Whatever your reasons for buying another business, your company’s growth awaits you.

But first, you need to acquire a business.

You leave about 50% of your growth on the table without an acquisitive strategy.

You can double your growth by buying another company.

Are you ready to grow through acquisition?

Here’s an overview of what to expect during the Buy Side Advisory Services process.

Buyer Readiness // 4 WeeksPHASE 1

Once you contact us, we’ll schedule a time to clarify your intended goals and what to expect during the transaction process.

To best understand the accretive value of the acquisition you’re about to undertake, we’ll provide you with the following written documents:

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Your Company’s Calculation of Value Report

Then, we’ll work with your senior leadership to assess the following:

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Ideal Seller Persona

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Access to capital

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Operational maturity

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Parameters of the deal structure

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Verify organic growth strategy is in place

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Overall readiness to assimilate an acquisition

Based on the review of all of the assessments and reports, we’ll advise you on whether an acquisition will accelerate your company’s growth.

Should you decide to proceed, we’ll invite you to a secure virtual data room (VDR) to share all the documents from the comprehensive seller Due Diligence for the negotiations phase.

Seller Identification // 3-4 MonthsPHASE 2

During this stage, we’ll build, pursue, and vet a list of seller prospects to determine their alignment with your ideal seller persona. When appropriate, we’ll move your best fit prospects forward in the process by having them:

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Review and sign the Confidentiality Agreements

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Schedule and attend introductory meetings

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Calculation of Value of the Seller

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Engage in facilitated negotiations

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Technical & Business Review Meetings

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Internal Rate of Return (IRR) modeling

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Develop Letter of Intent (LOI)

Your senior management team will need to be available to attend prospective sellers interview calls, receive status updates and participate in validation calls.

Negotiations, Due Diligence & Closing // 2-4 MonthsPHASE 3

Once a Letter of Intent is signed, lawyers and accountants get involved. Then, the real work begins.

This phase covers all the steps from the time the offer is presented till the end of the closing proceedings. The goal over this two month period is to understand every aspect of the seller’s business. The nexus of activities center around these items:

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Financial, legal, and operational reviews