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Hybrid Capital
SJKP LLP provides bespoke capital strategies, bridging the gap between debt and equity to help clients optimize their financial structure.
Our team works closely with clients to develop tailored financing solutions that align with their strategic goals. We offer expert guidance across various sectors, helping businesses navigate the complexities of raising capital, managing debt, and securing investment. Whether structuring hybrid debt-equity deals or advising on capital raising strategies, SJKP LLP ensures clients achieve a balanced, sustainable financial structure that supports long-term growth. With our deep understanding of market dynamics and regulatory expectations, we position clients to thrive in both expansionary and distressed market conditions.
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1. Hybrid Capital Solutions for a Dynamic Financial Landscape
SJKP LLP delivers cutting-edge hybrid capital solutions designed to meet the evolving needs of today’s complex capital markets. We advise sponsors, investors, and companies across sectors on bespoke financing structures that bridge the gap between traditional senior debt and common equity—unlocking capital for acquisitions, growth, recapitalizations, liquidity solutions, and strategic restructurings.
Our team operates at the forefront of hybrid financing, combining deep transactional experience, regulatory insight, and industry intelligence. From deal origination to execution, we provide sophisticated advice that balances risk, governance, and return. By tailoring hybrid capital solutions to each client’s market environment, we create strategies that are resilient, adaptable, and aligned with investor expectations.
Hybrid Capital: Balancing Flexibility, Control, and Value
We help clients navigate the nuanced balance between equity-like upside and debt-like protections, structuring creative instruments that support both short-term goals and long-term value creation. Our approach considers not only immediate liquidity but also the long-term governance and tax implications of hybrid financing. By aligning legal precision with financial innovation, we ensure hybrid capital deals enhance corporate resilience while meeting investor demands.
2. Hybrid Capital Market Participants
SJKP LLP works with a diverse and sophisticated client base in the hybrid capital space. This includes private equity funds, mezzanine and opportunistic capital providers, sovereign wealth funds, structured equity and growth investors, and large institutional players. We also represent venture-backed issuers, sponsorless companies, and mid-market borrowers seeking scalable capital structures.
These clients trust our ability to deliver efficient, tailored capital solutions that comply with regulatory frameworks while unlocking growth opportunities. Our cross-border perspective ensures that hybrid capital deals reflect both global investor expectations and jurisdiction-specific compliance standards.
Hybrid Capital for All Market Conditions
Whether markets are expansionary or distressed, SJKP LLP crafts hybrid instruments that address liquidity needs while preserving strategic flexibility for issuers and investors alike. During economic downturns, we design bridge financing and rescue capital solutions. In growth cycles, we structure equity-linked instruments that maximize value while limiting dilution. This adaptability makes hybrid capital an indispensable tool across all phases of the business cycle.
3. Hybrid Capital Comprehensive Structures
Our hybrid capital practice spans the full range of junior and structured financing tools. These include debt-like preferred equity, convertible preferred shares, convertible notes, second-lien instruments, and high-yield private placements. We also advise on unitranche facilities, bifurcated credit structures, pre-IPO convertible financings, and governance-linked hybrid products. By blending debt and equity features, we help clients raise funds in ways that are both flexible and robust under regulatory scrutiny.
Structuring with Regulatory, Tax, and Governance Alignment
SJKP LLP draws on firmwide strength across tax, antitrust, corporate governance, and financial regulation to structure hybrid capital products that are compliant, efficient, and durable. We help clients anticipate investor reporting obligations, mitigate antitrust concerns, and align governance rights with business objectives. Our tax specialists ensure that hybrid capital instruments are structured for maximum efficiency while reducing the risk of adverse regulatory review.
4. Hybrid Capital Strategic Uses
We assist clients in leveraging hybrid capital across a wide variety of strategic objectives. These include financing acquisitions and leveraged buyouts, executing sponsor-backed recapitalizations, and securing growth-stage capital. Hybrid financing also supports dividend recapitalizations, fund liquidity solutions, and transitional governance restructuring. For companies preparing IPOs, we design convertible and pre-IPO hybrid instruments that attract investors while preserving founder control.
From Cross-Border Execution to Market Innovation
SJKP LLP seamlessly executes hybrid deals across jurisdictions, coordinating with regulators, underwriters, and counterparties. We incorporate market innovation into every deal, from structured equity with ESG-linked features to convertible financings tailored to emerging sectors. Our reach ensures clients benefit from comparative market intelligence, enabling them to stay ahead of evolving investor expectations and regulatory demands.
5. Hybrid Capital Legal Services: Why SJKP LLP?
Clients choose SJKP LLP because we offer more than legal execution—we deliver strategic partnership. With a proven track record of advising on complex hybrid capital transactions, we help clients harness the full potential of non-traditional financing structures while managing regulatory exposure and long-term investor relationships.
Trusted by the Market’s Leading Participants
Our longstanding relationships with private equity sponsors, institutional investors, and underwriters enable us to efficiently match capital with opportunity. By understanding both sides of the table, we craft hybrid structures that reflect current market realities and deliver sustainable outcomes for all stakeholders.
Future-Proofing Capital Structures
As market conditions evolve, so do our solutions. Whether supporting innovative growth companies or stabilizing distressed portfolios, we are committed to helping clients build resilient, scalable capital strategies that stand the test of time. We continuously monitor regulatory developments, market shifts, and investor trends to ensure our hybrid capital strategies remain both competitive and compliant.
The information provided in this article is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Reading or relying on the contents of this article does not create an attorney-client relationship with our firm. For advice regarding your specific situation, please consult a qualified attorney licensed in your jurisdiction.
