We sat on the other side of the credit committee.

Who we are

Alternainvest advises companies on how they fund themselves: bank credit, project and structured finance, and the corporate finance decisions that sit underneath both. We are an advisory firm only. We do not lend, we do not take deposits and we do not hold client money.

Most of our work starts in one of four places — a capital project that needs long-tenor funding, a maturity wall that needs refinancing, a covenant that is about to be breached, or a transaction that changes the capital structure. In all four cases the deciding factor is the same: whether the file that reaches the credit committee answers the questions that committee will ask.

How we are different

• Independent. Our fee comes from the client, so the recommendation is not shaped by a lender relationship.
• Credit-side experience. The team has written and approved credit papers, not only submitted them.
• Honest first answer. If a mandate is not fundable in its current shape, we say so in the first weeks and tell you what would change that.

What we will not do

We do not charge advance fees against a promise of funds, we do not broker unverifiable instruments, and we do not present indicative letters as committed finance. If someone offers you those things using our name, please tell us.