Capital Structure Optimization | CGPH Banque d'Affaires
Capital Aligned With Strategy.
Structure Built for Performance.
A disciplined approach to rebalancing equity, debt, and hybrid instruments for growth, flexibility, and investor confidence.
CGPH Banque d’Affaires helps companies and investors reshape their capital architecture—reducing cost of capital, unlocking flexibility, and preparing for growth, exit, or consolidation. Capital is not neutral. We make it strategic.
Expert Capital Architects for Complex Funding Environments
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CGPH Capital Stack Audit™: full D/E, WACC, and
governance evaluation
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Experience across growth, distress, transition,
and exit scenarios
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Multi‑instrument access: equity, mezzanine, convertibles,
club deals, bonds
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Integrated legal, tax, debt, and investor‑logic alignment
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Trusted by founders, CFOs, family groups, and
financial sponsors
Capital Is a Lever — When Designed With Intention
Your capital structure should evolve with your business cycle. CGPH evaluates weak points, recalibrates the equity–debt–convertible balance, and designs funding scenarios that strengthen governance, valuation, and long‑term optionality.
A Comprehensive Capital Architecture Framework
1. Capital Structure Diagnosis
Review of D/E ratio, WACC, cap table integrity, covenants, rights, and hidden bottlenecks.
2. Rebalancing & Optimization
Equity injections, mezzanine, silent capital, convertibles, club structures, bonds—engineered to achieve target flexibility and control.
3. Strategic Scenario Modeling
Exit‑ready recapitalization, post‑M&A cleanup, minority cash‑out, cross‑border restructuring, and Series A/B positioning.
4. Governance & Legal Alignment
Renegotiation of shareholder agreements, preferred share logic, drag/tag optimization, management incentives.
5. Funding Access & Integration
Coordination with PE, debt, M&A, tax, and public funding desks for aligned execution.
A Disciplined Three‑Phase Process
Capital stack audit, scenario map, governance assessment.
Step 1 — Diagnostic
(1–2 weeks)
Term sheets, rebalancing plan, governance realignment.
Step 2 — Structuring
(2–4 weeks)
Legal, fiscal, and capital deployment with coordinated investor/lender engagement.
Step 3 — Execution
(4–8 weeks)
Why Clients Choose CGPH
Reduced Cost. Increased Optionality. Greater Control.
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Enhanced investor confidence
A coherent capital strategy improves bankability and negotiation leverage.
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Financial flexibility
Better aligned instruments allow strategic reinvestment, growth, or distributions.
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Faster execution in future transactions
Cleaner governance and capital design streamline M&A, fundraising, and refinancing.
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What instruments can be used?
Equity, silent capital, mezzanine, convertibles, club deals, and bond/note issuance.
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What are typical motivations?
WACC reduction, flexibility improvement, diversification of capital sources, preparation for exit or consolidation.
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Do you support cross‑border restructuring?
Yes—tax‑aligned multi‑jurisdiction scenarios are included.
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Do you work with investors and sponsors?
Yes—capital structures are calibrated for return logic, control rights, and waterfall protections.
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From our headquarters in Paris, we support investors, founders, and corporate leaders in designing disciplined equity transactions that align growth, governance, and long-term value.
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