OUR COMPETENCIES
Buy-side
We advise on the purchase of individual shares in a company and also entire companies.
Our consulting foundation is our knowledge & know-how, flair and intuition, our many years of experience from numerous successful processes, as well as our well-rehearsed team.
Our expertise, our tools and our attitude support you in:
- Diversification of the product portfolio
- Extending or deepening the value chain
- Consolidation through the acquisition of direct competitors
- Strategically triggered buy and build concept
- Advisory of Management Buy Outs/Ins
Sell-side
We know: you can typically only sell once. Planning in preparation, selective choice of possible partners, prudent management of the process and distinctive negotiation skills are for us the minimum for a promising result. We advise on:
- Succession solutions with many years of experience in working with family businesses
- Full sale
- Individualized transitional solutions
- Carve Out Purchases from Group Structures
- Exits for institutional investors, including formulation of equity story
Strategy
Only those who understand the opportunities and risks of each of their options for action can weigh them up well and choose the appropriate growth strategy in each case - whether merger, acquisition, alliance, licensing, divestment or proprietary development. We start every purchase and sale with a strategy dialog on corporate development. Because only the answers to these questions enable a tailor-made strategy - an M&A roadmap:
- Why and for what do we want to grow?
- How do we want to grow?
- What should a partner bring to the table?
- Who advises, who acts and who bears responsibility?
THE PLUS: PRE MERGER INTEGRATION
When two companies are brought together, cultural differences can lead to tensions that inhibit the whole process. In the worst case, to the point where the benefits of the partnership are eclipsed. We start at the most efficient lever: in pre-merger integration, in order to leverage the creative energy of the new combination.
In pre-merger processes, we support the future partners in preserving the strengths of the partnership, minimizing frictional losses and realizing synergies. We work with a mix of steering support, coaching and implementation support. What we have learned so far from successful pre-merger processes:
- Expect the unexpected.
- On the way together, you become wiser together.
- No bending, no breaking.
- People make numbers: Values determine values.
