Leopard Advisory - Search Funds

Our advantage for Searchers

Why Use Leopard for Your Search?

Driving Better Financing Outcomes

Leopard Advisory is designed to support searchers seeking the best debt terms and maximum execution certainty, while maximising return on advisory fees.

Expertise in Search Funds Finance: We are familiar with the structure of search fund acquisitions, how to develop the appropriate credit narrative and know the lenders that are most likely to have appetite to provide best terms
Speed + Quality: By combining experience with AI‑driven processes, we deliver fast execution timelines
Competitive Tension: We seek to maximize lender optionality to improve negotiating position to achieve best term outcomes
Lower Fees, Higher Certainty: A lean, agile advisory model built to reduce cost and improve certainty of close.

Who we work with

Tailored Support for UK-Based Borrowers

UK-Based Borrower

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Sector Agnostic¹

£2.0m+

Debt Raise

£1.0m+

Business EBITDA

1. Excluding funding for financial institutions and pure infrastructure finance

Typical Search Fund situations

Situations Where We Can Help

Acquisition Finance

Growth Finance & Add-ons

Refinancing & Recaps

Asset Backed Finance

Our Process

Proactive Hands on Support

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Strategy

Understand your financing requirements and develop target structure and terms
Develop debt raise strategy including credit narrative and lender list
Design process to maximise competitive tension

Preparation

Prepare comprehensive lender documents supporting credit narrative
Analyse and review the financial model
Draft initial terms grid

Reach-out

Conduct lender outreach and engagement
Host management presentations
Facilitate lender Q&A
Secure and review initial terms

Negotiation

Negotiate term grids to optimise financing
Support lenders through their credit process
Shortlist lenders and negotiate termsheets
Selection of lender(s)

Document

Collaborate with borrower counsel to negotiate long form loan documentation with lenders
Support closing processes to ensure a smooth completion

Ready to Explore Your Financing Options?

Let’s start the conversation and see how we can support you and your next transaction. Whether you're planning ahead or facing an urgent need, we’ll help you find the right capital solution with clarity and speed.

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