IPO Services
When the funds required to meet business needs begin to exceed the company’s ability to raise additional capital through other channels on favorable terms, the company typically starts considering going public.
Get ready to go public
We support your IPO journey from end to end
Strategy
Create the right strategy for funding the next stage in your organisation’s development including stakeholder reporting and engagement to maximise value
Restructuring
Reorganise the legal ownership, operational, assets and/or other structures of a company for the purpose of better serving the the stakeholders’ needs and improving effectiveness and efficiency
Tax and Legal
Identify strategies and enhance confidence through proven compliance records further to an integrated approach with the team of specialists across legal, tax, transfer pricing and structuring and planning
Readiness
Identify gaps needing to be addressed to deliver a successful IPO and prepare for life as a listing company encompassing everything from structuring and tax, strategy, management incentives and corporate governance
Accounting, financial and tax reporting
- Support through moments of exceptional change and prepare for any additional disciplines
- Provide independent and objective advice on transaction accounting and tax, accounting change and problem solving
Debt and Capital advisory
Provide sound and objective advice on raising or retaining financing to meet the strategic goals via understanding of the capital markets and lender relationship
Due Diligence
Provide assurance services including including but not limited to financial, tax and legal coverage to meet the regulatory and capital markets obligations for a transaction by leveraging PwC’s breadth of knowledge of Vietnamese jurisdiction
Tax & Legal
Advise and assist reporting to ensure compliance and enable the going-public process
Valuations
Identify, analyse and explain the value in your business to investors
Process and transformation
Systems and process reviews to improve the speed of management and regulatory reporting, including but not limited to financial, non-financial and tax reporting
Support your organisation in enhancing, maturing or remediating your systems, processes and data to ensure reliable information is available to report on financial and non-financial KPIs
Internal audit
Establishment or enhancement of internal audit and other governance systems
Tax & Legal
Enhance effective compliance and thus profitability thanks to well manage tax and regulatory obligations leveraging from our highly disciplined and integrated tax and legal experts
Risk Management
Help you manage risks to retain investor confidence and your company’s reputation
Investor relation
Help you prepare for your first AGM and work with you to ensure you are achieving your strategic goals
Lessons from companies that have gone public
Start early
43% of all companies who recently completed an IPO felt like they started the process too late. Starting early not only provides more time to ready an organization to operate as a public company, but even more importantly, it creates additional time to focus on marketing the offering and other crucial business decisions that will enhance investor confidence in the company’s management team.
Don’t go it alone
A large majority of companies who recently completed an IPO still felt they needed additional help – whether that’s internal (42%) or external resources (41%) – particularly in more complex areas like accounting and financial reporting, tax and legal. An independent advisor can help to reduce surprises, improve efficiency, and reduce the time to market.
Hire the right advisors
It’s important to get external help, but even more important to make sure it’s the right independent advisor for your organization at the right time. Companies who recently completed an IPO noted that hiring a different law firm (42%), hiring investment banks earlier in the process (38%) or switching external auditors (35%) were items they wished they had addressed earlier in the process.
Make sure the business is ready
While readiness to operate as a public company is critical in order to be able to take advantage of market windows, the business needs to be ready to perform. It is crucial not to fall short of investor expectations in the first quarter or two post-IPO. Companies who recently completed an IPO wish they had delayed the offering until the company was more profitable (39%) or delayed the offering pending better market conditions (33%). Delaying the necessary upfront preparation work can result in a scramble that is both distracting to the business and risks the loss of investor confidence.
Assess your readiness
Due to the significant time and effort required to prepare for an offering, over 98% of companies performed a detailed IPO readiness assessment nine to eighteen months in advance of an all hands organizational meeting. The assessment will help you understand where your company currently stands and then identify and prioritize the gaps in your company’s public company preparedness.
Bring value to you throughout the IPO journey
An actionable path
Ability to create an actionable path that helps you create value beyond the readiness assessment
An approach for growth long after the IPO
An approach that leaves you positioned for growth long after the IPO, customizable for your timeline
Upskilling your team
Upskilling your team to prepare for the future
Perspectives specific to your industry
Unbiased and well-informed, actionable perspectives specific to your industry
Integrated suite of tools and services
Proven, cross-functional methodology and integrated suite of tools and services
Mitigated risk through objective insights
Mitigated risk through objective insights based on years of experience serving IPO clients