In an increasingly challenging business environment that demands experience and sound advice, the Financials team remains a leading advisor to financial institutions throughout the Nordics. ABGSC brings in-depth knowledge and valuable transaction experience to financial services companies, and provides our clients with state-of-the-art solutions to challenges that arise in the current operating environment.
Our Healthcare team provides a combination of in-depth sector expertise and experience within biotech / pharma, medical technology and healthcare services, with both strong local knowledge and network in the Nordic region combined with an extensive international reach and placing power, as well as the creativity to structure the optimal deal for our clients. ABGSC comprises substantial experience in healthcare investment banking and offers a full range of financing and advisory skills required to grow and excel in the competitive healthcare landscape. ABGSC’s Healthcare team has a proven track record within IPO's, equity offerings and M&A transactions in the sector.
The Industrials team is comprised of senior professionals who leverage their industry relationships, extensive transaction experience and product expertise to deliver proactive ideas, sound advice and superior execution for their clients. In addition, ABGSC’s equity research team provides unparalleled expertise across all major industrial sectors. ABGSC has a strong track record of developing innovative and creative solutions for the challenges facing our clients.
The E&P team leverages its oil and gas industry and capital markets expertise to provide clients with unsurpassed strategic and financial advisory services across the breadth of investment banking products, including high-yield and convertible debt offerings, IPO and equity follow-on offerings, and M&A/strategic advisory work. In addition to significant investment banking experience, our team has deep operating and engineering experience which allows for the delivery of tailored and value-adding solutions within restructuring, asset acquisitions and divestitures, M&A and financing for E&P companies of all sizes. ABGSC´s broad-based transaction experience extends across the whole of the E&P industry.
The oil services sector is one of the most dynamic and capital intensive industries in Norway. Our dedicated team of oil services specialists uses its in-depth sector expertise, superb industry relationships and extensive transaction experience to deliver innovative ideas, superior advice and seamless execution for its clients. ABGSC has been involved in a significant number of oil services transactions over the last few years, offering a wide spectre of investment banking products such as high-yield and convertible debt offerings, IPO and equity follow-on offerings, and strategic advisory services.
ABGSC has a specialised Real Estate group which is proud to have established a reputation for both creativity and a client-driven approach when it comes to building structured investment vehicles which meet the various needs of our clients. Real estate activities have grown rapidly in recent years as our innovative approach, deep sector knowledge and excellent distribution relationships have combined to produce an exciting business, active in a number of important markets both within, and increasingly outside, the Nordic region. The Real Estate team is comprised of separate, but closely interlinked teams focusing on real estate transactions and property asset management.
The Retail team consists of a dedicated team of professionals with unsurpassed level of industry, regional and product expertise, offering clients comprehensive financial and strategic advice. ABGSC has considerable transaction experience and a wide network of corporate relationships in the retail sector. ABGSC’s Retail team has a proven track record across the diverse spectrum of the retail industry, and has successfully managed a number of IPO’s, equity offerings and M&A transactions in the Nordic region.
The seafood industry is one of the most important industries in Norway, and provides some of the most significant exports of the country. Our experienced team of professionals provides full scale corporate finance advisory services to companies operating within aquaculture, fisheries and seafood processing. We have advised extensively over the last two decades in some of the most high profile transactions in the sector, and have experience of M&A and capital market transactions for both small and large companies, including some of the largest in the industry world wide.
The shipping industry has increasingly sought alternative methods for financing growth and satisfying capital needs, resulting in specialised investment product structures derived from shipping assets. The ABGSC shipping team, made up of a number of dedicated shipping specialists, offers significant experience negotiating and structuring such transactions, and implementing and performing the necessary project management. The company has been manager, advisor, arranger and commercial manager to a significant number of shipping and financing transactions over the last years, concluding projects with a value of approximately USD 4 billion.
The deep industry knowledge and extensive transaction experience of ABGSC’s dedicated TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) team makes it a leader in the sector. The team specialises in highlighting the attractiveness of Nordic TMT companies to the global financial community and international corporates, and ABGSC has successfully managed numerous IPOs within the sector over many years - private placements and block trades - as well as conducted a large number of international trade sales and public to private processes.
While having built a particularly strong franchise relating to high growth companies, ABGSC’s comprehensive selection of credentials in the sector proves our versatility. Over the last few years a vast number of clients both in the technology, media and telecom verticals have benefited from ABGSC’s combination of strong industry competence and financial skills.
Private Equity
ABGSC has acted as advisors on a large number of private equity transactions in the Nordic region, with clients ranging from local private equity firms to large international players. Leveraging on ABGSC's wide sector knowledge, long transaction experience and significant Scandinavian network, our key services include advisory in relation to acquisition and divestiture processes, refinancings and acting as a general speaking partner.