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Financial Position: How To Tell Your Company’s Financial Story

If you are a business owner considering engaging with an investor or an acquirer, you need to be able to succinctly explain your company’s financial position – tell your business’ financial story. The financial story of your business is a comprehensive summary of your company’s past financial performance and current financ... Read More

Managing An Unsolicited Acquisition Approach

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

M&A Case Study: Coca-Cola Acquisition of Costa Coffee

For those with an interest in the coffee industry beyond their morning latte, this M&A case study takes a look at one of the largest transactions within the global coffee industry in a very long time. The Coca-Cola Company (“Coca-Cola”) recently announced that it has acquired Costa Limited (“Costa”), the global coffee chain fo... Read More

CFSG’s Successful Process To Sell A Business

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

CFSG Case Study: Cross-Border M&A

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

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