Finance & accounting

Hire a debt financing advisor in Greece and Cyprus

Raising debt well is a matter of preparation and structure; an advisor brings both before the bank does.

At some point most companies in Greece and Cyprus need to borrow, and the terms depend on how they arrive at the table. A debt financing advisor prepares the case, structures the request, runs the process with lenders and negotiates the covenants that will shape the company for years. It usually starts with one of these:

Growth capex that the current facilities cannot carry
An acquisition to be funded partly with debt
Working capital for a season, a large contract or faster growth
An expensive facility worth refinancing before it renews

The debt financing advisors on Hellenic Talent are elite professionals from bank lending and structuring teams, corporate finance advisory and CFO roles. They know how Greek and Cypriot banks assess a file, and which alternative lenders and development-bank schemes are worth approaching.

What does a debt financing advisor actually do?

Size the debt the business can carry, and in what form
Build the financing case: business plan, cash-flow model and information pack
Structure the request across bank debt, bonds, leasing and development-bank schemes
Run a competitive process across lenders instead of a single conversation
Negotiate pricing, security and covenants that leave room to operate
Manage the closing and the reporting obligations that follow

How to choose the right debt financing advisor

What to test in the first conversation, whoever you end up hiring.

Covenants before the rate
Talks through the covenant package and the security a lender will ask for before the headline rate.
Gets competing term sheets
Has taken a request to several banks at once and can show how the competing term sheets differed.
No fee from the lender
Is paid by the borrower alone, never by the bank placing the loan, so offers can be compared cleanly.