Buy a Business

Why procure our services?

Whether you represent an investment fund that wishes to diversify its portfolio or a company looking to grow externally, Atlantic Finance has the expertise and the network required to offer you a wider pool of best-suited targets as well as guarantees in terms of transaction structure and due diligence.

The main steps of an acquisition process

Preparation

Understanding expectations and objectives, defining an acquisition strategy

Search for potential targets, benchmarking and market monitoring, initial contact

Negotiations

Meeting with potential targets, in-depth analysis of targets, due diligences, LOI, advisory

Financing

Search for the best financing options, negotiations with financing partners

Signature

Coordination in the preparation of the MOU, waiver of the conditions precedent

The main steps in a business acquisition process

step 1

Preparation

Understanding expectations and objectives: synergies, size, financial data, management, company culture, industry ecosystem, expertises, …
Defining the acquisition strategy: financial and legal terms, calendar, market value, organisation, integration, …

step 2

Search for targets

Active search for potential targets to acquire
Active market monitoring and benchmarking, target identification, professional network activation
Confidential contact with targeted companies
Assessment of the targets’ interest

step 3

Negotiations

Setting up meetings with interested targets and assessment of mutual interest according to acquisition criteria
Setting up meetings between targets and acquirers
Deep analysis of shortlisted targets
Monitoring due diligences performed in the Data Room
Advisory in the drafting of a letter of intention (LOI) comprising the main terms of a potential transaction
Coordination and management of the calendar for consultancies and accountancy, fiscal and legal due diligences
Advisory regarding terms: price, guarantees of assets and liabilities, payment procedures, …
Reporting at every step of the way

Buy a Business

Why procure our services?

The main steps of an acquisition process

The main steps in a business acquisition process

step 1

Preparation

step 2

Search for targets

step 3

Negotiations

step 4

Financing

step 5

Signature of the MOU

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