Sell-Side M&A Services

Ready to Sell?

We help prepare agency owners to go to market, secure conversations with potential buyers, and maximise value seeing the deal through to completion, working with our legal and accountancy partners.

We understand that selling is a hugely emotive process, because we've been there in selling our own agencies.

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Our approach to realising value

Below is a high-level overview of the activities you can expect when selling your agency, broken down by phase. Specific details vary depending on the type of deal, please get in touch for more information.

Phase 1, Preparation

You’re personally ready, but is your agency?

Firstly we work with you to prepare your agency to be sold, ensuring it’s positioned in the most enticing way, enabling you to achieve maximum value from the process.

Ensure the business is maximised in terms of being an attractive proposition to potential buyers enabling the best possible value

Detailed review of financial information and key metrics to provide confidence in the valuation

Preparation of the IM (Information Memorandum) to present the business in the most attractive way for acquirers to understand the opportunity

Collaborate on a shortlist of potential acquirers for whom acquiring the agency would be most attractive, e.g. skills, staff, location, clients

Setup a virtual data room as the single point of truth for all key transaction documentation

Phase 2, Reaching Out

This is the start of contact with potential buyers.

We share a confidential overview of your business with suitable potential buyers, and you’ll have the opportunity to engage in conversations with the senior teams, all working toward receiving indicative offers for review.

Reach out and connect with potential acquirers, presenting key teaser information, anonymised where necessary after relevant NDAs signed

Coordinate meetings with potential acquirers, and support the agency through providing further requested information

Co-host and support the agency through multiple chemistry meetings with potential acquirers

Collate and present indicative offers, collaborate on selecting a preferred acquirer based on analysis and discussion on each offer

Phase 3, Due Diligence

Due Diligence is a notoriously intense period of time, we're here to support you through it.

The selected buyer fully interrogates every aspect of your business using their legal, financial, technical and operational experts. We'll help navigate the myriad of meetings, document requests and negotiations on final sale terms prior to closing.

Oversee the intense due diligence phase, working with our legal and accountancy specialist advisors, or your own preferred advisors

Oversee the compiling of all documentation and records by the seller and provide them to the buyer via the Virtual Data Room

Manage the entire process, ensuring all parties’ questions are answers satisfactorily, coordinating calls and co-hosting meetings

Working with legal advisors to ensure maximum value from the sale through negotiating terms of the sale/SPA including deferred consideration mechanism

Successful closure of the deal

Phase 4, Post-completion

Work may need to be done finalising the purchase price after the completion of due diligence and agreement on the deal terms through finalising completion accounts, along with the planning of when any deferred consideration payments will be received.

Announcement of deal completion, coordinating a press release

Work with accountants to finalise completion accounts as required

Plan for future payments and implementation of your "earn-out"

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For a confidential introductory call to discuss selling your agency, and to answer any questions you may have, please get in touch.

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