Advisory services in purchase and sale of companies
Our team provides support during the transaction process through a variety of missions, from pre-deal stage to post-deal stage. We work on all sectors except for the financial sector (banking and insurance) and on companies with revenues ranging from 5m€ to 300m€. We don’t provide M&A services (i.e. we do not seek out potential buyers or sellers).
Transactions advisory services
- Sell-side assistance
- Advice on the preparation of the Letter of Intent (“LOI”)
- Identification of the risks and opportunities of the business and the deal
- Analysis of price parameters (EBITDA, net debt, WC, etc.)
- “Pre-signing”: negotiation of the price, closing mechanisms and financial guarantees, bearing in mind your commercial objectives
- “Post-closing”: execution of the contract, price adjustments & leakage review, arbitration
- Design and set-up of financial tools
Examples of successful cases
Preparation of combined financial statements and management reports for a Spanish group with 14 international subsidiaries prior to a sale process
Due diligence projects on the acquisition of approximately 30 dental and aesthetic clinics in Spain and Portugal for a Spanish investment fund
- Pre-deal: negotiation of the price, closing mechanism and drafting of the financial clauses of the purchase agreement for a sovereign wealth fund from Singapore in the real estate market
- Post-deal: calculation and negotiation of price adjustments and earn-outs for a French multinational operating in the professional services sector; arbitration for a Spanish publishing group on the acquisition of a business unit
