Conseil en finance d’entreprise

Financial Advisory & Access to Finance

Having deep knowledge of markets, industries and sectors in which our clients operate, we help them navigate smoothly during their growth process by providing them with experts’ advice in the following areas:

• Private Equity placement
• Floatation on Stock Exchange of Mauritius
• Debts and structured alternative finance (e.g. Notes, Preference Shares, Debentures)
• Capital structuring
• Tax planning considerations
• Feasibility Studies, Micro and Macro Economic Studies

SME Desk

We have set up an SME Desk to assist, guide, and monitor the operations of small and medium enterprises in their quest for business expansion. While leading negotiations with the relevant financial institutions, we also design our clients’ business implementation framework, re-engineer their business matrix, and make sure that their organisations are fully compliant.

Our clients usually request this service when they need financing to: expand their enterprise or premises, develop marketing and communication support, seek local or international technical expertise and consultancy, obtain quality certification, restructure their business, or seek appropriate training, mentoring and coaching.

Forensic Accounting

Our Forensic Services are led by HLB Corporate Services (Mauritius) Ltd which has an Advisory Team constituting of high profile experts. The following services are provided:

• Insurance Claim Assessment
• Claim Preparation
• Corporate Fraud Investigation
• Risk Management
• Support In Civil Litigation

Real Estate Financing

We advise Promoters on the most appropriate legal structuring for their projects, we assist them in the application for IRS/RES/IHS certificates, and we ensure follow-up with the relevant authorities to facilitate project implementation.

Feasibility Study is a key requirement in project implementation and guides Promoters in assessing a project’s liability. It also provides the basis for finance negotiation and provides an Action Plan for phasing in the project.

We lead corporate finance negotiations on behalf of Promoters and assist them in obtaining finance at competitive interest rates.

During the construction period, we manage their financial resources with the following deliverables:

• Dealing with all accounting routines: procurement scheduling, handling suppliers’ invoices and data capture among others
• Preparation of accounts (daily, monthly, quarterly)
• Preparation of treasury management reports to identify funding requirements and avoid any shortage
• Collection of debtors and investors monies
• Provide comprehensive compliance services including preparation and filing of VAT Returns and Income Tax Return

Corporate Governance

Corporate governance, in simple terms, is the system by which companies are directed and controlled. It has over the years, gain in much importance as tougher regulations have been implemented to counter poor internal controls, ineffective business strategy and inefficient reporting.

At HLB Mauritius, our experts can help you develop and implement corporate governance structures tailored to your organisation’s needs and elevate its compliance to protect stakeholders’ rights.

The scope of services provided by our Corporate Governance team includes the following:

1. The Development and Implementation of a Corporate Governance Framework is based on the following:

• Regulatory Compliance
• Corporate and Business Planning
• Responsible and Transparent Management of Stakeholders’ Relationship
• Risk Management
• Performance Management
• Board Functions
• Internal Controls

2. Annual Reviews/Monitoring services to assess and improve organisations’ Corporate Governance Structures

Business Process Re-engineering

Our BPR service was set up to redesign the internal and external processes of organisations to facilitate their way of doing business and ameliorate the quality of their service. It usually results in optimization of their resources, better communication, proper use of IT systems and software, and of course, organised back-office and front-office operations.