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.
The key role of Management Team in M&A Transactions
The key role of Management Team in M&A Transactions: When a corporate sale process begins—particularly in the context of a…
How companies can adapt to highly dynamic environments
How companies can adapt to highly dynamic environments: Change is no longer sporadic or predictable. For those who have spent…
How Working Capital Impacts Financial Viability
In today’s business environment, where economic uncertainty is constant, working capital becomes a key indicator to ensure the financial and…
SPV: What is it and How is it Used in Complex Financial Structures?
What is an SPV and what is its purpose? In the world of corporate finance, having mechanisms to adequately manage…
Working Capital and its importance in a company’s financial health
Working capital is one of the fundamental pillars for ensuring the liquidity and financial stability of any business. In a…
How to Create an Effective Financial Forecast for Growth Companies
In today's business environment, where market shifts are rapid and competition is fierce, anticipating your financial future becomes a decisive…
Pre-Money and Post-Money Valuation
Pre-Money and Post-Money Valuation: For startups and high-growth companies, raising capital (funding rounds) or completing capital increases is a common…
Enterprise Value vs Equity Value: Key Differences in M&A
Enterprise Value vs Equity Value: What Is the Difference? When discussing the “price” in an M&A transaction, two figures that…
Forensic Finance: How Financial Expert Reports Support Legal Cases
Forensic Finance – What is it? In today’s judicial system, the difference between winning or losing litigation rarely lies in…
Break-Even Point: Definition, Formula and Strategies
What is the Break-Even Point? The break-even point (also called the profitability threshold or zero-profit point) is the level of…
Corporate Profitability Ratios : ROE, ROA, ROIC and ROCE
Corporate Profitability Ratios In corporate finance, analyzing a company’s profitability is not simply a matter of checking whether it generates…
Success and Failure in Mergers and Acquisitions
Success and Failure in Mergers and Acquisitions: The truth about M&A Inorganic growth through mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is one…
Share Purchase Agreement (SPA): structuring and negotiation in Spanish M&A
The Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) is the contract that completes the sale of a company's shares and, with them, control…
The Information Memorandum (CIM)
What is the Information Memorandum and what is it for? The Information Memorandum — also known as a Confidential Information…
Distressed M&A and Insolvency Proceedings in Spain
Distressed M&A — the acquisition or restructuring of financially distressed companies — has become one of the most technically demanding…
Private Equity: Corporate Transformation through LBOs and SPVs
LBO & SPV In the corporate finance ecosystem, private equity occupies a singular position. It is not simply “investment capital”:…
Production Costs
Production Costs A thorough understanding of a company's cost structure is not a routine accounting exercise — it is a…
EBITDA Multiples vs DCF: Choosing the Right Valuation Method
EBITDA Multiples vs DCF When a business owner considers selling their company — or simply wants to understand what it…
Synergy Quantification in Mergers & Acquisitions
Synergy quantification in Mergers & Acquisitions A merger or acquisition is only financially justified when the combined value of the…
Buy-and-Build: How to grow through acquisition and multiply your company’s value
Buy-and-build (also known as build-up) is one of the most powerful value-creation strategies in private equity and M&A. It involves…
Carve-Outs: Separating Part of the Business to Create Value
Many business groups have, over time, accumulated very different operations under the same corporate umbrella: an industrial division alongside a…
Taxation on Business Transfers in Spain
Taxation on Business Transfers in Spain The transfer of a business structure is one of the most complex and high-impact…
How to value a startup: methods, examples and common pitfalls
How to value a startup: Valuing a startup is one of the most complex exercises in corporate finance. Unlike an…
Business Crisis and Restructuring: Options Under the New Pre-Insolvency Framework
Business Crisis and Restructuring Companies can face crises driven by internal or external factors that affect their profitability and viability.…
