Debt and Capital Advisory

Imran Khalid supports businesses in achieving their financing goals at every stage of their lifecycle by identifying and delivering the most suitable funding solutions. Whether facilitating growth, refinancing existing debt, or unlocking alternative sources of liquidity, he ensures organization gain access to capital on the most favorable terms.

He specializes in designing tailored and sustainable financing structures, advising on capital optimization strategies, including unlocking liquidity from the balance sheet where required. Imran manages the entire financing process end-to-end, enabling management teams to remain focused on their core operations, while his market expertise ensures that the organization's credit story is clearly articulated and execution risk is minimized.

1. Imran Khalid provides impartial, independent, and practical advice, leveraging his independence from funding sources to ensure objective guidance. He leads competitive processes that deliver the best results for companies, with no consideration for follow-on distributions. With no balance sheet of his own, Imran’s interests are fully aligned with the organizations he works with, focusing solely on identifying optimal solutions without bias toward any financier or financing product. 
2. Imran Khalid has a proven track record of successfully delivering iconic debt raise deals, including acquisition financing for privatizations, growth capital, project financing for both greenfield and brownfield projects, and working capital solutions. His expertise spans complex transactions, ensuring optimal structuring and execution for companies. 
3. Imran Khalid has deep expertise in structuring “bankable” debt raise solutions. He offers proven experience across a wide range of products, including senior and subordinated debt as well as quasi-equity instruments, ensuring that every funding position is optimized for clients from cash flow, accounting, taxation, legislative, and commercial perspectives. 
4.  Imran Khalid’s broad and strong relationships with both regional and global financiers enable him to secure best-in-class deals for clients. His knowledge of the right people at the right levels within the lending community allows him to navigate and unlock potential bottlenecks efficiently. By leveraging a wide pool of investor relationships, including mezzanine financiers, he provides clients with liquidity and product flexibility on optimal terms. 
5. Imran Khalid is an ex-banker and advisory professional with over two decades of commercial and corporate banking and debt advisory experience. His well-resourced international experience equips him with the expertise to drive the financing process from start to finish. With a deep understanding of the debt markets, he knows how to frame “the ask” effectively and position clients in the best possible light with lenders 

Imran Khalid adopts a pragmatic and results-driven approach to every engagement, focusing on solutions that are practically achievable rather than purely theoretical, taking into account the specific geography and circumstances in which his clients operate.

His fee structure is designed to deliver value for money and strong alignment with clients, combining a nominal retainer to ensure commitment with a success-based component. The majority of his fees are earned upon achieving company' objectives, ensuring that his interests are fully aligned and that he has meaningful “skin in the game” from the outset.

To help organizations assess the relevance of his services, Imran also provides a structured set of guiding questions to determine whether his expertise aligns with their specific financing and strategic needs

• Do you need funds for new investments (acquisitions, capex, working capital?

• Are you looking to improve the commercial terms and structure of your current debt facilities? 
• Are you within 12 months of needing to refinance existing facilities?

• Do you wish to release encumbered assets or feel that your security structure is not optimal?

• Are you facing a cash squeeze as a result of amortization payments coming up?

• Are your finance documents or covenants impacting your flexibility to operate effectively?

• Are you looking to improve your return on equity and optimize the capital structure? 

• Do financiers view you as highly leveraged, and is this impacting your ability to operate / grow?

• Do you wish to sell your business and want to structure the balance sheet in a way that could add value to your sale price?

 If the answer to any of the questions is “yes”, then it's definitely time for us to collaborate.