Blog - Maraz Corporate Finance
In a constantly evolving financial environment, from the Maraz Corporate Finance Blog, we share analysis, trends and key insights on corporate finance, financing, corporate restructuring, valuation, company acquisitions and sales, and business strategy.
Discount Rate: What it is, how to calculate it and common mistakes
The discount rate underpins virtually every significant financial decision: from valuing a company to deciding whether it is worth opening…
Taxes on Selling a Company in Spain
Selling a company is, for most business owners, the most financially significant decision of their professional lives. It is the…
Revolving credit facility vs term loan: which does your business need?
Revolving credit facility vs term loan: Access to financing is one of the most recurring and consequential decisions in any…
Short-term vs long-term debt: Optimising your financing mix
Short-term vs long-term debt: When a business needs external financing, the first question usually centres on how much to borrow.…
How to avoid insolvency proceedings in Spain | Maraz
Formal insolvency proceedings rarely arrive without warning. In the vast majority of cases they are the culmination of signals that…
Factoring and Confirming: Key differences and when to use each
Factoring and Confirming: Working capital management is one of the most pressing financial challenges facing growth-stage companies. Collecting late, paying…
From Accounting Fraud to Bankruptcy: Governance Failures
From Accounting Fraud to Bankruptcy: Lessons from the Pescanova, Gowex, and Abengoa Cases In Spain, several cases of accounting fraud…
Expert Report on Breach of Contract: Defend your interests
Expert report on breach of contract In the business world, where contracts form a core part of economic activity, their…
Transfer Pricing and related-party transactions
Transfer Pricing and related-party transactions: an accounting, tax and management guide for companies and groups Transfer pricing is no longer…
How to increase your company’s value before selling
Increase your company’s value before a sale: Practical 12–24 month roadmap to boost Ebitda, increase multiple, and maximize net sale…
Financial Due Diligence Checklist
Financial Due Diligence Checklist In the M&A ecosystem, due diligence is the cornerstone of informed decision-making. More than a conventional…
The CFO's key role in rapid growth phases
The CFO's key role in rapid growth phases: Accelerated growth is one of the most ambitious objectives a company can…
How to Build a Solid Financial Plan (3–5 Year) for Growth
Financial Plan (Future) vs. Financial Accounting (Past) In today's business world, where macroeconomic volatility and technological disruption are the norm,…
Cost increase in 2026: How to protect your gross margin
Cost increase The 2026 fiscal year will test the true solvency and resilience of companies. Although Spanish GDP is projected…
Advantages of a Holding Company for family business groups
Advantages of a holding company for structuring a family business group: The legal structure in a family-owned group of companies…
Group Valuation
Group Valuation: Valuing a straightforward single operating company usually involves understanding its ability to generate cash, normalizing its earnings, projecting…
WACC: Weighted Average Cost of Capital - Complete Guide
WACC: the weighted average cost of capital The Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is the minimum rate of return…
Forensic Report on accounting fraud in companies
Forensic report on accounting fraud: In the contemporary business environment, the suspicion of accounting fraud constitutes one of the most critical…
Liability of Company Directors
Liability of Company Directors in Spain Serving as a director of a Spanish SME is not just “running the business”.…
Shareholders’ Agreement for SMEs: Key clauses to protect company value
Shareholders’ Agreement In many SMEs and family businesses, the relationship between shareholders works well… until it doesn’t. And the issue…
Brand Valuation
Brand Valuation: The brand as a financial asset Today, a company’s value is no longer explained primarily by the sum…
Strategic Restructuring: When to get your company in order
Strategic Restructuring: For starters, let's draw a basic distinction that often causes confusion: Financial restructuring focuses on "fixing" the balance…
Corporate Debt Restructuring: Signs your business needs It
Corporate Debt Restructuring In today’s uncertain and volatile economic environment, properly managing cash flow and debt has become one of…
How to prepare my company for sale
How to prepare my company for sale The sale of a company is not an event; it is a process.…
