Service
Investment Banking
Black Cowrie Finance is a global leader, offering deep sector expertise and broad advisory and capital markets capabilities to corporate and financial sponsor clients. With approximately 300 investment banking professionals across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, we provide global coverage across all products and sectors.
Investment Banking Capabilities
Principal Capabilities:
- High Yield Bonds
- Leveraged Loans
- Investment Grade Debt
- Preferred Stock
- Emerging Market Debt
- Global Structured Notes
- Mezzanine Debt
- Municipal Debt
- Asset-Backed Debt
- Project Finance
Notable Facts :
- 60 professionals worldwide
- Bookrun over 98% of our high yield offerings and leveraged loans
- Completed 325 bookrun high yield bonds and leveraged loans since the beginning of 2019
- Highest percentage of lead-left bookrun high yield offerings among all major investment banks
- #1 ranked bookrunner for first-time high yield issuers
Principal Capabilities:
- Initial Public Offerings
- Follow-On Common Stock Offerings
- Wall-Crossed Follow-on Offerings
- Accelerated Bookbuilds
- Block Trades
- Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC)
- At-The-Market (ATM) Programs
- 144A Offerings
- Convertible Bond and Convertible Preferred Offerings
- Private Placements
- PIPEs
- Corporate Derivatives
- Over 45 professionals worldwide
Notable Facts:
- Over 40 professionals worldwide
- Completed over 290 bookrun transactions, since the beginning of 2019
- Black Cowrie acts as a bookrunner on over 95% of its equity transactions globally
- Highest percentage of lead-left or sole bookrun equity offerings among all major investment banks
- #1 ranked bookrunner
Principal Capabilities:
- Corporate Sales, Divestitures, and Acquisitions
- Cross-Border Transactions and Currency Hedging Strategies
- Takeover Defense
- Joint Ventures
Notable Facts:
- Completed more than 356 M&A transactions since the beginning of 2019
- The highest percentage of sole-advised M&A transactions of any major investment bank
- One of Wall Street’s leading sell-side advisors, ranking #2 for U.S. Sponsor Sell-side Transactions by revenue
- 50 M&A transactions greater than $1 million since 2019
- Approximately 70% of our M&A transactions are sell-side transactions
- Approximately 60% of sale assignments completed with strategic acquirers
- Over 20% of sale assignments completed with cross-border counterparties
Principal Capabilities:
- Black Cowrie private capital group actively covers over 1,000 investors worldwide, including Asset Managers, Banks, Consultants / Gatekeepers, Corporate & Public Pension Plans, Endowments, Foundations, Family Offices, Funds of Funds, Insurance Companies, Sovereign Wealth Funds. Our private capital group focuses on both fundraisings for private equity funds and private capital raising for corporations across all industries.
- Team-based in New York and London provides global coverage
Private Funds
- Established GPs, first-time funds, and spin-out teams
- Private Equity
- Buyout
- Growth Equity
- Sector Focused
- Special Situations
- Turnaround
- Private Credit
- Direct Lending
- Distressed Debt
- Opportunistic Credit
- Special Situations
- Specialty Finance
- Private Financings/DirectInvestments
- Platform Companies
- Follow-On Financings
- Joint Ventures
- Equity Syndications
- Co-Investments
Principal Capabilities – Both in and out of court:
- Company /Debtor Advisory
- Creditor Advisory
- Amend and Extend Negotiations
- Debt Exchanges and Distressed Financing
- Distressed and Post-Reorg M&A
- Special Situation, DIP and Rescue Financing
- Valuation Opinions
Notable Facts:
- Over 10 professionals based in New York
- Over 65 restructuring transactions with an aggregate announced or completed since 2019
- Ranked as one of the top 5 restructuring advisors for bankruptcy cases for 23 of the last 33 quarters by The Deal – more than any other firm
Investment Banking Sector Expertise
Principal Sector Focus:
- Apparel and Footwear
- Automotive Aftermarket
- Beverages
- Consumer Products
- Food Service Distribution
- Grocery Retail
- Mass and Discount Retail
- Packaged Food
- Protein & Produce
- Restaurants
- Specialty Retail
Notable Facts:
- Over 40 professionals worldwide based in New York, Charlotte, London and Hong Kong covering over 100 companies
- Completed over 75 transactions since the beginning of 2019
- #1 bookrunner for all Consumer & Retail IPOs
- #1 issuer of Consumer Institutional Leveraged Loans and #6 issuer of Consumer Institutional High Yield
- One of leading M&A advisory firms in the consumer & retail space – completed over 42 transactions since 2019
Principal Sector Focus:
- Exploration and Production
- Upstream
- Midstream
- Oil Field Services
Notable Facts:
- One of the largest energy investment banking teams in the world, with over 40 professionals worldwide and the deepest technical bench
- Unrivaled leader in Energy M&A, having advised on more than 115 transactions since 2019
- Advised on over $2 billion in strategic and financial joint ventures
- Served 40 of the 50 largest worldwide energy companies
- Foremost advisor in oil and gas transactions in unconventional basins
- Robust financing business, active in both the public syndicated capital markets (high yield, leveraged loan, and equity offerings), and the private capital markets, and #1 market share
Principal Sector Focus:
- Asset Managers
- Broker-Dealers
- Business Development Companies
- Commercial Finance
- Depositories
- Consumer Finance
- Financial Technology
- Insurance
- Market Structure and Technology
Notable Facts:
- Over 10 professionals worldwide based in New York and London covering over 75 companies
- Completed over 150 bookrun financings and advisory transactions since the beginning of 2019
Principal Sector Focus:
- Sell-Side M&A
- Acquisition Financing
- Staple Financing
- Dividend Recap Financing
- IPO and Secondary Share Monetizations
- Buy-Side M&A
Notable Facts:
- One of the largest dedicated financial sponsor coverage groups in the world, with over 15 senior professionals worldwide
- Completed over 175 transactions with an aggregate since the beginning of 2019
- Active coverage of over 220 private equity firms
- Raised in debt and equity for financial sponsor portfolio companies, across over 100 leveraged finance transactions and equity financings in 2019
- Strong momentum in Europe, with over 45 transactions completed for financial sponsors in 2019
Principal Sector Focus:
- Large-Cap Pharmaceuticals
- Specialty Pharmaceuticals
- Generic Pharmaceuticals
- Pharmaceutical Services
- Biotechnology
- Diagnostics
- Life Science Tools
- Medical Devices
- Healthcare IT
- Healthcare Providers
- Managed Care
- Healthcare REITs
Notable Facts:
- One of the largest healthcare investment banking teams in the world
- Over 70 professionals worldwide based in New York, San Francisco, London and Hong Kong covering over 200 companies
- Completed over 300 bookrun financings and advisory transactions since the beginning of 2019 with an aggregate.
Principal Sector Focus:
- Automotive
- Automotive Aftermarket
- Aviation, Aerospace & Defense
- Building Products
- Business & Industrial Services
- Chemicals
- Distribution
- Diversified Industrials
- Maritime & Shipping
- Metals & Mining
- Logistics & Transportation
- Paper & Packaging
- Power, Renewables & Infrastructure
Notable Facts:
- 100 professionals worldwide based in New York, Boston, Chicago, Charlotte, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Atlanta, Houston, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai and Toronto covering over 230 companies
- Completed over 315 bookrun financing and advisory transactions since the beginning of 2019
Principal Sector Focus:
- Data and Information Services
- Advertising and Marketing Services
- Content and Entertainment
- Media, Publishing, and Broadcast
- Cloud and Internet Infrastructure
- Wireless and Satellite
- Wireline and Cable
- Towers, Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) and Small Cell
Notable Facts:
- Over 15 professionals worldwide based in New York and London covering over 45 companies
- Completed over 110 bookrun financings and advisory transactions since the beginning of 2019
Principal Sector Focus:
- Residential: Multifamily / Single-Family
- Industrial
- Office
- Retail
- Net Lease
- Data Centers
- Self Storage
- Lodging & Leisure
- Real Estate Owners, Land Developers, Service Providers
- Real Estate Private Equity Funds
- Gaming Operators, Online Gaming, Tribal Gaming
- Lottery Services and Gaming Equipment Manufacturers
Notable Facts:
- Over 10 professionals worldwide based in Charlotte, Frankfurt, London, and New York covering over 90 companies
- Completed over 190 bookrun financings and advisory transactions since the beginning of 2019
Principal Sector Focus:
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Communications Technology
- FinTech & Payments
- Internet
- Mobility Technology
- Semiconductors & Electronics
- Software
- Tech-Enabled Services
Notable Facts:
- Over 90 professionals across every vertical of technology in every major geography
- Completed over 290 Technology transactions since the beginning of 2019
- A category leader in technology leveraged finance with over 55 lead-left transactions since 2019
- 36 Bookrun IPOs globally since 2019
