Corporate Finance

Two businesses with the same profit rarely sell for the same price.

The difference is the value gap: everything a buyer quietly discounts for. Customer concentration. Key-person dependency. Numbers that take a fortnight to produce. Contracts that don’t transfer cleanly. Most of it is fixable, and nearly all of it is cheaper and calmer to fix before a process starts than during one.

We work on both sides of that gap — closing it before you go to market, and testing it properly when you are the buyer. That means going beyond the deal itself and supporting your team across the whole transaction lifecycle. Value creation, in the plain sense: the business is worth more at the end than at the start.

We have completed scores of buy-side and sell-side corporate transactions with a cumulative value of over £0.5bn, from owner-managed businesses to publicly listed companies. Whether you are contemplating a transaction with individuals, corporates, venture and private equity, or an EOT, our connected thinking lets you weigh transaction, funding, due diligence, tax and business considerations together, and plan the outcome that suits you.

Our experience across the whole cycle means we give you, your teams and your advisors the delivery support that changes outcomes: financial, tech, people, commercial, legal and operational capability combined, on a risk-based approach. After an initial review we agree a framework of support that works for you — your transaction domestique.

Contact us to arrange a free confidential consultation.

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