• IPO

    PUBLICATIONS

    We offer companies of different economy sectors a full range of IPO-related services. Our professionals will support clients at all stages of an IPO process: starting from taking a decision on going to IPO and to assistance in solving issues that may arise after the placement of securities.

    Our key services:

    Pre-IPO

    • Support in creating the corporate governance system and restructuring, consultations on tax issues
    • Development of the internal control and accounting systems
    • Support in preparing financial information
    • Audit
    • Consultations on reimbursement schemes and payment criteria
    • Help in selecting other consultants

    During IPO

    • Due diligence aimed at determining information to be disclosed in the offering circulars
    • Verification of financial forecasts, helping management in assessing key assumptions
    • Support of employees in the course of verifying public offering documents
    • Close collaboration with the company and other consultants in the course of IPO

    After IPO

    • Assistance in implementing financial and tax strategies
    • Support in making sure the requirements are met with regard to financial statements submission and other stock-exchange and its regulators’ requirements
    • Consulting on operational processes’ optimisation and capital management
    • Assistance in searching and analyzing potential investment objects and other development resources

    Cooperation of BDO UK and stock exchanges in the last 5 years

    Over 130 IPOs

    • with a combined market value of £sterling 17 billion;
    • including 16 deals over sterling 250 million;
    • 74% of the funds raised were for international businesses in 46 different countries;
    • mostly London Stock Exchange Main Market and AIM IPOs;
    • but also Euronext, ICEX and Slovenian Stock Exchange transactions.

    Over 80 other capital markets transactions including class 1 acquisition/disposals, reverse takeovers, demergers, secondary fund raisings, Eurobond issues, moves between AIM and the Official List, takeover offers and bid defences.

    BDO cooperation with stock exchanges

    Our partners within the BDO network actively develop cooperation with several European stock exchanges:

    BDO in Great Britain is one of the leading financial advisors to the London stock exchange

    BDO in Sweden is a financial advisor to the Stockholm stock exchange (OMX Nordic Exchange)

    We work with international payment service providers VISA and Mastercard, and leading international financial organizations and investment companies: EBRD, IFC, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank AG, Credit Suisse, HSBC, ING Bank, and others. We advise banks in their cooperation with international rating agencies.

    The company has experience of cooperation with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implementation of projects in the Russian Federation and the CIS funded through the IBRD, EBRD and TACIS.

    BDO is registered with two stock exchanges — New York and London. For our clients this means that audit opinions signed by BDO are accepted by stock exchange regulators during the placement of securities. BDO is an official listing partner of Deutsche Börse (the principal German stock exchange).