TRUST THROUGH TRANSPARENCY

Strategic Finance & Music Industry Advisors

ABOUT WHITE FOREST

White Forest is a leading strategic financing advisory firm for mid-sized companies and institutions, family offices and private equity funds
We operate on three core values: trust, transparency and long-term win-win relationships.

Over the past 10 years, our team of ex-bankers and debt advisory specialists has completed more than 100 successful advisory projects with a combined value of several billion Euros for very appealing clients.

Advisory projects include: refinancings, bank relationship optimizations, acquisition financings, asset based transactions (including real estate, leasing and factoring), special management support, etc.

Network

White Forest is a co-founder of the Trusted Partner Alliance. This network organization of highly qualified professionals in the mid-market enables us to effectively advise in complex and multidisciplinary situations, under the direction of our client’s existing trusted advisor. We work together with lawyers, tax specialists and asset planners, among others.

In addition, White Forest has a broad network of Dutch and foreign banks, international debt and equity funds, informal investors and family offices.

Clients

White Forest is proud of the impressive track record of our partners. The focus is on large family businesses in the Netherlands, but we also count leading private equity firms and healthcare and not-for-profit institutions among our regular client base. For debt capital, we focus primarily on financing from 10 to 500 million euros. For young, fast-growing companies, we also arrange smaller funding amounts with the same dedication, as long as the value for money for our client is not compromised.

Due to our strategic focus, we normally directly advise managing directors, CEOs, CFOs, commissioners and supervisors.

Team & Experience

White Forest is a flexible network organisation with a committed core team consisting of independent and highly experienced advisors with diverse expertise in bank financing, private equity and alternative forms of capital. Together we have completed more than 100 successful advisory projects with a combined value of several billion euros for very attractive clients over the past 10 years. Understanding the client and building mutually satisfying long-term relationships are paramount to all our advisors.

Method

We start by listening a lot and empathizing with what the company needs. What we believe is that a good strategic financing strategy helps organizations to achieve their goals faster and to distinguish themselves even more from the competition.

STRATEGIC FUNDING PROCESS

White Forest is working according to a clear and concrete roadmap to design and implement an optimal financing structure for its clients.

1. Network

Early in the process White Forest investigates opportunities across its network for the specific situation. Read more

2. Analysis

During this phase, after a thorough and objective analysis of the strategic plans of the organization, the impact on the short- and long-term funding need is determined. Read more

3. Long list

Depending on the desired structure a long list of potential financing parties from the network of White Forest (and potentially that of our the client) will be prepared and the best timing to approach the market is determined. Read more

4. Short list

After receiving indications from the market feasibility and conditions is then determined a short list, to whom a full information memorandum will be supplied. After initial discussions and/or negotiations short list of final funders will be made. Read more

5. Closing

The selected parties will then be asked to submit committed proposals, which after final negotiations will be incorporated in the legal documentation. Read more

6. Relationship

During the whole process, where appropriate, specialists (tax experts, lawyers, etc.) will be involved to ensure that the structure is directly optimized on all relevant aspects. Read more

Our Value

Our Motivation

What drives our entire team is the satisfaction we experience by gaining the confidence of our clients and helping them achieve their goals. A good funding strategy is essential to this.

Originally, we started working in the financial sector, because of the vast complexity and challenging environment. After we gained a thorough understanding of this particular sector, we noticed that many of the opportunities it offers mainly stayed within the sector itself and were not always passed on to its companies.

White Forest has taken on the objective to give insights into the complex financial world as simple and transparent as possible to its clients. Thereby helping them to secure the future of their business and achieve their goals faster.

In return, we gain the confidence to be able to assist our customers again and again.

That is what drives us every day.

Our Clients

Over the last 10 years our team of ex-bankers, debt & equity specialists completed more than 100 successful financing transactions with a combined value of completed several billion Euros for very appealing clients.

To get an idea of the sort of clients we serve, a small selection of projects the members of our team recently worked for is included below. With respect to the privacy of our clients, a more complete and detailed overview of our references with further explanation is only available on request.

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