Corporate Finance

Selling a company

Our lead advisory team assist clients who are seeking to realize value by selling all or part of their business, as well as companies who want to focus on core operations by making a divestment or carve-out. Disposals our team work on include strategic sales to strategic buyers in domestic and cross-border markets or sales to private equity and management teams.

We provide support to clients throughout the sale process, including:

Transaction structuring

• Transaction management and coordination
• Preparation of transaction documentation, including information memorandum, teaser and process letter
• Strategic targeting and analysis of potential buyers
• Valuation and transaction modelling scenarios
• Data room and buy-side due-diligence support
• Negotiation of transaction terms and conditions
• SPA advisory
• Exit planning and tax optimization

Buying a company

Whether your company is considering an acquisition in order to accelerate growth or you are a management team contemplating a management buyout or buyin, we have an experienced lead advisory team to assist in all stages of the transaction.

We provide support to clients throughout the acquisition process, including:

• Target research, selection and approach
• Valuation, transaction modelling and business plan preparation
• Financing solutions and sourcing support
• Deal, funding and tax structuring
• Negotiation of transaction terms and conditions
• SPA advisory
• Financial and tax due diligences
• Transaction management and coordination

We have extensive knowledge in business and asset valuations for various purposes.

As a member of the Crowe Global, we can call on the expertise of local professionals around the globe to offer a seamless cross-border service.

We help companies with:

• Valuation of all types of businesses and assets
• Various disputes — valuing businesses, assets and lost profits
• Accounting and financial reporting support — e.g. for purchase price allocation and impairment reviews;

In addition, our valuation and modelling team support clients with the development of bespoke, flexible financial models for a wide range of transactions. A robust financial model is a useful tool, allowing clients to assess strategic plans and assist in decision making.

We prepare models for:

• transactions
• budget
• leverage buy-outs and management buy-outs
• valuations
• long term forecasting and scenario analysis
• business plans and feasibility studies

We also provide independent financial model review services, which can provide comfort to investors that a model is structured properly to accurately reflect the transaction or business. We offer a range of levels of review, from high level reviews and best practice checks to extensive model audits.

We assist companies in various development stages, seeking to raise funds for a wide range of purposes, including working capital, capital expenditure, acquisitions, management buy-outs or simply refinancing to improve on their current terms. We have strong relationships with a wide range of potential funders and financiers, both debt and equity, and our approach to assist clients by covering all aspects of the transaction:

• Structuring and optimization of transaction
• Business plan preparation and forecasting
• Financial modelling and valuation
• Funding advice and sourcing support
• Institutional or private financing
• Negotiation of transaction terms and conditions
• Pre-investment due diligence

When financial positions deteriorate, Crowe professionals bring the deep industry expertise needed to uncover decisive restructuring actions that can help you maximize recovery and minimize loss.

Our restructuring advisory services include:

• Stabilization of financial performance: Crowe restructuring team support our clients to develop and implement turnaround restructuring plans, manage creditor negotiations and return, determine plans ahead of bankruptcy and execute decisions after bankruptcy.
• Operational performance analysis: We analyze current operations, recommend operational revisions and develop and implement  high-impact business plans to help improve cash flow and achieve sustainable results.
• Financial advisory: We help our clients to develop critical cash conversion procedures, evaluate alternative financing options,  plan and execute expedited sales of noncritical assets, and assist in bankruptcy proceedings.
• Interim management: Our restructuring professionals can seamlessly step into key leadership positions to provide support and accelerate the restructuring plan.