We are primarily a low volume, niche advisory firm that focuses on the strategic, financial, and operational repositioning of our clients through the provision of the following principal services:
Business Rescue & Business Turnaround
CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING & Corporate Finance
More broadly within the restructuring space, our services include the following:
Pre-assessment AND investigations for potential turnaround or business rescue processes
APPOINTMENTS AS BUSINESS RESCUE PRACTITIONERS AND ADVICE ON BUSINESS RESCUE RELATED MATTERS
Independent business reviews
Debt and/or equity fundraising
Serving as chief restructuring advisors in corporate restructurings and/or turnarounds
Independent mediator and/or facilitator with financial institutions, financiers, and borrowers
Board advisory services
Debt restructuring
ACTING AS NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS TO ASSIST IN TURNAROUND IMPLEMENTATION
Facilitating distressed debt acquisition and/or disposal
Birkett Stewart & McHendrie (“BSM”) is a South African M&A and capital raising firm providing both strategic and financial advisory and transaction implementation services.
With over 125 years combined experience in the turnaround, restructuring, and related transaction services industry, the Metis and BSM management teams have successfully amalgamated their expertise to build an unrivaled track record in Southern Africa when it comes to managing and advising on major restructurings in the region.
Over the past five years, we have worked on multiple projects as a seamless and integrated team, with client engagements being managed through one lead entity. Our team is collectively comprised of in excess of 20 Metis and BSM professional staff and consultants with expertise spanning a broad range of industries.
Unified communication between the teams is assisted through our shared office in Johannesburg, South Africa.
BSM'S AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE
Corporate Finance
International Transaction Services
Restructuring and Distressed Advisory
Traditional Merchant Banking
For a more detailed description of BSM’s businesses and full-service offerings please refer to their websites:
http://bsm3.co.za
METIS & BSM – ISLE OF MAN JOINT VENTURE
Metis and BSM have jointly established an office in the Isle of Man to provide services across Africa and the Middle East
Metis Isle of Man is headed by Gavin Brown who has lived and worked for the past 25 years in 8 countries on the African continent. Metis Isle of Man is fully supported by the Metis team in Johannesburg
The Metis Isle of Man joint venture enables us to provide first-world quality services to our clients at South African rates (materially lower than those demanded by our European equivalents)