An acquisition or sale of a business is complex, time-consuming and requires experience and specialized knowledge. As a result, business owners for whom one of these transactions is a once in a lifetime experience are well served by using an investment banking firm to guide them through the intricacies of the process.
Acquiring a business can be a shortcut to growth because it will usually cost less time, money and effort and entail less risk than starting a similar business from scratch. An existing business also provides financing alternatives usually not available in a start-up scenario. Additionally, an acquisition is likely to include valuable cost saving and marketing synergies such that the two operations together will be more successful than merely adding their results when apart.
Our seasoned bankers will help you first design and then implement an effective plan to acquire a business by:
- Understanding your key acquisition objectives;
- Identifying potential targets that meet your acquisition criteria (if you have not already identified the target);
- Approaching targets on a confidential basis to determine interest in selling;
- Determining an appropriate purchase price;
- Analyzing the financing requirement and then identifying and recruiting sources of such financing;
- Negotiating and structuring the transaction.
