Services

Equity Offerings

We assist companies in deciding if and how it makes sense to tap the equity capital markets.

We advise privately-owned companies on:

IPOs
Spin-offs & spin-outs
Alternative ways of crystallising value

We advise publicly-listed companies on:

Follow-ons (capital increases, secondary sell-downs)
Equity-linked offerings

We add substantial value in

Preparing companies for the capital markets on a timely basis
Selecting and hiring banks and other advisers on optimal terms
Increasing valuation transparency
Setting the optimal price range/ offer pricing
Allocating shares to the right investor base

Dual Tracks

The various conflicts of interests in dual track exit processes, i.e. the simultaneous pursuit of an IPO and a Trade Sale, need to be managed.

In addition to the specific value add provided directly in relation to the IPO, in a dual track, Lilja & Co. will in particular advise on

Defining the appropriate type of dual track given the specific situation
The incentivisation of management to pursue both tracks with equal focus
Aligning both tracks, avoiding redundancies, and defining the key decision criteria and decision points
Incentivising banks appropriately on both tracks
Selecting the optimal exit option by evaluating the relative attractiveness of both the IPO and the Trade Sale at each key decision point

Specialised

Financial Advisory

We leverage our capital markets transaction experience and offer specialised advice in the following areas:

Exit/ Capital markets readiness assessment ahead of a proposed IPO or dual track exit process
Early company preparation
Teach-ins/ workshops about all aspects of going public and being a public company
Corporate governance and management incentivisation for privately- and publicly-owned companies
Investor targeting: Lilja & Co. has developed a proprietary investor data-base helping, amongst others, publicly-listed companies and financial investors to target and allocate the highest quality institutional investors in the given situation
Selected range of M&A services for certain specific situations

As an independent adviser, Lilja & Co. offers tailor-made and high quality capital markets advisory services to owners, founders and managements of large and medium-sized companies throughout Europe. Our main service categories are equity offerings (e.g. IPOs, Secondaries), dual track exits and specialised financial advisory.

The core service offering of Lilja & Co. is independent IPO and dual track advisory.