Equity Capital Markets

Our Equity Capital Markets group structures and executes equity-linked capital markets and advisory services for the firm’s corporate and financial sponsor clients. KATY CAPITAL’s ECM model focuses on execution expertise, independent advice, experienced judgment and key insights on all aspects of capital formation and capital markets transactions. This approach has gained significant credibility across the firm’s client base, who trust in our thoughtful and candid advice on many of the largest and most complex transactions in the capital markets.

Products include IPOs, follow-on offerings, convertible securities, private placements, at-the-market programs, special situations capital raising, convertible liability management and share repurchases.

Private Capital Markets and Debt Advisory

KATY CAPITAL is a leader in structuring and executing private market transactions for our corporate and sponsor clients across equity, credit, structured equity or hybrid financing solutions. The group works closely with KATY CAPITAL’s strategic advisory clients to provide independent capital markets advice globally. KATY CAPITAL has a successful track record executing complex transactions to address client objectives, which have included acquisition financing, growth capital, shareholder replacements, recapitalization, project financing and stressed financings.

KATY CAPITAL’s differentiated relationships with a global network of investor decision-makers enables us to connect our clients with traditional investors such as private equity funds, mutual funds, hedge funds, banks and alternative lenders as well as with an extensive network of nontraditional capital partners, such as large family offices, global pension funds and endowments, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and strategic investors. KATY CAPITAL’s comprehensive product suite includes private debt arrangement (including unitranche, ARR, DIP/Exit facilities and royalty financings); private convertible and hybrid securities; traditional and pre-IPO equity private placements for private companies; minority equity or recapitalizations for families, founder-owned and closely held businesses; private investments in public entities (PIPEs); and public debt advisory, including investment-grade bond underwriting, syndicated loans and bonds, ratings, liability management and covenant and structure amendments.

Market Risk Management and Hedging

Our Team advises clients on all aspects of market-related risks arising from foreign exchange, interest rates, inflation and commodity prices in connection with cross-border M&A and financing transactions. We assist our clients in determining a market-risk strategy in line with their financial objectives and risk appetite. We then design an approach that balances competitive pricing against the need to maintain confidentiality in relation to prospective transactions. Our extensive network of banks as well as our clients’ relationships to lenders drives competitive pricing and ensures transparency.