WHO WE ARE

 

Goodhope acts as a trusted advisor for a number of businesses and brings “Good Hope” to its clients similar to what rays of rising sun does by providing solution to the complex business problems.

We are a boutique consulting advisory firm  founded by highly accomplished professionals having extensive global experience in diversified business verticals and functional domains including Corporate Finance, Debt & Capital markets, Business advisory, Start-up advisory, Turnaround & Restructuring, Commercial operations, M&A, Tax, Legal & Arbitration, IT enabled services, Private Client matters and Fund management across multiple jurisdictions. With all our experience & team we focus on providing 3600 support in a number of conceivable business situations and provide best in class “strategic partner experience” to our clients.

With our global presence in India, Mauritius and Singapore, we assists global client base throughout their lifecycle i.e. evolution, growth, expansion, consolidation, turnaround and restructuring.

Besides its own dedicated team, Goodhope draws additional strengths from exclusive “Best Friend” knowledge partners including ASC Legal, GoodChorus, ICFOPro.com and advisory board consisting of eminent senior professionals in the industry.

Some of the services which we are best at:

  • Corporate Finance, Debt & Capital markets;
  • Start-up consulting;
  • Corporate, Business & Functional advisory;
  • Mergers and Acquisitions;
  • Private client consulting;
  • Fund management services;

Goodhope team works with clients as their strategic business partner and provides dedicated resources including virtual C-Suite team.

WHAT WE DO BEST

We excel at providing wide range of corporate finance, debt fund raising and capital market advisory services to the organisations across geographies/industries through financial instruments including but not limited to IPOs & listing, secondary placements, bonds/debentures issuance, private equity & VC funding, working capital finance, term & project debt, asset financing, commercial paper issuances, trade financing, structured financing solutions, acquisition financing, reverse mergers, SPACs, REIT & InvIT etc.

Instead of usual transactional approach, we typically engage with our clients as the long/medium term strategy partner and suggest/implement core fundamental & structural changes making their business, financial transaction ready matching the client’s profile and needs. Our unique approach and capability enables completion of financing with optimum costs and a high degree of success probability. We are sector agnostic and have hands on experience of working into traditional sectors as well as upcoming modern sectors.

Our team has hands-on collective experience of raising funds in excess of USD 5 billion, resulting into decades of relationship across global financial & capital markets including India, UK, US, Canada, Singapore & Europe.

We excel at providing wide range of corporate finance, debt fund raising and capital market advisory services to the organisations across geographies/industries through financial instruments including but not limited to IPOs & listing, secondary placements, bonds/debentures issuance, private equity & VC funding, working capital finance, term & project debt, asset financing, commercial paper issuances, trade financing, structured financing solutions, acquisition financing, reverse mergers, SPACs, REIT & InvIT etc.

Instead of usual transactional approach, we typically engage with our clients as the long/medium term strategy partner and suggest/implement core fundamental & structural changes making their business, financial transaction ready matching the client’s profile and needs. Our unique approach and capability enables completion of financing with optimum costs and a high degree of success probability. We are sector agnostic and have hands on experience of working into traditional sectors as well as upcoming modern sectors.

Our team has hands-on collective experience of raising funds in excess of USD 5 billion, resulting into decades of relationship across global financial & capital markets including India, UK, US, Canada, Singapore & Europe.

 

We provide a wide range of complex corporate, business and functional advisory services to Start-ups, MSMEs and large corporates including global corporations having multi country operations.

These advisory services include corporate strategy & planning, corporate structuring across multiple jurisdictions in tax efficient manner, go to market & new market expansion support, organic & inorganic growth, commercial contracts & negotiations, functional support including C-Suite services, commercial & business disputes, turnaround, cost control, operational management and exit.

Our team has managed business at senior/top management level in managing large global businesses employing tens of thousands of employees, helped created billions of dollars in value and have a deep understanding of the corporate, business, commercial and functional challenges faced by the organisations.

 

We provide comprehensive sell/buy side support to organisations for their merger, acquisition & divesture transactions including using complex cross border structures. We have the capability to handle most aspects of these transactions including but not limited to term sheet/LOI drafting & negotiations, auction process, financial, business, tax & regulatory due diligences, valuation, accounting & financial issues, transaction and corporate structuring, documentation including legal agreements and coordination with external advisors. We also assist in regulatory aspects including NCLT merger/demerger process & cross border mergers.

With our experience and ethical & focused approach, we protect interests of our clients and help save significant transactional costs by efficient completion of transactions. Our team has first-hand start to finish experience of managing acquisitions valued in hundreds of millions of dollars including a leading US BPO company, UK/US based manufacturing & retail operation owning luxury high street brands, West Africa based oil and gas blocks, Singapore based drillship operating company etc. On sell side, our team have managed several divestures including an Agri-business company to a large PE fund.

 

We act as trusted advisors to private clients including NRIs and/or HNIs and advise them on wide ranging issues including but not limited to family succession & planning, trust setup, setup and management of family offices, wealth & treasury management and help in resolution of family disputes.

Our team has experience in setting up family offices in global financial cities including Singapore, DIFC & Europe and managing AUM of over USD 1 billion, generating double digit dollar returns. We have also assisted in formation and management of trust structure across the globe advising our clients on complex residency, tax & regulatory issues. Our private banking relationship is extensive and covers many of the large global private banks.

 

We assist fund managers, sponsors & investors in evaluating suitable fund jurisdictions based on investors comfort, devising fund strategy and assist in tax efficient setup and management of funds. We have advised and have hands on experience with different type of fund structure (regulated funds, feeder funds, “Fund of Fund”, protected cell structured fund, AIF etc.) in different jurisdictions including USA, Singapore, Mauritius, Luxembourg, Ireland, Cayman Islands & India.