Acquisitions
How we help you grow through mergers and acquisition
Great care needs to be taken in finding, assessing, negotiating and completing business acquisitions. We guide our clients through the whole process, from initial confidential dialogue with potential targets, through to negotiating and eventually closing the deal. Using our extensive experience working on the buy and sell-side of transactions as well as our skills as "door openers", we provide an extensive list of appropriate acquisition targets to our client and, once negotiations begin, ensure no stone is left unturned, giving our clients confidence that there will be no nasty shocks down the line.
Our aim is that every transaction on which we advise results in the optimal mix of what we call the Corbett Keeling "3 Cs". Having listened carefully to our clients' objectives, our approach ensures they achieve the best possible combination of:
- CashMinimising the consideration you pay both upfront and on an earn-out
- CertaintyAchieving the greatest confidence the transaction will go ahead on the terms agreed
- ChemistryEnsuring the business you acquire fits your culture and flourishes
Where our clients are considering international business acquisitions, Corbett Keeling works closely with our partners at Globalscope, who provide the local presence and knowledge that is vital in cross-border transactions as well as identifying acquisition opportunities.
As a London based M&A advisor, we have built strong relationships with all the key equity, debt and other funders and, therefore, are ideally placed to arrange acquisition finance on behalf of our clients. See our Raising Capital page for more information.
