{"id":14930,"date":"2016-06-13T12:19:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T12:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.cinako.ro\/emsa\/?page_id=14930"},"modified":"2016-06-21T06:35:26","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T06:35:26","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.emsacap.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;General&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;15054&#8243; img_size=&#8221;566 \u00d7 353&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]EMSA Capital focuses exclusively on special situations in Central and Eastern Europe. EMSA Capital is a\u00a0private equity firm investing in underperforming, distressed and other special situation companies across Central and Eastern Europe. We take an active role in our investments in order to improve their performance for the benefit of shareholders and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, we invest in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: square;\">Direct control equity investments<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: square;\">Non-performing debt instruments<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: square;\">Stranded or end-of-life regional private equity funds<\/li>\n<li>Other special situations, including:\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: square;\">non-core divestitures<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: square;\">shareholder disputes<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: square;\">unsuccessful mergers and expansions<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: square;\">situations arising from lack of access to capital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our focus is on improving operations and enhancing business and financial strategy of our investments. We create value by effectively applying our tested and successful restructuring and performance improvement methods. In the funds EMSA Capital has managed, operational improvements accounted for a large majority of the value created.<\/p>\n<p>Our experience in the region evolved from the manager of large World Bank and USAID projects (1992-1997) to interim manager of underperforming companies (1997-2002) to manager of stranded private equity funds (2002-2007).<\/p>\n<p>EMSA Capital is currently managing the \u20ac93m CEE Special Situations Fund.<\/p>\n<p>EMSA Capital has access to a wide network of turnaround and restructuring capabilities in the United States and Europe and can draw on additional resources on as needed basis.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Differentation&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;807&#8243; img_size=&#8221;1167 \u00d7 700&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"perex\">\n<p>EMSA Capital&#8217;s\u00a0focus on underperformers and special situations makes both our positioning and investment criteria unique. Unlike typical private equity firms, we would consider investing in the following situations as well:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: square;\">Target company does not need to be a market leader, just have a viable core business.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: square;\">Strong management team is not a must; EMSA Capital will invest in companies with or without management.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: square;\">Strong revenue \/ profitability \/ growth\u00a0rates are\u00a0not a condition, the turnaround potential is the key<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: square;\">Companies experiencing negative cash flows and\/or lack of profitability<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: square;\">Companies with overleveraged\u00a0balance sheets\u00a0and depleted working capital\u00a0or tight liquidity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;General&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;15054&#8243; img_size=&#8221;566 \u00d7 353&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]EMSA Capital focuses exclusively on special situations in Central and Eastern Europe. EMSA Capital is a\u00a0private equity firm investing in underperforming, distressed and other special situation companies across Central and Eastern Europe. We take an active role in our investments in order to improve their performance for the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emsacap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emsacap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emsacap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emsacap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emsacap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14930"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.emsacap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15128,"href":"https:\/\/www.emsacap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14930\/revisions\/15128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emsacap.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}