Advisory
Orion advises corporates, financial institutions and sovereigns across the full arc of their financing life — from the first capital-markets issue to the hardest restructuring.
Structure
Raising capital on better terms
For companies, banks and governments that need capital — and need it structured to last. We choose the instrument, the market and the investor, conventional or Sharia-compliant, and build the case that wins them.
- Financing and capital marketsFunding strategy, bonds, preferred shares, IPOs, securitisation
- Islamic finance and sukukProduct engineering, sukuk, Sharia governance and screening
- Project finance and energySolar and industrial energy funds, SPV structures
- M&A, private equity and venture capitalSell-side, buy-side, LBOs, fund design
- Licensing of financial institutionsFeasibility studies, business models, regulatory approval
Rescue
Restructuring, funding and transactions
For companies whose debt has outgrown their business, or whose bank has stopped lending. We diagnose, renegotiate, bring in new money and see the transaction through to signing.
- Debt restructuring and reschedulingFive levels of difficulty, from renegotiation to full overhaul
- New money: funding and recapitalisationEquity, private equity, development-finance debt
- Factoring and supply-chain financeCredit-insured export and reverse factoring
- Investors’ round tablesPrepared companies, selected investors, one room
- Transaction mandatesInformation memorandum, data room, negotiation, closing
- Bond and sukuk issuanceCorporate bonds and private placements as restructuring tools
- M&A and strategic partnershipsSale, integration, strategic shareholders, white-label deals
- Independent valuationTransactions, disputes, recapitalisations, succession
Protect
Credibility with lenders, regulators and investors
For institutions that need to be trusted. Ratings, scoring, risk frameworks and governance are what lower the cost of money — and keep it available when markets close.
- Rating advisoryPreparing issuers for Moody’s, S&P and Fitch
- Risk, scoring and regulationBasel II and III, machine-learning credit scoring, loan classification
- Licensing and governanceBusiness models, operating licences, board practice