Everyone who starts a company shares dreams of an unsolicited acquisition approach: that one day they are going to get a knock on the door and standing there will be a smiling Sergei Brin and Larry Page from Google with a giant cheque in their hands. And you, the company founder, are going to look them square in the eye and greet them wit... Read More
The decision to sell a business is always a significant one for the company’s owners and necessarily involves a large commitment of time and resources. That’s why we have developed a formal process for selling a business that achieves a successful outcome for owners whilst maintaining utmost confidentiality and minimising day-to-day b... Read More
A key part of CFSG’s standard business sales process is maximising competition for a client’s business. This necessarily involves identifying the largest pool of likely acquirers, including both industry players and financial buyers, and inviting them to bid for the business. In addition to identifying local acquirers with whom we oft... Read More
The prospect of achieving synergies in M&A transactions is an important driver of value. The concept of a synergy is the idea that two companies when combined are worth more together than they are when valued separately. For example, if Company A and Company B are worth $200m and $50m on a stand-alone basis respectively, yet when comb... Read More