Advisory

Our team of corporate finance professionals provides advice and analysis for a variety of M&A scenarios. Whether you are pursuing a value-maximizing sale of your business or determining the price and structure of a target acquisition, you will benefit from our end-to-end solutions, including assessing the current industry climate, performing all necessary due diligence and working closely with legal and accounting teams to ensure a successful outcome.

Divestitures

In preparing our clients to sell their business, our services include:

  • Developing marketing materials for potential buyer outreach
  • Managing the auction process
  • Providing insights to potential buyers
  • Customization of the process to maximize value
  • Coordinating due diligence to minimize business disruption and required management time

Acquisitions

In helping clients grow their business through acquisition, our services include:

  • Performing financial analyses of the target company
  • Developing a pro forma financial model of the combined businesses, including synergy and financing scenarios
  • Assisting in formulating an appropriate range of prices to be paid for the target company

Strategic & valuation advisory

We provide corporate development services in support of M&A strategies, including:

  • Perspectives on execution of various business plans
  • Advice on potential buyers (including ability to pay) and potential acquisition candidates (including synergy opportunities)
  • Choice of M&A growth strategy (e.g., increasing capacity vs. entering new markets, tuck-in vs. transformational)

Fairness opinions

We provide independent opinions for boards in their “duty of care” when assessing certain transactions on behalf of shareholders:

  • Proposal to be acquired
  • Transformational acquisitions
  • Insider bids and related-party transactions