Bell Associates brings extensive experience structuring, negotiating and managing senior, subordinated and structured debt, acquisition finance, working-capital facilities, receivables finance, bank guarantees and institutional surety facilities across major banks, specialist financiers and institutional counterparties.
The capability extends beyond sourcing finance to determining appropriate debt capacity, funding purpose, security and priority, liquidity headroom, working-capital requirements, refinancing pathways and the combination of facilities required to support business operations, transactions and growth.
Receivables Securitisation — approximately $90 million Citibank facility, underpinned by receivables from one of the world’s largest investment-grade diversified resources groups
Receivables Monetisation — approximately $30 million of C2FO capacity across multiple blue-chip corporate customers
Surety & Bonding — $15 million Swiss Re surety facility
Corporate Banking — more than $20 million of Commonwealth Bank overdraft and bank-guarantee capacity
Acquisition Finance — approximately $10 million of Commonwealth Bank acquisition funding supporting the 100% acquisition of a specialist ground engineering business
Corporate & Growth Funding — $3 million Octet corporate working-capital facility
Additional Banking Facilities — National Australia Bank and other working-capital arrangements
Experience includes the establishment of funding structures designed to improve liquidity and accelerate cash conversion without relying solely on conventional term debt.
Large-scale receivables securitisation and monetisation arrangements have been structured around the quality of the underlying receivables and counterparty credit strength, providing significant liquidity capacity while aligning funding availability with the operating cash cycle of the business.
The work requires consideration of receivables quality, customer creditworthiness, borrowing capacity, facility utilisation, pricing, security, liquidity headroom and cash-conversion performance.
Debt funding experience extends directly into transaction execution.
The acquisition of a specialist ground engineering business involved assessment of sustainable transaction debt capacity, preparation of acquisition and cash-flow models, lender engagement and credit submissions, security and facility structuring and securing approximately $10 million of Commonwealth Bank acquisition finance to fund 100% of the transaction.
A further $3 million Octet corporate facility was subsequently established to provide additional working-capital, acquisition and growth capacity.
For contracting, engineering and infrastructure businesses, funding capacity extends beyond drawn debt. Access to bank guarantees, bonding and surety facilities can be equally important to the ability to pursue and deliver major projects.
Experience includes the establishment and management of a $15 million Swiss Re surety facility and more than $20 million of Commonwealth Bank overdraft and bank-guarantee capacity, supporting project delivery and commercial growth while preserving cash liquidity.
Bell Associates’ approach considers debt facilities collectively rather than as isolated financing instruments.
Experience encompasses the structuring and management of senior, subordinated and structured debt positions, together with working-capital, receivables and contingent-credit facilities, considering funding hierarchy, security and creditor priority, tenor and maturity, liquidity requirements, covenant headroom, refinancing pathways and transaction funding needs.
The objective is to establish debt structures that provide liquidity, resilience and transaction capacity while preserving financial flexibility and protecting enterprise value.