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Shaping the Future of Business

 We are a premier boutique advisory firm providing pragmatic, efficient, and effective solutions for corporates, family businesses, and entrepreneurs mainly within Southern Africa. Our team has multi-disciplinary expertise that includes commercial law, business management, strategy design and facilitation, project finance contractual frameworks, and ESG consulting capabilities which we harness to provide innovative and effective solutions that help our clients to attain their desired commercial outcomes. What sets us apart is a combination of our diverse skillset that informs our practical and holistic solution design, coupled with speed of execution and high-quality output at affordable service charges.  We are unwavering in our commitment to excellence, discretion, and integrity and our reputation is that of a trusted and reliable advisor.

 


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Corporate Advisory                                                       


For clients setting up new ventures, undertaking regional expansion,  or restructuring existing organizations, we craft optimal corporate structures, including facilitating cross-border structures in appropriate jurisdictions. We do not believe that ‘one size fits all’  and we therefore curate bespoke solutions for each client from the selection of the appropriate type of corporate entity, advising on appropriate incorporation jurisdictions,  to unbundling,  re-domiciling, and other re-organizations in order to support evolving corporate strategies. We also assist corporates with strategy design and facilitation of strategy sessions to enhance their competitiveness, secure their sustainability, and attain their profit potential.

Commercial Transactions Advisory                               



We partner with transacting parties to understand their objectives and unique circumstances and then draw on our multi-disciplinary expertise and experience in commercial law, business management, and strategy formulation to deliver bespoke deal structures for various types of commercial transactions such as mergers & acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, franchises, and private equity deals. We have a hands-on approach in guiding clients from in-depth due diligence investigations, transaction structuring, preparation, review and negotiation of transaction documentation, and assisting with applications for requisite approvals and consents. We design efficient transaction structures that mitigate risks whilst optimizing desired outcomes for our clients. 

Project Finance Advisory


Our advisors have worked extensively with project sponsors, institutional investors, DFIs, project contractors, public authorities, project financiers, insurers, operators, and off-takers in various projects mainly in the energy, transport, real estate, health, and extractives sectors. This experience has shaped our holistic understanding of the respective interests and considerations involved in the contractual frameworks for project financing which enables us to craft and negotiate customized contractual frameworks to facilitate the financing of small, medium, and large-scale projects. 

Family Business Advisory​​


We understand the intricacies of family businesses and the complex relationships that exist within them with family members typically interacting in multiple capacities. Our advisors have a track record of assisting family businesses to navigate family  governance, corporate governance in family businesses, as well as ownership and management succession through tailor-made structures and solutions for each unique family business. Our services include family governance consulting, conflict resolution, and succession and continuity planning to safeguard generational wealth.

ESG and Compliance Consulting                      



As ESG reporting and compliance management  becomes more complex and critical for the sustainability of corporates, we help entities to understand their compliance universe through trainings and crafting of policies, procedures, and registers for efficient assessment, monitoring, and management of  ESG reporting and the overall compliance function. Our expertise extends to regulatory compliance consulting,  board trainings, board inductions, and board evaluations. We also consult for DFIs as governance experts in feasibility studies, sector assessments, as well as in policy and institutional reviews.


Sharon Bwanya, MD & Lead Advisor

The team of advisors at Red Couch Advisory is led by Sharon Bwanya. Sharon is a multi-skilled business advisor who possesses investment management, corporate finance, business administration, and commercial law expertise and qualifications which she has amassed whilst working in different capacities over a period of nearly twenty years. Prior to founding Red Couch Advisory, she served as the Group General Counsel of the Masawara Group, an investment holding conglomerate headquartered in the UK with operating entities in the financial services, hospitality, telecommunications, real estate, health, energy, and agribusiness sectors across Southern and East Africa. Before joining Masawara, Sharon was the Chief Operating Officer of the Nurture Group, a pan-African investment management and corporate advisory firm, and in the early years of her career, Sharon worked in regional and international commercial law firms with a specialist focus on corporate advisory, M&A, and project finance.


Sharon has a global outlook having studied and worked in different countries that include South Africa, United Kingdom, the United States, Botswana, and Germany. Sharon also serves on boards of directors across the corporate and not-for-profit sectors within Southern Africa. She can be contacted directly at sb@rca.co.zw

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