Divestures and Carve Outs -:

Thorough preparation — including a carefully constructed strategy, rigorous due diligence and precise execution by experienced resources — will help get you to closing more quickly. Resources who know what financial and operating information are important to buyers and how the information should be presented.Using our years of transaction experience, we'll help you avoid potential transaction pitfalls by:

• Preparing reports compliant with U.S. GAAP and SEC financial standards — and, if you have an international buyer, reports that are International Financial Reporting Standards-compliant

• Identifying and developing support for adjustments and add-backs, providing a transparent, balanced and credible view of the business aimed at maximizing value

• Coordinating responses to buyer's questions and operating a data room

• Collaborating with you on tax structuring and post-sale tax planning to determine the most desirable deal structure and terms

• Determining an accurate valuation range for the divestiture/carve-out candidate

• Providing assistance to develop carve-out and stand-alone cost structures, focused on identifying and resolving business separation and transition issues

• Perform information technology and operations due diligence

• Assisting in developing and implementing a post-divestiture integration plan

• Developing the carve-out or divestiture separation playbook, including technology, HR, reporting, supply chain, etc.

• Managing and helping to execute the separation, when needed.

 

Due Diligence -:

Our senior-level consultants have helped hundreds of private equity firms and companies like yours in a wide variety of industries. Because our dedicated due diligence teams focus on growing companies, we understand how midsized businesses operate, resulting in faster turnaround.  Throughout the due diligence process, we collaborate with you to understand your unique situation and work with you very closely on issues from devising cost-effective tax structuring to identifying and mitigating deal risks as quickly as possible. 

 

The Financial Advisory Services practice has developed its expertise through many M&A, divestiture, and strategic partnering transactions across most major emerging sectors.   Mergers and Acquisitions Services include: Due diligence Includes insights into earnings, quality of working capital and analysis of key assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities. It also include analysis of:

 

• Larger customer additions or losses

• Customer and product line profitability

• Revenue recognition

• Operating expense analysis

• Capital expenditures and future capital expenditure plans

• Divestiture and acquisition transactions

• Corporate mergers

• Joint venture and strategic partner structuring

• Recapitalizations and reorganizations
   

Portfolio Company Optimization -:  

• Integration architect – your thought leader, using a rigorous methodology to help you deal with change management challenges

• Project management office – helping you execute your merger integration plan and serving as the hub for integration activities, including project discipline,structure, communication plan and coordination

• Specialized expertise – unlike some firms, we have the targeted, specialized expertise and resources you may need for specific integration functions – IT, back-office support, human resources .

• Early-stage synergy planning: We assess your opportunities for cost savings, how best to align processes and which strategies can drive revenue growth.

• Pre-acquisition planning: At this stage, issues that could prevent you from functioning well as a combined entity are addressed. We define steps to correct those situations, adopt best practice processes and develop a tactical plan to take advantage of synergies.

• Post-acquisition and optimization services: Weeks, months and years after closing a transaction, opportunities typically remain to drive further performance improvement. Using best practice methods, we help you dig into the details of how to optimize your organizational structure, business processes and systems to support further growth opportunities and sustainable cost efficiencies.