OUR BUSINESS
Strategic Advisory
Rocklane Capital Partners advises its institutional clients in fine-tuning deploying their real estate strategy across asset classes in Africa. The scope of services here is client-specific, depending of the needs and objectives, but includes some fundamentals: deep and comprehensive market analysis, full 5-year strategy underwriting (portfolio allocation and capital deployment and financing strategy, financial modelling, step-by-step roadmap for the implementation and execution of the strategy).
Rocklane Capital Partners’ capabilities and expertise allows the company to follow through with its clients and execute the eventually validated strategy.
CASE STUDIES
Raxio
Rocklane helped this strategic operator develop its data centres platform across West Africa with a focus on Côte d’Ivoire.
Actions undertaken or planned:
- Initial assessment of the client’s needs and requirement in terms of location (distance from CBD), land size, optical fiber availability and power supply
- Identification of target locations and sites that meets the criteria of the strategic operator
- For each target site: immediate market analysis and risk profile assessment, extension and development opportunity identification, value creation possibilities definition with step-by-step implementation plan
- Comprehensive market study to identify demand and market depth in terms of data centres
- Detailed leasing strategy and anticipation of negotiations to look for potential tenants
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Douala Mall
Rocklane helped an institutional real estate investor review its debt-raising strategy and secure debt financing for the development of its shopping centre in Douala.
Actions undertaken:
- Initial assessment of the client’s needs and objectives in terms of timing and amount for the debt component of the project
- Identification of the strategic financing objectives, including the target capital structure, the financial flexibility, the liquidity cushion and fixed rate
- Preparation and drafting of the legal documentation including the credit agreements and the structure / terms recommendations
- Preparation of the marketing document including the offering memorandum and the presentation to the lender
- Negotiations of the documentation and the key terms
- Post-closing structuring requirements
