Adding value
Our success is based on specialist corporate finance teams who focus on adding value for you at each stage in the process of acquiring a business; devising an acquisition strategy and team, finding the right target, negotiating the deal, investigating to reduce risk and completing the deal.

Devising an acquisition strategy
Successful acquisitions are based on a considered acquisition strategy which is integral to achieving a business's overall strategic goals.  Understanding your objectives, your business and its marketplace will enable us to contribute to the development of an effective acquisition strategy for you.

A critical element of your acquisition strategy will be the selection of criteria against which potential targets will be assessed.  We will help you identify the key criteria to ensure effort is properly focused.

Finding the right target
Innovative and skilled research is an essential ingredient to the successful identification of target businesses. We can undertake confidential research and screening of potential businesses, seeking to match your purchasing criteria with the target’s attributes and vendor’s likely selling objectives.  We are also aware of businesses for sale through the Grant Thornton international network and our external contacts.

Negotiating the deal
Our ability to assess the value of the target business to its shareholders as well as to you as purchaser, combined with our extensive negotiating experience, enables us to enhance the prospects of a deal being agreed. We will also advise you on the most appropriate structure of your offer and the form and timing of consideration.
Our highly experienced taxation specialists work closely with us to achieve the best deal structure, which can often bridge the gap between what a purchaser is willing to pay and a vendor is prepared to accept.

Investigating to reduce risk
Having agreed the terms of the deal, ensuring that you buy what you think you are buying is the next critical step.  We will assist you in focusing the due diligence process on key areas and can also bring our financial investigation skills to bear as part of the process. Our approach is geared to adding value to the transaction.

Completing the deal
Having secured a deal in principle we will actively lead the completion process resolving difficulties as they arise.  Our experience, determination and innovative approach to problem-solving can make the difference between success and failure.

After the deal
Many acquisitions fail to deliver the expected benefits due to inadequate planning of the post-acquisition strategy. We can provide the support and impetus necessary, using the full range of our firm's expertise to ensure your acquisition is a success.