Selling a Business
We aggressively market your business - while maintaining confidentiality - to targeted potential buyers across and beyond your industry. We secure multiple offers from serious, qualified buyers so you can choose who you want to sell to. We create a competitive auction so that bids reach the high side of your expectations. Our objectives are:
  • To complete a transaction that meets all your requirements and needs
  • To achieve the highest valuation or best mix of terms possible
  • To negotiate terms that are in alignment with your objectives
  • To ensure the health of your company as it enters a new phase
Our sell-side services typically include the following four phases:

Phase I: Planning
  • Business assessment
  • Preliminary valuation
  • Financial modeling
  • Legal and tax planning with your accounting and tax professionals
  • Document preparation
  • Buyer and market research and subsequent creation of buyer target list
Phase II: Marketing
  • Confidential marketing campaign execution
  • Screening and qualification of potential buyers to ensure their
  • Determination of five or six most-qualified potential buyers
  • Receipt and evaluation of Letters of Intent (LOI) from potential buyers
  • Pursuit of several LOI in order to create an environment that moves the terms of the deal to a desirable close
Phase III: Evaluation
  • Establishment of a framework for evaluating and comparing terms of all offers
  • Pondering of offer mixtures of cash and stock, notes, earn-outs and other provisions having an impact on you, your company and your employees
  • Consideration of consulting contracts, incentive packages and other matters affecting your company management, employees and shareholders
Phase IV: Negotiation and Closing
  • Positioning and interfacing with buyers
  • Evaluation of offers
  • Structuring of transaction to maximize value
  • Consideration of tax implications
  • Recommendations for counteroffers
  • Negotiation of terms with your professional legal advisors
  • Coordination of legal and accounting services for all of the above
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