Mergers and Acquisitions

If you are selling a business, we will help you identify prospective buyers and then negotiate to maintain competitive tension between then. We work with a broad range of clients including entrepreneurs, private equity backed businesses and public companies amongst others.

Our sell-side services include:

• Indicative Valuation
• Preparation of Information Memorandum
• Identifying and approaching potential acquirers/investors
• Negotiation of indicative offers
• Management of the due diligence process
• Contractual negotiations through to completion
• Taxation advice

Identifying and analysing the right targets, in the UK and abroad, to support your acquisition strategy can be difficult at the best of times. You then need to negotiate the right valuation and terms.

Engage us as your Lead Adviser and you will be guided on your strategy and tactics. You will also receive advice on your targets, their valuation and the terms of any offers. Finally, we will advise on deal structures and returns.

We can also support your business planning, bank funding, project management and advise on the tax implications of an acquisition.

You will also be able to leverage our extensive global network and relationships to source the right deals.

Our special situations M&A team have experience of acting for both buyers and sellers of businesses in stress/distress scenarios. With deep and extensive knowledge of and relationships with the international special situations investor community, we will provide you and your stakeholders with optimal funding solutions.

We act in both standalone and IP-in-waiting sales processes as well as offering debt advisory services with an emphasis on smaller deals and ABLs. We work directly with clients as well as taking referrals from colleagues and others working in M&A and business restructuring such as IP firms, banks and private equity houses and funds.

To find out more about how we work with clients like you, please see a selection of our transactions on the BDO deals page.

Our PLC team advises public and private companies on corporate transactions within a capital markets context. This includes acquisition and disposal mandates for public companies, advising on all aspects of take-overs of public companies, public to private transactions and much more besides.

The team members are drawn from advisory and stockbroking backgrounds and have experience of dealing with investors and fund managers as well as boards of public companies. The team has acted for a broad range of main market companies, AIM companies, unlisted Plcs and overseas companies.

It has advised on many successful transactions with commercial companies and has considerable experience of advising on transactions involving investment companies, including closed-ended investment funds and venture capital trusts. 

Read more on BDO's PLC Advisory Services.