Nov 11, 2023

Debt Advisory vs Lead Left economics

Hi fellow monkeys,
Working for Japanese/EU bank in NY and trying to better understand what the role/economics are of independent debt advisors (e.g Moelis/Lazard/Rothschild) for a capital raise.
In large best efforts syndicated deals, I typically see an arranger fee for the MLA/JLA’s, with the lead left structuring the deal and syndicating it with the fellow bookrunners. Say they earn 10-20bps arranger fee for that service.
Would a company generally pay a “debt advisory fee” on top of that to an independent Debt Advisor to get together an initial club of banks / JLAs?
Any insights on how companies view independent advisor vs. banks and how economics for a deal differ when retaining them is greatly appreciated!

 

Fees paid to an arranger is indeed different from that paid to an advisor. There’s either usually a pre-agreed amount to be paid to an advisor by the sponsor on deal closing (which may or may not be coupled with a retainer or a min fee regardless of outcome) or a fee determined on a % basis similar to M&A advisory

This will possibly be combined with a discretionary fee. Both are paid on closing

 

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