
Darren Stacey
Partner, Debt Advisory
BDO’s debt advisory team specialises in advising companies about their debt facilities. We work with clients seeking to raise new debt, revise or restructure their banking arrangements, or renegotiate.
We have strong relationships with traditional banks, non-bank lenders and many private credit funds, ensuring you can maximise all potential funding options.
With our extensive finance networks, knowledge and cross-industry experience, we are well equipped to provide the advice you need to deal with all aspects of your financial arrangements, and we’ll work with you to ensure the best possible financial outcomes.
Our debt advisory experts bring extensive knowledge, experience, and strong industry relationships to support clients in meeting their requirements.
We can assist across advisory, corporate debt and growth capital, property debt advisory, special situations and distressed debt advisory, and M&A and leveraged finance.
We can support new debt facilities by providing advice on:
Securing new debt or refinancing in the current environment can be challenging for companies as financiers seek to manage risk and improve margins. Through BDO’s strong relationships, we assist clients in sourcing the right finance options for their current circumstances.
Given BDO’s extensive client base in the mid-market, we pride ourselves on supporting businesses looking for investment to back expansion and growth initiatives (acquisitions, capital expenditure projects, expansion). Our team is uniquely positioned to:
BDO’s debt advisory team has significant experience in all aspects of property development and investment, and we pride ourselves on guiding clients through the entire process to completion. BDO has a range of real estate and construction advisory services, providing clients with access to highly competitive and flexible debt solutions.
Our real estate finance specialists diligently secure senior and subordinated debt options, providing clients with an extensive range of debt across all asset classes, including commercial, residential, retail, and industrial. Our access to capital providers across traditional lenders and private credit (non-banks and credit funds) provides for a wide variety of funding options across the complete capital stack (i.e. senior funding, stretch-senior funding, mezzanine and real estate investment trust [REIT] and portfolio funding), with flexible tenors and terms.
We assist clients in developing solutions to complex debt challenges, leading stakeholder management and negotiations in distressed or special situations, refinancing existing lenders, and advising on strategic financial and debt restructuring options. BDO has specialist skills in special situations advisory.
Borrowers facing periods of significant change or stress may require assistance in managing their existing facilities, driven by the following:
Funding strategies and capital for new acquisitions or growth are key to the success of M&A initiatives, strategic growth opportunities, and large capital expenditure projects. BDO can assist in all aspects of mergers and acquisitions. We offer assistance in supporting acquisition and M&A funding, including:
We support clients to develop and undertake growth funding strategies, ensuring the success of initiatives and approaches to debt in the context of an effective overall capital management strategy. Our approach includes:
Contact us
Contact our team to discuss your needs using the request for service form.
Alternatively, call 1300 138 991 to speak with an adviser in your nearest BDO office.
Darren Stacey