Mergers and Acquisitions

• Our team can help you avoid the pitfalls that sellers can fall into, and help you prepare for your divestiture. You can maximize what you may get for your business and quickly return to re-focusing on other business units in line with corporate strategy. Whether you want to spin-off or sell a piece of your business, our team will prepare you for each step of the way – from strategy and portfolio evaluation through post-separation transition and optimisation;
• On the buy-side, we advise you on your business planning and financial modelling, through to the approach, initial offer and bid tactics. We advise not just on the financial aspects of deals, including debt advisory, but across the wide range of operational and strategic activities. Our integrated service includes financial, operational and commercial due diligence as well as maximising advantage within sale and purchase agreements; and
• In addition, our team of tax professionals can help you ensure that your deal is not only executed in a tax efficient manner, but also ensure that the acquisition or divestiture structure accommodates your future plans for the business in terms of additional acquisitions, divestitures, refinancings/cash extraction through to a tax efficient exit.
  
   

• Successfully planning and executing a business divestiture is far more challenging than most executives or entrepreneurs expect; 
• When divesting a business, time is often short, unexpected stress and consequences arise, and value is easily leaked;
• We can assess all the opportunities open to you, prioritise them, and help you prepare the investment case you need to get internal buy-in and external funding. It’s a ‘blueprint for value’ which will guide every aspect of the deal, through the execution phase to transformation and beyond.
• We have a proprietary deal-planning database, drawing on the insights we’ve gained from hundreds of deals. There (probably) isn’t a material issue we haven’t come across before. That includes the process of regulatory approval, the complex tax implications of cross-border transactions, consultation requirements for transferring people in Europe or globally, specialist areas like trademarks, and the implications for both internal governance and external reporting. As well, of course, as the time-consuming but vital task of due diligence, structuring and expert support on the handling of deal negotiations.
• We combine that planning know-how with the ability to build a compelling investment case, and extensive experience of running successful Integration and Separation Management Offices, with all the complex detail that entails.
• Being clear on the stakeholders and management you need to get on board is key. You’ll get a plan that tells you what needs to be done, when, and by whom, to decisively reduce risk and protect value.
  
   

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