Private Equity Advisory – Buy-side services
With broad sector and deep transactional experience, our team is experienced in supporting private equity investment teams in their acquisitions and investments. Our role encompasses challenge and support, bringing our experience and resources to supplement and complement those of the Private Equity team.
Our services to Private Equity typically include:
Of course where our due diligence team is also engaged, we actively liaise with them to deliver a comprehensive “one stop” service.
Sell-Side services to Private Equity
We have a strong track record of selling businesses on behalf of private equity investors across a range of industries.
Liasing with our due diligence team we can also ensure that a private equity backed business is fully prepared for the disposal process. Whether a full vendor due diligence exercise is required or not, we can work with the company to produce comprehensive data packs and a first class financial data room.
Completion mechanisms
Often neglected by vendors and brokers until very late in the process, we pride ourselves on adding value through the negotiation of the completion mechanism, whether we are acting for the buyer or the seller.
Regardless of whether the deal process calls for completion accounts or a locked box mechanism, it is critical to fully negotiate all aspects of the legal documents to ensure that the allocation of value resulting from balance sheet items is fair and appropriate. Effective negotiation of the enterprise to equity bridge, including the treatment of working capital, can make a significant difference to the cash at completion figure and will ensure that the business is properly, but not overly, funded as it moves into new ownership.
When we are engaged to sell a business, we will fully explore and negotiate this aspect of the deal. Where this element of a transaction has been neglected, we can step in and provide this element of the negotiation as a stand alone service. This may be of particular relevance to corporate lawyers or brokered deals where there is otherwise limited financial input available.
Why HMT
Passionate
We are passionate about delivering an optimal outcome for our clients and helping them achieve their personal objectives. We understand entrepreneurial businesses because we are one.
Our Deals
Personal
Partners are supported by high-calibre professional staff who share our core values of enthusiasm, energy, entrepreneurialism and empathy to our client's objectives.
Our Team
Proven
Our Partners have unparalleled deal experience in the mid-market and are supported by a team of dedicated deal-doers with specialist capabilities and experience.
About Us
Connected
We have an extensive network of acquisitive corporates, institutional investors and debt providers both in the UK and internationally through our membership of our global network Cognos.
Our Network
