Mergers and acquisitions - buying or selling?
Many of our clients look to achieve business growth through mergers and acquisitions - a highly rewarding strategy if the process is carried out with care, diligence and insight. BDO Stoy Hayward has a dedicated mergers and acquisitions team that can help you to get it right, whether buying or selling.

Mergers and acquisitions - buying
If you have a strategy to grow through mergers and acquisitions we can help in any number of ways. Our mergers and acquisitions team can help to target companies, assessing their suitability before your people get over-involved. We can make confidential approaches on your behalf. Our investigations team is experienced in due diligence and our award wining private equity team will be able to help you raise any necessary finance as required. We can also help with tax planning ensuring that growth is handled in the most efficient manner.

Mergers and acquisitions - selling
Our corporate finance department has a dedicated team dealing with mergers and acquisitions, valuing, brokering and closing business sales. We can advise you on how to maximise the potential value of your business. When you are ready, we can take you through the whole process, from valuation to confidential offer of sale, negotiation and final deal. We can help with tax planning to ensure the deal is as efficient as possible.

We also have excellent third party contacts in legal, financial and other professional service companies that will help the mergers and acquisitions process to go smoothly, efficiently and profitably.