There are numerous reasons why people and corporates acquire businesses. These reasons may include:

• ​Gain skills, products or services which are complementary to their existing business
• Grow their existing business and achieve synergies by putting the two business together
• Remove a competitor from the market
• Opportunistically because an opportunity arose that was too good to refuse
• An individual may want to reap the rewards from owning their own business rather than working for someone else

If you are thinking about acquiring a business or have already identified a business to acquire, we can assist you to:

• Identify and refine the key attributes and characteristics of the business you wish to acquire i.e. location, transaction size, type of business, etc
• Compile a list of potential acquisition targets to approach
• Approach acquisition targets and ascertain their willingness to explore a sale
• Assess the quality of the acquisition target and establish what the business is worth
• Prepare a non-binding indicative offer
• Project managing the due diligence process
• Raise debt and equity funding
• Structure and negotiate key transaction terms including term sheets and business acquisition agreements
• Finalise the acquisition of the business