Bato Capital Corporate Advisory Services
Bato Capital, formerly operating as Bato Partners, was established in 1995 by Alan Horn and Michael Bato to provide independent Investment Banking Services to local and international public and private companies.
Alan Horn was previously employed as a Chartered Accountant with PriceWaterhouse (now PwC) in their Sydney and Montreal offices prior to joining Amalgamated Metal Corps plc’s Australian operations (a member of the Preussag Group) as Finance Director before establishing his own corporate advisory business.
Michael Bato, who sadly passed away in 2013, had a distinguished career in Merchant Banking for over 20 years, including a Director of Barclays Australia, Deputy Chairman & CEO of Wardley Australia / HSBC Sydney and Managing Director of Scandinavian Bank Group. Michael retired from the firm in 2008.
The firm’s team has demonstrated an extensive background in investment banking, corporate advisory and corporate finance activities in a wide range of industries throughout Australia and overseas.
The firm’s guiding principles in all client relationships are:
- Integrity, trust and credibility
- Confidentiality and discretion
- Technical and commercial excellence
- Independent and objective advice
- Professional execution of client transactions
- Responsiveness to client needs and objectives
The firm’s Corporate Advisory Services include:
- Mergers & acquisitions, and divestments
- Private and public equity / debt raisings, including IPOs
- Corporate finance, including bank facility restructuring
- Capital and corporate restructuring
- Strategic business alliances and joint ventures, including strategic business planning advice