Business Acquisitions
A business acquisition is a common and key growth strategy of many businesses and can immediately:
- Increase your market share of existing products or services
- Diversify the products or services you currently provide
- Expand your geographic coverage
- Provide synergetic benefits by combining resources and costs
We can project manage all aspects of the transaction from start to finish ensuring that the process is properly planned and is executed efficiently and confidentially.
Our services typically include:
- Identifying and contacting potential targets following detailed research based on your acquisition criteria and using extensive UK, European and Global company databases
- Performing a business valuation of the target business in order to formulate an offer
- Negotiating the terms and structure of the transaction after considering commercial, financial and taxation issues
- Preparing a detailed business plan and financial forecasts to assist in the raising of appropriate debt and/or equity funds
- Leading discussions and negotiations with potential funders to the transaction
- Performing financial and taxation due diligence
- Working with your solicitors to finalise the sale and purchase agreement and to complete the transaction within the required timescale
