Step 3 · Execute

Acquisitions and takeovers: buying a business, or saving it

In brief. Buying a competitor, a supplier or a business in difficulty is often the fastest way to grow. Big4PM supports the buyer, from the target diagnostic to integration, and the owner of a business in difficulty who wants to save it through a sale or an investor. Our team has run acquisition due diligence for the most demanding clients.

For whom

• An owner buying a competitor, a supplier or a distributor.
• A family or entrepreneur looking to take over a business in difficulty, through a court sale or a prepack.
• The owner of a business in difficulty looking for a buyer or an investor before it is too late.

What we do

1. Target diagnostic, in a few days for a court sale: cash, margins, working capital, key customers, risks.
2. Valuation and price: what the activity is worth, what to pay, what to negotiate.
3. Business plan and restart cash need, as the court or the bank expects them.
4. Financing structure: equity, debt, vendor loan, investors.
5. Figures for the offer, prepared with your lawyer, who drafts and files it.
6. First hundred days: cash control, reporting, priorities.

What we do not do

We do not draft legal documents or represent the buyer in court: that is the role of its lawyer, with whom we work.

Next

A takeover often starts with a MarginIQ diagnostic of the target and continues with putting financial control in order with ControlIQ. For a wider decision, buying, joining a group or selling, the Capital Decision Review compares the options.

The team

Every mission is carried out by a dedicated team of senior specialists, overseen by our founder, Noria Bacha. All have spent most of their careers in the Big Four and in transaction services firms, working for the most demanding clients. Every deliverable is reviewed by a second senior before it reaches you.