Advisory and Research: Sell Side Advisory and Financing: SERVICE INDUSTRY IN AFRICA TELECOM SECTOR IN LATIN AMERICA CLIENT: A global service provider looking to expand their CLIENT: A Telecom consortium looking for an international services in Sub-Saharan Africa, by either acquiring existing service strategic partner to provide additional capital, skills providers and/or pursuing greenfield projects with local partners and operating expertise to help build and operate a wholesale telecom network in Latin America IFC ROLE: By leveraging the World Group’s strong relationship with local providers, investors and Governments IFC ROLE: By leveraging existing relationships with major global across Sub-Saharan Africa, our team: telecom operators and financial institutions, our team: • Identified the most attractive markets across multiple • Identified and shortlisted suitable investors countries in Sub-Saharan Africa • Promoted the opportunity to such investors • Analyzed the macroeconomic outlook, political , • Helped select the lead strategic partner regulatory environment, labor market, investment climate and • Marketed the cross-border investment to financiers and relevant market conditions in each target country appointed a strong international bank as lead arranger • Identified a shortlist of the most attractive potential acquisition, joint venture and greenfield opportunities • Facilitated introductions to key targets and partners in multiple countries across Sub-Saharan Africa IFC - A Partner Of Choice IFC Corporate Finance

• The Leading Expert in Emerging Markets – advising Services Can Help Companies: and investing in these markets since 1956, leveraging • Attract strategic partners to reinforce/diversify the World Bank Group network and longstanding shareholding structure relationships with local governments • Find new markets and growth opportunities in • Global Presence and In-depth Regional Knowledge emerging regions – a global/local team based in all key centers in the target markets (e.g. over 450 IFC staff in Sub-Saharan • Pursue cross-border mergers, acquisitions and Africa alone), in addition to Washington DC and in emerging markets Western Europe • Divest as part of a change in strategic • Global Industry Expertise – a matrix of industry direction or restructuring experts with local market knowledge and tailored • Structure and raise financing for large projects research capabilities and optimize capital structures to maximize • A Strategic Sounding Board and Term Partner ’ value – the only global multilateral institution providing Corporate Finance Services provide a unique value proposition impartial advice, as well as and financing, leveraging the World Bank Group global network and IFC’s with a firm focus on sustainability breadth and depth of investment expertise

IFC is a member of the World Bank Group, Who We Are with unparalleled global reach IFC is the world’s largest multilateral private sector (over US$125 billion) in emerging markets. With a AAA rating, IFC supports companies and private sector partners to middle-income and - with tailored specific investments, advisory, and IBRD worthy low-income country governments management services. IFC has worked with private enterprises in over 100 countries, and uses its capital, expertise, and -free loans and grants to influence to help clients in emerging markets grow in a IDA governments of poorest countries sustainable manner. IFC has offices in 98 countries, with over half of its staff based in emerging markets. Investment and advisory solutions IFC for private sector development CONTACT Angelo Dell’Atti Guarantees of private sector Corporate Finance Services, IFC MIGA investment’s non-commercial 2121 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20433 [email protected] Conciliation and arbitration of ICSID investment disputes www.ifc.org