I run business sales, act as your CFO, and check your reports for compliance with the rules before they go out.

Leo Malan CA · Over ten years in BDO’s Corporate Finance and Advisory teams, in South Africa and then Perth.

Every report and deliverable in 48 hours or less, once I have what it needs.

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M&A

For owners: your sale, run start to finish.
For advisers: the parts you need, under your name.

The research pack
The teaser and the information memorandum
The signed sale agreement

See M&A →

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CFO advisory

The numbers your business runs on, and what they mean for next quarter.

13-week cash flow forecast
KPI dashboard, refreshed monthly
Monthly board pack

See CFO advisory →

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Compliance review

Your report, checked against the rules that govern it, before it is lodged.

Quarterly activities reports and Appendix 5B
Specialist and technical reports
Any other rulebook you give me

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Selected transactions

Deals from my time in BDO’s Corporate Finance team.

Health & Fitness · Sell-side

Sale of five fitness centres

Lead adviser: financial model, IM & data room

EBITDA c. A$3.7m

Drilling & Mining · Buy-side

Acquisition of a drilling company from a PE vendor

Lead adviser: buyer-side negotiations, lead model

EBITDA c. A$3.5m

Professional Services · Sell-side

Sale of a quantity-surveying & cost-management firm

Lead adviser: IM & model, running the offer process

EBITDA c. A$1.5m

Mine Camps · Sell-side

Sale of a mining accommodation business

Lead adviser: IM, teaser & data room · strategic sale

JSE · Fairness Opinion

Northam Platinum: empowerment restructure

Independent expert team (JSE): valuation & fairness opinion · independent expert report (PDF)

US$2.3bn

JSE · Fairness Opinion

Assore Limited: delisting via share buy-back

Independent expert team (JSE): valuation & fairness opinion · JSE announcement (PDF)

c. US$1.0bn

Mining · Coal

Life-of-mine valuation & financing for two assets out of business rescue

Cost-driver analysis; LoM & capital-structure modelling

EV c. £381m

Mining & Metals · Buy-side

Financial DD & valuation of a JV operating mine

Real-terms DCF; ROM, mining-plan & reserve analysis

Equity c. £81m

Renewable Energy · Valuation

Sum-of-the-parts valuation across four countries, for the Stock Exchange of Mauritius

Model build; country-risk WACC; comparable-beta research

Equity c. US$26m

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Tell me what is in front of you. My commitment: each deliverable within 48 hours of receiving what it needs from you.

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