When ownership is at stake, every decision is a one-off
Selling a company, buying a competitor or handing over to successors happens rarely in an owner's life. Which is exactly why it pays to have someone with experience in transactions like these.
A transaction does not begin with the price but with the question of what is actually being sold or bought: how the company runs without the owner, how solid the customer contracts are, what happens to key people.
The same current-state mapping that underpins a process redesign is here the basis for due diligence. That lets us look at a company as a buyer, as a seller, and as someone who will have to make the whole thing work afterwards.
When to call us
- You are considering selling, or you have received an unsolicited offer.
- You want to grow through acquisition and need a view of possible targets.
- You are handing the company over to successors or key employees.
What you get
- An indicative business valuation for business purposes, with the assumptions explained.
- Sale preparation: what to sort out before a buyer arrives.
- Due diligence with a list of risks and their effect on price and contract.
- A post-acquisition integration plan.
What this area covers
- Indicative business valuation
- Sale preparation
- Target search
- Transaction management
- Due diligence: red-flag, financial, commercial, operational and IT
- Post-acquisition integration
- Ownership transfer and succession
Who does the work
Led by RGMS. The legal and tax parts of due diligence are carried out by a lawyer and a tax adviser from our network.
How long it takes
An indicative valuation about a week, sale preparation around three weeks, target search two to three weeks, due diligence according to scope and target size.
How we agree on the price
Smaller projects are split into phases with a fixed price per phase; longer engagements run on an agreed daily rate or a monthly package. You approve the price of each phase in advance, and after each phase we can stop.
Frequently asked questions
Is your valuation the same as a certified appraisal?
Is financial due diligence an audit?
Do you work for buyers or sellers?
Your project starts with a conversation
The first call takes half an hour, is free and comes with no proposal. First we understand where you are.
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