Even though it is possible to cut costs through the economies of scale or by adding new know-how to a company’s profile somewhere along the value chain, growth under one’s own steam is often not enough to attain the critical size required to secure a company’s existence on a sustainable basis. In this case the only options are an acquisition or a merger. However, transactions of this nature often pose a major challenge and are doomed to fail if one is unable to integrate certain critical processes, transcend cultural barriers and develop a joint vision.

Our range of services includes the following aspects:

• Defining an acquisition strategy and a suitable mode of procedure
• Evaluating the potentials of success and value increase (analysis of company, market environment, structure of industry, competition)
• Identification, evaluation and address of realizable objects for purchase or potential buyers
• Conducting sales or purchase procedures, from groundwork to structuring of business, carrying out due diligence, conducting negotiations, drawing up a contract, up to the closing of the deal
• Integration and implementation of envisaged increase in value by exploiting targeted synergies
• Assessment of companies and industries
• Assessment of investment Portfolios