Advisory
We advise owners, boards, corporates and investors on transactions where preparation, judgement and disciplined execution determine the outcome.
Our mandate
Hodgson Capital provides independent corporate finance advice to business owners, boards, corporates and investors. The firm remains directly involved from initial framing through completion.
We work with legal, tax, accounting and other specialists as one coordinated team, while retaining clear accountability for transaction strategy, market engagement, negotiation and execution.
A controlled process designed around value, certainty and the shareholders' wider objectives.
Preparation and execution of business sales, from shareholder alignment and transaction readiness through buyer engagement, negotiation, due diligence and completion.
Focused origination and disciplined assessment for acquisitions that must work after completion.
Acquisition strategy, target origination, valuation, negotiation and execution for corporates, private equity firms and owner-managed businesses.
Capital and public-market execution shaped around the business, the plan and the shareholder objective.
Equity and debt capital solutions for growth, acquisitions, recapitalisations and shareholder transitions, together with JSE listing advice from readiness and equity positioning through investor engagement and execution.
Independent judgement where ownership, capital, incentives and regulation must align.
Independent advice on ownership, capital structure and complex corporate finance decisions, including management buyouts, take-privates and selected special situations.
Focus sectors
We do not treat a sector label as proof. Relevant context matters when it improves the assessment of the business, its capital needs and the counterparties most likely to act.
Engineering, industrial equipment, specialist manufacturing, testing and technical services.
Experience includes businesses where installed capability, customer trust, working capital, technical differentiation and operational discipline shape value.
Mining services, analytical services, renewable energy and infrastructure-linked opportunities.
Experience includes asset-heavy and power-sensitive situations where commodity exposure, capital intensity, regulation and operating resilience materially affect the transaction.
Regulated financial services, digital payments, enterprise technology, AI-enabled businesses and specialist services.
Experience spans capital and ownership transactions in financial services, strategic and sell-side mandates for technology and AI-enabled businesses, and shareholder advice involving digital payments platforms.
How we work
Every situation is different. The disciplines that protect decision quality, confidentiality and momentum are consistent.
Define the shareholder objective, viable alternatives and the conditions for a successful outcome.
Build the analysis, positioning, materials and transaction structure that will withstand scrutiny.
Approach the most credible counterparties through a controlled, senior-led process.
Protect leverage and coordinate negotiation, funding, diligence and documentation through completion.
A consequential decision deserves direct attention.
Discuss a transaction, share an investment opportunity or make a professional referral. Initial enquiries are reviewed directly by the firm.