Structured Finance & Carbon
For structured debt, private credit, project finance, acquisitions, commercial real estate, infrastructure, metals and carbon project mandates.
Structured Finance & Carbon
Answers to common questions regarding our advisory services, client intake process, engagement terms, transaction requirements, underwriting, execution and financial closing.
Our role, advisory scope and the transactions we work on.
FG Capital Advisors provides corporate finance, transaction structuring and capital advisory services to companies, sponsors, project developers, asset owners, traders and other commercial principals.
Our work may include transaction assessment, structured debt advisory, debt sizing, financial analysis, capital structure development, lender preparation, financial modelling, capital-provider selection, term sheet negotiation and borrower-side execution through financial close.
No. FG Capital Advisors acts in an advisory and arranging capacity.
Financing is provided by banks, private credit funds, specialty lenders and other eligible capital providers that conduct their own independent underwriting and make their own credit decisions.
No. No financing outcome, credit approval, term sheet or financial closing can be guaranteed.
Transactions remain subject to capital-provider appetite, underwriting, due diligence, compliance review, definitive documentation, internal approval and satisfaction of applicable transaction conditions.
Clients may include operating companies, corporate borrowers, commodity traders, producers, project sponsors, developers, acquirers, asset owners and other principals pursuing a defined financing, refinancing or capital transaction.
Yes. We consider cross-border transactions involving companies, projects, assets and commercial trade flows in multiple jurisdictions.
Each matter remains subject to applicable legal, compliance, sanctions, banking and capital-provider requirements.
This depends on the transaction. Structured debt generally requires an identifiable and defensible source of repayment.
This may include operating cash flow, contractual revenues, receivables, inventory, project cash flow, eligible collateral, committed offtake or another credible form of credit support.
Idea-stage businesses without a developed financing case are generally outside the scope of institutional structured debt mandates.
Yes, where the intermediary is authorized to introduce the transaction and its relationship with the principal is clearly disclosed.
Any applicable referral, client-attribution or intermediary terms are addressed separately.
How a prospective transaction is assessed, accepted and progressed into an active advisory mandate.
For structured debt, private credit, project finance, acquisitions, commercial real estate, infrastructure, metals and carbon project mandates.
Structured Finance & CarbonFor letters of credit, borrowing bases, receivables, inventory, supplier finance, purchase finance and transaction-backed working capital mandates.
Trade & Working CapitalSubmission of a transaction does not create an advisory engagement. Each prospective mandate is assessed before it is accepted. Where there is a suitable basis for engagement, a formal proposal is issued for the prospective client's review.
Select the appropriate intake route and submit the principal transaction details, financing requirement and available supporting information.
We assess the transaction, requested financing, repayment source, counterparties, credit support, documentation and execution readiness.
Where there is a suitable basis for engagement, we issue a formal proposal setting out the mandate, scope, responsibilities, fees and engagement terms.
If the client elects to proceed, the engagement documentation is executed and the applicable commencement requirements are satisfied.
The advisory mandate commences and the agreed structuring, transaction preparation, capital-provider engagement, underwriting, negotiation, due diligence and documentation workstreams are progressed through financial closing.
All prospective mandates begin through client intake.
Structured debt, private credit, project finance, acquisitions, commercial real estate, metals and carbon projects should use the Structured Finance & Carbon intake. Trade finance and structured working capital matters should use the dedicated Trade Finance & Working Capital intake.
We conduct an initial mandate assessment.
The transaction profile, financing requirement, repayment source, relevant counterparties, available security or collateral, supporting documentation and execution readiness are reviewed to determine whether the transaction falls within our scope and whether there is a suitable basis for engagement.
No. Client intake begins the assessment process. It does not create an advisory engagement or constitute acceptance of the mandate.
FG Capital Advisors issues a formal engagement proposal describing the proposed mandate, scope of work, responsibilities, fees, commercial terms and applicable engagement conditions.
The prospective client can review the proposal before deciding whether to proceed.
The mandate commences once the engagement documentation has been executed and the applicable commencement requirements described in the engagement have been satisfied.
Preliminary assessment, correspondence and receipt of transaction documents do not by themselves constitute an active advisory mandate.
Work begins in accordance with the agreed mandate.
Depending on the transaction, this may include debt sizing, financial analysis, structuring, financial modelling, credit preparation, lender materials, data-room preparation and development of the capital-provider strategy.
Not necessarily. Institutional financing transactions should generally be properly assessed, structured and prepared before capital providers are approached.
Where preparation is required, that work is completed before targeted distribution begins.
Where execution through financial close forms part of the agreed scope, the mandate continues through the relevant underwriting, commercial negotiation, diligence, documentation and closing workstreams in accordance with the engagement terms.
Yes. FG Capital Advisors provides professional paid advisory services.
The applicable fees and commercial terms are disclosed in the formal engagement proposal before the mandate commences.
Fees depend on transaction size, complexity, required advisory workstreams, anticipated execution effort and overall mandate scope.
The applicable fee structure is documented in the engagement proposal.
Our engagements are undertaken on a paid advisory basis.
We do not generally undertake substantive structuring, financial analysis, diligence, transaction preparation and execution work solely on a contingent success-fee basis.
Provide enough information for us to understand the transaction and assess whether there is a credible basis for engagement.
This normally includes the requested financing amount, jurisdiction, use of proceeds, transaction status, repayment source, proposed security or collateral, relevant counterparties and available supporting documentation.
No. Initial intake should contain sufficient information for a preliminary mandate assessment.
Additional financial, commercial, technical or legal documents may be requested if the transaction advances through the review process.
Client intake is the standard starting point for prospective mandates.
Reviewing the transaction in writing allows us to determine whether there is an appropriate basis for engagement before allocating advisory resources. Calls may be arranged where appropriate as the engagement process progresses.
There is no universal transaction timetable.
Timing depends on transaction complexity, documentation quality, client readiness, capital-provider appetite, underwriting, diligence, negotiation, legal documentation and satisfaction of applicable closing conditions.
Corporate debt, refinancing, private credit and bespoke capital structures.
Our structured debt advisory services may cover senior secured debt, private credit, unitranche facilities, bridge financing, mezzanine capital, asset-based lending and other bespoke credit structures.
Yes. Refinancing may involve replacing an existing lender, extending maturity, increasing liquidity, consolidating facilities, revising covenants or reorganizing the broader capital structure.
Potentially. The financing case may be supported by operating cash flow, contractual revenues, receivables, inventory, eligible assets or another identifiable repayment source.
Yes. Depending on the transaction, collateral may include receivables, inventory, real estate, equipment, contractual rights or other eligible assets.
Capital providers consider ownership, enforceability, liquidity, valuation, control and expected recovery value.
Yes, where these instruments are appropriate to the borrower's leverage profile, senior debt capacity, transaction timetable, sponsor contribution and proposed repayment or exit.
Where capital-provider engagement forms part of the agreed mandate, we identify and approach relevant banks, private credit funds, specialty lenders and other institutional counterparties aligned with the transaction profile.
Financing built around identifiable trade flows, working capital assets and controlled repayment proceeds.
Our structured trade finance services may cover borrowing base facilities, transactional trade finance, pre-export finance, prepayment structures, inventory finance, warehouse finance, receivables finance, supplier finance, purchase finance, letters of credit and structured working capital.
No. FG Capital Advisors is not an issuing bank.
We may provide letter of credit and trade finance advisory where documentary letters of credit, usance or UPAS LCs, standby letters of credit or related bank instruments form part of a legitimate commercial transaction.
A borrowing base facility provides revolving debt availability against a defined pool of eligible assets, commonly inventory, receivables or both.
Availability is recalculated using agreed eligibility criteria, advance rates, concentration limits, reserves and reporting requirements.
Potentially. Our inventory financing advisory considers title, location, valuation, market liquidity, price volatility, insurance, storage, monitoring and the capital provider's ability to control the collateral.
Yes, subject to eligibility and underwriting. Relevant considerations may include debtor quality, ageing, concentration, dilution, payment history, assignment mechanics and applicable credit insurance.
Pre-export finance provides working capital before export proceeds are received.
It may support procurement, production, processing or logistics and is normally structured around future export flows, identifiable buyers and controlled repayment proceeds.
Yes. A credible offtake arrangement may provide visibility over future sales and repayment proceeds.
Capital providers consider the buyer, contractual obligations, pricing, tenor, performance risk and enforceability.
Potentially. Purchase finance generally requires a credible purchase and resale cycle, identifiable counterparties, sufficient transaction economics, documented logistics and a defensible route to repayment.
Yes, subject to the jurisdictions, counterparties, goods or commodities, sanctions position, contractual structure, logistics, currency and availability of suitable capital providers.
Underwriting may include the borrower, trade history, purchase and sale contracts, counterparties, margins, inventory, receivables, logistics, insurance, commodity risk, foreign exchange exposure, collateral and the proposed source and control of repayment.
Financing structured around project cash flow, contractual revenues and long-term asset economics.
Our project finance advisory may include bankability assessment, debt sizing, financial modelling, capital structure development, lender preparation, capital-provider selection, term sheet negotiation and execution support.
Potentially. Non-recourse or limited-recourse structures require sufficient project-level cash flow, contractual support, appropriate risk allocation and security for capital providers to rely primarily on the project for repayment.
Potentially, where the project has advanced sufficiently to support institutional underwriting.
Relevant factors may include land rights, permits, feasibility, technical studies, EPC arrangements, offtake, financial modelling, sponsor capability and committed equity.
Yes. Relevant mandates may include solar, energy storage and other infrastructure or energy projects where the technical, commercial and contractual framework supports a financeable transaction.
We also provide dedicated solar PV financing and placement support.
In most project finance structures, capital providers expect an appropriate amount of sponsor equity or subordinated capital.
The required amount depends on project risk, development stage, debt capacity, contractual support and lender requirements.
Relevant materials may include feasibility studies, financial models, permits, land rights, EPC contracts, operating agreements, PPAs or other offtake contracts, environmental documentation, technical studies, sponsor information and existing financing proposals.
Debt structures supporting corporate acquisitions, management buyouts and commercial real estate.
Yes. Our acquisition and MBO financing advisory may involve senior debt, private credit, unitranche facilities, bridge capital, mezzanine financing and other components of the acquisition capital stack.
Capital providers generally assess the target company's historical and projected cash flow, leverage, management, industry, purchase price, valuation, debt-service capacity, buyer equity and downside protection.
Potentially, subject to the transaction structure and applicable legal requirements.
Acquisition lenders frequently size debt based on sustainable post-closing cash flow and debt-service capacity.
Yes. Relevant mandates may involve acquisition financing, refinancing, structured property debt and commercial real estate bridge financing where the asset value, operating income, business plan and proposed repayment or exit support the credit case.
Bridge financing may be appropriate for acquisitions, refinancing events, transitional assets, repositioning strategies or situations requiring interim financing before a longer-term refinancing or asset sale.
Financing structures involving physical metals, minerals, production and controlled inventory.
Our metals and minerals trade finance advisory may include purchase finance, inventory facilities, borrowing bases, receivables finance, pre-export finance and other structured working capital transactions.
A metal repo generally involves a financing counterparty acquiring title to eligible metal with an agreed mechanism for the original counterparty to repurchase the metal later.
The structure depends heavily on title, custody, valuation, liquidity, storage, insurance and enforceability.
Potentially. Financeability depends on the metal, specification, location, ownership, warehouse or custody arrangements, valuation, liquidity, price risk, insurance and collateral control.
Capital providers may require evidence of origin, title, specifications, assay or inspection, inventory location, logistics, insurance, purchase and sale contracts, counterparties and proposed repayment mechanics.
Yes. Origin, ownership, jurisdiction, shipping routes, counterparties and sanctions exposure may materially affect whether a metals or commodity transaction can be financed.
Development, quantification, commercialization and financing of qualified carbon projects.
Our carbon project development consulting may include feasibility assessment, methodology review, project development support, PDD preparation, MRV and quantification, commercialization, offtake preparation and financing advisory for qualified projects.
Yes, where the project has a credible underlying activity, an appropriate methodology, measurable climate impact, appropriate project rights and a viable path through validation, monitoring, verification and issuance.
Monitoring, reporting and verification establish how project activity and climate outcomes are measured, documented and evidenced.
Our carbon MRV and quantification work supports the measurement framework used to quantify eligible emissions reductions or removals under the applicable methodology.
Potentially. Financing may include development capital, prepayments, forward structures, project debt or other private capital where future project revenues, carbon-credit sales or contractual cash flows provide a credible financing case.
Potentially. Forward sales, ERPAs, offtakes and prepayment structures may provide development capital or future revenue visibility.
Commercial terms depend on project quality, methodology, expected delivery, buyer appetite, pricing, credit risk and contractual obligations.
FG Capital Advisors' principal role is advisory.
Where commercialization or offtake forms part of the mandate, we may assist with buyer preparation, commercial structuring and relevant counterparty engagement.
Any participation by affiliated vehicles is considered separately under their own investment policies and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
No. Validation, registration, verification, issuance and market acceptance depend on the applicable standard, methodology, project performance, independent validators or verifiers and other requirements outside FG Capital Advisors' control.
Institutional requirements applicable across advisory and financing mandates.
Yes. Appropriate client, ownership, counterparty and transaction diligence may be required.
Banks and other capital providers also conduct their own independent KYC, AML, sanctions and compliance reviews.
This is assessed case by case.
Sanctions exposure, enforceability, banking access, political risk, regulatory restrictions and capital-provider policies may materially affect whether a mandate can be accepted or financed.
Client and transaction information is handled as confidential information, subject to applicable engagement terms, legal obligations and disclosures required for approved transaction execution.
No. Clients should obtain legal, tax, accounting and regulatory advice from appropriately qualified professionals.
Transaction counsel and other specialist advisers may be involved in the execution process where necessary.
Where an activity must be conducted by an appropriately licensed, regulated or authorized party, that activity is undertaken through the relevant authorized counterparty where required.
A capital provider may review financial statements, management information, ownership, contracts, collateral, business performance, counterparties, valuation, insurance, compliance matters and the proposed repayment source.
Under an appropriate mandate, FG Capital Advisors supports the client in reviewing and negotiating commercial financing terms.
This may include pricing, tenor, leverage, advance rates, covenants, security requirements, conditions precedent and other material commercial terms. Legal documentation is handled by the applicable legal counsel.
There is no universal closing timetable.
Timing depends on client readiness, transaction complexity, capital-provider process, diligence, negotiation, legal documentation, collateral perfection, regulatory matters and satisfaction of conditions precedent.
A lender decline does not necessarily determine the outcome of the entire mandate.
Where appropriate, the structure, positioning or capital-provider strategy may be reassessed. However, no alternative capital-provider approval can be guaranteed.
Yes, where appropriate.
Existing lender conversations, term sheets and previous financing approaches should be disclosed during intake so the mandate can be managed efficiently and unnecessary duplication can be avoided.
Select the intake route that best reflects your mandate. We will assess the transaction and, where there is a suitable basis for engagement, issue a formal advisory proposal for your review.
Disclosure. FG Capital Advisors provides corporate finance advisory, transaction structuring and capital-provider engagement support. FG Capital Advisors is not a bank or direct lender and does not guarantee financing. Credit decisions remain subject to independent underwriting, due diligence, compliance review, definitive documentation and approval by the applicable capital provider. Nothing contained in this FAQ constitutes legal, tax or accounting advice, a lending commitment or an offer of securities.
Thank you for visiting FG Capital Advisors. Should you wish to discuss a live financing, capital-raising or structured transaction mandate, we invite you to begin through our client intake process.
For trade finance and structured working capital matters, please submit your enquiry through our dedicated trade finance intake.
FG Capital Advisors is a corporate finance advisory firm focused on private credit solutions for trade-related businesses, climate and environmental projects, and companies operating across the mining and metals sector.
We apply disciplined commercial and technical review to each opportunity and support clients in preparing transactions that can be assessed by regulated lenders and professional investors.
Where mandates are approved, we coordinate structuring, documentation, and communication among counterparties so that transactions can move from indicative terms to closing on a clear timetable.
Any participation by affiliated vehicles is considered separately, in line with their investment policies and applicable regulatory requirements.
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