Buyer Services

Business Transition Strategies offers engagement-based buy side merger and acquisition services for qualified individuals and companies across New England to include the following: Evaluation of company’s readiness, identifying potential targets, performing high level preliminary due diligence, help prepare a valuation of the proposed synergistic benefits of target, help negotiate the terms of the deal, and close the deal. We can also help with post- close operational integration.

Readiness

Before embarking on a comprehensive M&A growth plan it is important that the buyer take stock in his company. We will help evaluate current infrastructure and resources and formulate an action plan to ensure the success of a future transaction

Targets

Based on the merger or acquisition plan we will, with the help of the client formulate a prioritized list of target companies based on client parameters. Target contacts will include both mailing and direct solicitation and the content of the communication will be pre-approved by the client.

Due Diligence

Serving as an acquisition advisor to the client, we will prepare a full high level analysis of the target company’s financial picture, markets and industry to identify how it might fit into the client’s strategy. We will help prepare operational due diligence checklists to include; production, legal, environmental, financial. Detailed due diligence should be completed and finalized by independent professionals where required. We will help explain and mitigate any adverse due diligence findings.

Benefits

We will value and quantify the synergistic benefits of the transaction to the client company and help formulate a plan to successfully integrate the target post close.

Negotiate & Close

We will adequately and aggressively negotiate on your behalf with the target and their representatives. We will assist in the preparation of an exploratory term sheet and help as needed with the balance of the transaction process through closing.

What our clients are saying...

“Regarding our working relationship with Business Transition Strategies. After 32 years of continuous growth we hit 2009 & 2010 and like many companies we went flat and in 2010 had our first loss. At this point we knew we had to make changes if we where to succeed in this new economic environment. Business Transition Strategies (BTS), particularly John Howe and Ken Schaefer, were brought on as consultants. The BTS team came in, evaluated everything in a professional and thankfully non-threatening manner. They interacted with all employees and our professional partners. Once this was done they presented their findings to the executive group and gave very specific suggestions for improvements. This done and a plan in place, John & Ken continued to help us move forward and implement changes and make adjustments where needed. I am happy to say we are back to being a growing and profitable business and I believe BTS played a big part in making this happen. I would recommend to anyone that they include BTS as part of their business plans for the future.”

- Christina

Advisory Client