Cross-Border Capital Advisory
Capital for Energy, Infrastructure & Private Markets
Senior-led execution across capital raising, private credit, M&A, and LP fundraising.
Capital Access
The right investor universe changes the outcome.
Many companies and fund managers do not benefit from generic investor lists alone. They need capital-provider categories matched to the mandate, strategy, sector, geography, jurisdiction, timing, size, and risk profile.
Investor Categories
Capital partners aligned with transactions and fundraises like yours.
Family Offices
Flexible capital for growth, liquidity, recapitalizations, and longer-duration ownership.
Private Equity
Minority, control, growth equity, and recapitalization capital.
Infrastructure & Industrial Investors
Capital for service platforms, recurring maintenance, contracted work, and infrastructure-linked operating companies.
Institutional LPs & Allocators
Pension funds, insurers, sovereign investors, endowments, foundations, funds of funds, and asset managers with aligned private-market mandates.
Private Credit
Non-bank lenders for capex, refinancings, acquisitions, and corporate financing needs.
Strategic Buyers & Partners
Corporates and platforms evaluating acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, or strategic expansion.
The goal is controlled outreach to capital providers whose stated mandate, sector focus, check size, and underwriting criteria appear aligned with the opportunity.
Services
Advisory execution across capital raising, private credit, M&A, and LP fundraising.
Senior-led execution for domestic and cross-border mandates across growth capital, private credit, recapitalizations, acquisitions, exits, and fund capital formation.
Growth Capital
Minority equity, structured equity, and hybrid capital for expansion, acquisitions, recapitalizations, and shareholder liquidity.
M&A Advisory
Sell-side advisory and selective buy-side execution for strategic acquisitions, divestitures, and liquidity events.
Private Credit
Private credit structures for capex, growth, refinancings, acquisitions, and corporate financing needs.
Project & Asset-Backed Financing
Capital for project-backed, contract-backed, collateral-backed, and infrastructure-linked opportunities.
Fund & Investment Platform Capital Formation
LP fundraising and capital formation for venture and private-market funds, SPVs, co-investments, independent sponsors, and investment platforms.
Markets We Serve
Where energy, infrastructure, and real assets opportunities need capital.
We advise capital-intensive, asset-backed, infrastructure-linked, and sector-specific situations where the right capital partner universe can materially change the outcome.
Energy & Oilfield Services
Oilfield services
Energy services
Midstream / pipeline services
Environmental / transition services
Power, Utility & Grid
Utility contractors
Transmission & distribution
Substation / high-voltage services
Grid modernization and maintenance
Renewables & Storage
Solar
Battery storage
Clean power platforms
Renewable energy services
Industrial & Decarbonization
Industrial services
Industrial decarbonization
Waste-to-energy
Water and environmental infrastructure
Critical Minerals & Real Assets
Mining and metals
Critical minerals
Natural resources
Asset-backed operating platforms
Digital Infrastructure
Data centers
Power-adjacent infrastructure
Fiber and connectivity assets
Infrastructure-linked technology platforms
Whether the need is growth capital, private credit, acquisition financing, founder liquidity, project financing, fund capital, or a strategic exit, we help identify the right capital path.
Our Team
Senior experience. Direct execution.
Our senior team brings experience across investment banking, capital raising, private credit, M&A, and private markets in the United States and internationally.
This section is currently under development. The team members shown below represent only a portion of our team.
Andrew Barnard
Managing Partner
Andrew specializes in transaction sourcing and capital formation, having generated more than $3.8 billion of deal flow across private markets, including large-scale capital raises, M&A opportunities, private credit transactions, and fund mandates. His work focuses on identifying and developing transaction opportunities, building relationships with companies, sponsors, and fund managers, and connecting compelling situations with relevant institutional, private, and strategic capital partners. His experience at the front end of the transaction market provides a practical understanding of what attracts capital, how opportunities are evaluated, and how transactions can be positioned for investor engagement.
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Rick Coad
Senior Managing Director
Rick brings more than 40 years of finance experience across commercial banking, healthcare financing, corporate finance, private credit, equity capital raising, and complex public and private financings. Over his career, he has served as a senior banker on more than $20 billion of municipal and state debt and has structured transactions spanning tax-exempt and government-backed bonds, public-private partnerships, healthcare and infrastructure financings, stadium and toll-road projects, structured liquidity facilities, and commercial real estate. He also serves as Managing Partner and Chief Capital Officer of Southern Capital Funding Network and has held senior roles with institutions including Raymond James, Morgan Keegan, AmSouth Bank, and Duncan-Williams.
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Gio Di Prospo
Managing Director, APAC
Gio brings extensive cross-border transaction experience across M&A, strategic partnerships, principal investments, structured debt, securitization, IPOs, capital raising, and corporate restructuring. His track record includes more than $7 billion in aggregate transaction value across financial services, technology, manufacturing, clean energy, healthcare, and large conglomerates. He has particular experience executing complex transactions across Asia-Pacific, including Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, South Korea, and the Philippines.
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Dr. Joe Xavier Castillo III, M.D.
Senior Advisor, Global Capital Strategy
Dr. Joe brings multidisciplinary experience across capital stack architecture, project finance, corporate finance, restructuring, private equity, and cross-border M&A. As CEO of AutoFinMed Ventures and a PE-backed portfolio company executive, his work has involved complex capital and liquidity situations across energy and infrastructure, oil & gas, commercial real estate, healthcare and biopharma, and other private-market sectors. His experience includes large-scale project finance opportunities ranging from approximately $100 million to $5 billion+, with a particular focus on aligning debt, equity, liquidity, ownership, and strategic objectives across multi-jurisdictional transactions. In addition to his medical background, Dr. Joe holds graduate training in finance, bringing a multidisciplinary perspective to complex corporate and capital-markets situations.
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Vinh Vo-Sang, CFA
Senior Advisor, Vietnam
Vinh brings nearly 30 years of experience across private equity, investment banking, M&A, capital raising, and strategic corporate advisory in Vietnam. Over his career, he has executed and arranged transactions representing hundreds of millions of dollars in aggregate value, spanning private equity investments and exits, cross-border M&A, debt restructurings, bond issuances, and project financings. His transaction experience includes securing more than $170 million in syndicated loans for a major hospitality development. Vinh has held senior roles at Aureos Capital, Saigon Capital, Mekong Capital, and HIFU/HFIC, and is a CFA Charterholder and Chevening Scholar.
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Oui Suthiraks
Senior Advisor, Thailand
Oui brings experience across valuation, M&A, fundraising, and transaction advisory for technology, real estate, industrial, and consumer businesses. Her track record includes sell-side and buy-side engagements, IPO-related valuations, feasibility studies, and capital raising assignments representing approximately $573 million in aggregate transaction and project value, ranging from early-stage technology companies to large property, cement, agricultural, and industrial estate projects.
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John Fazzio
Senior Advisor, Business Transformation
John brings more than 50 years of experience advising privately held businesses on growth strategy, operational improvement, financial performance, turnarounds, capital advisory, and enterprise value creation. He works with business owners to identify the underlying causes of performance challenges and develop practical strategies to improve profitability, cash flow, leadership, market position, and long-term value. His work spans strategic transformation, product and portfolio strategy, equity and debt capital advisory, business stabilization, and organizational development.
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Senior domestic and cross-border transaction experience across capital, credit, and strategic advisory.
Representative transactions and assignments completed by members of our senior team across multiple countries and markets through prior advisory and investment banking track records.
Executed a complex corporate rehabilitation agreement involving multiple creditors.
1999
Portfolio valuation and monetization assignment for a major energy client.
Lead arranger role on a major bond issuance for large global conglomerates.
2014
MLP credit facility for a midstream infrastructure client.
Principal acquisition of secured debt for two major manufacturing firms through an open bid process.
Structured a tax-exempt bond issue for a cancer center with local government tax support.
2017
Equity offering to fund a joint venture investment.
Created a commercial paper-funded securitization program backed by auto-loans.
1998
Advisor for a joint venture involving a Venezuelan state entity.
Advised a major international financial institution on acquiring and integrating a large regional bank.
2008
Advisor for a joint exploration and production investment portfolio.
Advised a major regional bank on issuing warrants to raise capital.
2013
Initial public offering for a major resource client.
Structured financing for a biomass-to-fuel plant that later pivoted after scale-up challenges.
Advised on establishing infrastructure and market structure for national online gaming services.
2016
Senior notes offering for a midstream infrastructure client.
Completed a multi-acquisition involving specialized information technology service providers.
2005
Valuation opinion for industrial mining and metals assets.
2014
MLP initial public offering for a midstream infrastructure client.
Executed revolving debt and structured financing facilities using quoted securities in regional markets.
2012
Sale of asset packages and hedge monetization.
Structured a flexible working capital line as a commercial paper alternative.
Advised two large conglomerates on forming a joint venture for a beverage and distilling business.
2017
Initial public offering for a large energy client general partner.
1998
Acquisition advisory assignment for a global conglomerate.
Managed debt restructuring and corporate rehabilitation planning for a large industrial developer.
2015
Acquisition completed through a dropdown structure.
2001
Co-lead manager role on a follow-on equity offering for a mining company.
Created an auto-loan backed securitization structure as an early Asian securitization model.
2013
Strategic sale assignment for a major resource client.
Participated in toll-based financing for a bridge connecting two adjacent states.
Performed share valuations for subsidiaries of a major information technology company.
2017
Follow-on equity offering for a midstream infrastructure client.
Principal acquisition of controlling equity interest and management control in a major regional technology company.
2016
Equity offering to fund a major acreage acquisition.
2006
Debt and equity advisory for an equity investment and off-take arrangement.
Co-underwriter and IPO advisor for specialized biotech and pharmaceutical company listings.
1999
Acquisition advisory assignment for a global conglomerate.
Advised on forming a strategic partnership to operate and capitalize the national online lottery service.
2008
Co-manager role on a follow-on equity offering for an energy client.
Acquired a significant equity interest in an investment management company focused on low-carbon assets and clean energy solutions.
Provided advice on stock valuation methodologies and methods for raising investment funds.
Identified market and academic opportunities for specialized medical care across Asian regions.
Delivered company valuation work for a marketing technology business.
Delivered company valuation work for a tourism technology business.
Delivered company valuation work for a financial technology business.
Delivered company valuation work for an education technology business.
Delivered company valuation work for an e-commerce business.
Delivered company valuation work for a property technology business.
Delivered sell-side M&A and fundraising advisory for a property development project.
Delivered sell-side M&A and fundraising advisory for a cement manufacturing project.
Delivered valuation work for a technology company preparing for an IPO.
Delivered sell-side M&A and fundraising advisory for an agricultural project.
Delivered sell-side M&A and fundraising advisory for a mixed-use building project.
Delivered sell-side M&A and fundraising advisory for an industrial estate project.
Delivered buy-side M&A and feasibility study work for a fitness chain.
Delivered buy-side M&A and feasibility study work for a concrete mixer business.
Executed a complex corporate rehabilitation agreement involving multiple creditors.
1999
Portfolio valuation and monetization assignment for a major energy client.
Lead arranger role on a major bond issuance for large global conglomerates.
How We Work
A structured path from mandate to market.
Scroll through the process. Each step builds toward a controlled, senior-led capital or strategic transaction.
Apply to Work With Us →Start with fit
Mandate Review
We assess fit, objectives, transaction readiness, investor logic, and a credible path to market.
Refine the market story
Positioning & Materials
We refine the story, build investor-facing materials, define key diligence points, and prepare the outreach strategy.
Engage aligned capital
Targeted Capital Outreach
We engage aligned family offices, private equity firms, strategic buyers, private credit providers, institutional LPs, funds of funds, and other private-market allocators across relevant domestic and international markets.
Move with discipline
Execution & Close
We manage investor conversations, diligence, term negotiation, process tension, and closing coordination.
Client Fit
Built for defined mandates, not exploratory outreach.
We work best with companies, sponsors, platforms, and capital managers with a clear transaction objective, credible underwriting support, and the information needed to run a disciplined capital or strategic process.
You are an operating company, project sponsor, asset-backed platform, fund manager, or investment platform pursuing a defined capital or strategic mandate.
You are raising growth capital, seeking private credit, financing a project or acquisition, raising LP capital for a fund, SPV, co-investment, or investment platform, or exploring a sale.
Your mandate is typically in the $15M–$150M range, with flexibility for larger or more complex situations.
You have revenue, EBITDA, backlog, contracts, collateral, project economics, or—when raising a fund—a defined strategy, team, track record, portfolio access, and materials investors can evaluate.
You want a senior-led process with targeted outreach, clear positioning, and active execution.
You are looking for passive introductions without a structured process.
You do not have enough financial, commercial, operational, or customer information for investors to evaluate.
You are pursuing a concept-stage opportunity with limited information for investors to underwrite.
You are seeking very small raises where advisory economics would not make sense.
You want broad, low-context investor blasts instead of targeted, controlled outreach.
Unsure if you qualify? We can determine fit in one confidential 30-minute mandate review.
FAQ
Straight answers before we talk.
A few practical questions we hear from owners, executives, sponsors, and capital managers before starting a mandate review.
Insights
Thoughts on capital, credit, and strategic exits.
Practical writing for companies, project sponsors, fund managers, and investment platforms evaluating growth capital, private credit, acquisitions, LP capital formation, or strategic exits.
Industrial & Infrastructure Services
7 min readHow to Evaluate a Strategic Buyer Inquiry for Your Industrial Services Company
What you should understand about how to Evaluate a Strategic Buyer Inquiry for Your Industrial Services Company before pursuing capital, credit, M&A, or exit...
Transaction & Capital Education
18 min readHow a Capital-Raising Process Works From Preparation to Closing
What companies and fund managers should expect during a structured capital raise, from defining the transaction and preparing materials through investor outreach, diligence, negotiation, and closing.
Fund Capital Formation
19 min readHow Fund Managers Should Work With Investment Consultants and Gatekeepers
What fund managers should understand about consultant-led LP processes, institutional due diligence, relationship development, and earning an investment recommendation.
Mandate Review
A disciplined process for capital growth, liquidity, and strategic outcomes.
Start with a confidential 30-minute call. We’ll assess fit, objectives, timing, and potential paths to market.
No obligation. NDA available on request.