Industries
Financial Services
Banks, insurers, microfinance institutions, asset managers and fintechs navigating capital requirements, growth and regulatory change.
Overview
Financial institutions face a narrow path: hold enough capital to satisfy regulators, deploy enough to satisfy shareholders, and modernise fast enough to keep customers. We advise on capital planning, funding, transactions and risk frameworks for institutions from licensed microfinance lenders to regional banking groups.
What is changing
Capital adequacy rules are tightening across African and Middle Eastern markets, digital lenders and payment providers are taking share from incumbents, and consolidation is reshaping regional banking. Each of those shifts is a capital decision before it is anything else.
Issues we are asked to solve
- Capital adequacy and recapitalisation plans
- Raising growth capital for fintechs and non-bank lenders
- Acquisitions, mergers and portfolio sales
- Risk frameworks ahead of regulatory review
- Board reporting on liquidity and asset quality
How we help
Our services for financial services
- Capital Structure & FundingRecapitalisation plans, subordinated debt and equity raises sized to regulatory headroom.Read more
- Investment & Transaction SupportValuation and diligence on bank, insurance and fintech transactions, including loan-book quality.Read more
- Risk & ComplianceGap assessments against prudential, AML and governance requirements before supervisors arrive.Read more
Contacts
Advisors in this sector
James RudgerManaging PartnerNairobiMBA, United States International University–Africa
Kevin BrightonPartner, Risk & ComplianceNairobiMBA, University of London
Jenifer TiarryPartner, Capital Structure & FundingLondonMBA, University of Birkshire
Bridgit LopesPartner, North AmericaWashington, D.C.MBA, Harvard University
Insights
Related thinking
- Webinar1 October 2026Raising capital across borders: what lenders and investors look forA live session with partners from our London, Abu Dhabi and Nairobi offices on preparing a business to raise capital from international sources.
- Report12 June 2026 · 18 min readCapital for growth markets: how mid-sized businesses are funding expansionOur view of how mid-sized businesses across Africa, the Middle East and Asia are funding growth as bank appetite tightens and new sources of capital emerge.
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