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Capital Structuring & Capital Stack Design

Advisory for Designing Resilient, Defensible Capital Architectures

Capital structures rarely fail at inception. They fail over time — when operating realities diverge from assumptions, when flexibility erodes, or when capital obligations begin to dictate strategy.

Delnor Capital advises on capital structuring and capital stack design where long-term resilience, control, and decision integrity matter more than short-term optimisation.

Understanding Capital Structure Beyond Instruments

Capital structure is often approached as a financing decision. In practice, it is a governance and risk decision. Common structural issues include:

  • misalignment between cash flows and capital obligations,
  • excessive reliance on single instruments or funding sources,
  • capital layers that restrict operational flexibility,
  • embedded control and covenant risks underestimated at entry,
  • structures optimised for approval rather than sustainability.

A viable structure is one that remains functional under stress — not only under base-case assumptions.

When Capital Stack Design Becomes Critical

Capital stack design becomes essential when businesses face:

  • growth plans requiring capital without loss of control,
  • acquisitions involving layered or hybrid capital,
  • refinancing of legacy or stressed structures,
  • projects with long gestation or uneven cash flows,
  • transition from promoter-led to institutional capital.

In these contexts, the interaction between capital layers matters more than the cost of any single instrument.