Square Mile is an independent corporate finance advisory firm based in Adelaide, South Australia. Its key focus is on the growth of local commerce, and key clients are South Australian businesses trading domestically and/or internationally, and international businesses looking to invest knowledge and capital in South Australia.Founder and Executive Director Stuart Roach created the company in 2012, following a 12-year stint as an investment banker in Australia and overseas. The name Square Mile is symbolic of Stuart’s professional history, which evolved within two particular square miles of commerce; the City of London and the City of Adelaide.Square Mile provides specialist advice in the following areas:• Mergers and acquisitions;• Divestments;• Property development consulting;• Debt advisory (DCM, syndicated loans and banking tenders);• Capital raising (debt and equity);• Financial modelling; and• Corporate and asset valuationAs an independent firm, Square Mile is in the proper position to assemble the most effective team of professional advisers for a given transaction, without the potential conflicts involved when an advisor is affiliated with a particular firm or financial institution.Ultimately, Square Mile looks to share success with its clients. With the objectives so aligned, it follows that our advice will cut to the heart of the issue and be effective towards those objectives. We structure our fee arrangements as the transaction demands it with a mixture of retainer and success depending on the complexity, time and resources associated with diligent execution of each deal.