Mergers and acquisitions

Purchasing or investing in another company may be the fastest route to growth, but it also represents one of the biggest business risks one has to face both in terms of the acquisition and the integration.

In a perfect world a business would be afforded the luxury of being able to prepare them self for sale, with a due diligence health check, but many find themselves facing an unexpected approach and need to react accordingly to ensure they achieve best possible valuation.

Our close relationships with venture capital companies, and business angels has enabled us to provide a very commercial and pragmatic mergers and acquisitions service from the earliest negotiation through to the completion of an acquisition, merger or sale.

We also understand the major role HR plays in the success of the ultimate merger, acquisition or sale.  Our consultants have a wealth of experience in all aspects of HR in what can be a difficult situation, for example: development and implementation of the communication strategy; retention of key staff; separation of redundant staff; TUPE transfers; integration of the HR policies, procedures and systems.

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Due diligence health check

We have developed a Due Diligence Health Check to identify weaknesses and threats. We can then also work with our clients to fix and mitigate these. The exercise is a good dry run and will reduce the cost, effort and emotion significantly when you are selling or getting investment – you can concentrate on getting the best valuation for your company.