Mergers & Acquisitions Advice

We use our experience, judgement and sector expertise to give our clients insightful advice that creates a genuine competitive advantage. We are rigorous and determined in our pursuit of this aim.

Our advice is independent and without conflict. It covers all areas of M&A including, acquisition (“buy-side”) advice and sale and divestiture (“sell-side”) advice as well as ongoing strategic advice to ensure that owners and managers are best placed to grow their businesses.

Across all types of M&A assignment our style is to provide senior corporate financiers who give hands-on advice, supported by a dedicated transaction team of experienced practitioners.

Buy-side Advice

The enhanced risk environment caused by weak economies and turbulent debt markets has made the need for an experienced buy-side adviser more important than ever. We have been very active in successfully providing this advice to corporates and private equity firms throughout the economic downturn. This accumulated wealth of experience and detailed market knowledge makes us the buy-side adviser of choice for clients determined to ensure a successful outcome.

Our specialist Debt Advisory Group is often a fundamental part of our buy-side advisory offering – being able to raise optimum debt packages in accelerated time scales, without being beholden to any one lender is often the deciding factor in processes.

Sell-side advice

Understanding a business is fundamental to maximising its value on a sale. Ahead of launching any sale process we ensure we have a detailed and extensive knowledge of the business. We embed ourselves with management teams to work together in crafting the right sale messages for both buyers and potential providers of external finance. Our sector experience and international presence are crucial components of this process.

A successful sale needs at least one, and preferably numerous, enthusiastic buyers with available funds. Our operations throughout Europe, the US and Asia enable us to identify and engage with the best international buyers.

Our creativity, flexibility and independence also enable us to initiate multi-track sale processes that involve concurrently advising our client on the best course of action, be it a potential sale, an IPO or a recapitalisation. Our execution expertise covers all potential outcomes.