Transactions Blog

Lead advisors are often placed in the role of ‘bad cop’ when pushing the deal through for the seller and getting the highest price possible for the business. But what is the best way to work with a lead advisor and in what ways can they add the most value in a transaction process?

Planning before the sales process even starts is essential to allow the setting of strategic and financial objectives as well as getting an idea as to the internal resources available for the transaction process. One of the key messages from Kris Geysels, CFO of Aviapartner, in his presentation at the M&A Academy was that lead advisors will not take any of the preparation work away from the internal team.

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If you have to refinance debt in the coming months, this advice might help you

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Our German practice issued a new publication on the Private Equity Investments in the Automotive Supplier Industry.

It describes how the automotive industry has been hit hard in 2008 with a decline in global GDP growth leading to a decline in its business prospects, uncertainty about the direction the industry will take and the drying up of credit facilities, as confirmed in recent evolutions. As in other industries, investment activity has come to a halt and the industry suffered a substantial loss of shareholder value.

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