Buying a business

Guiding you through the acquisition process to ensure a successful outcome.

Acquisitions are a common and attractive route to grow, but they do not always add the value they were expected to. Identifying the right target, assessing the synergies, negotiating mutually beneficial terms, ensuring there are no unknown risks, aligning your tax, accounting and people strategies, and executing a thoughtful integration plan are all key components of a successful acquisition.

Regardless of whether you’re buying a division, subsidiary or standalone company, there is a lot to consider. Our experienced deal specialists can advise you throughout the process.

How our buy-side specialists can help

As one of the most active advisers in the middle market, we take the time to understand your priorities and concerns. Our experienced teams understand the commercial need to flex our approach depending on the size and complexity of a transaction, providing a bespoke solution tailored to your specific needs.

Our international reach allows us to identify and approach targets globally, as well as provide access to local diligence, tax, accounting and employment specialists – giving you total assurance on your deal.

We combine our industry expertise with data analytic capabilities, to provide pragmatic and commercial advice. This data-led approach allows us to highlight the main value drivers, identify key risk areas and provide the meaningful insights you need, to have confidence in your investment decisions.

If you are looking to raise funding to support your acquisition, our deal specialists can lead the fundraise to secure attractive terms that fit with your investment thesis and acquisition timetable.

A lot of the success of your acquisition depends on the integration. Our post-deal support team will continue to work with you after the deal, to resolve and implement any post-completion items, ensuring the acquisition is value accretive and achieves the results you want.

If you’re considering buying a business now or in the future, please get in touch.

Deal case studies

Discover how our M&A team has successfully helped their clients through a transaction.