SELLING A BUSINESS
Achieve maximum value for your companyLimited Private Auctions
A limited private auction is a competitive bidding process, through which multiple suitors evaluate the business and submit their proposal for the acquisition. Running a limited private auction allows the marketplace the opportunity to tell the Company what it’s worth today.
Strategic
Companies operating in same industry with potential synergies to drive valuation
Typically, a buy and build, longer-term hold
Financial
Private Equity Groups & Family Offices
Off-Market Transactions
If the auction process is concerning, an off-market transaction might be preferable for the entrepreneur. In this type of transaction, we engage the most likely subset of potential buyers (typically strategic) for efficient one-on-one discussions.
Whether a limited private auction (“a process”) or an “off the market” discussion, the potential sale of your business is a very personal and important first decision for the business owner. Options other than an outright sale of the business include:
- Dividend recap
- Shareholder buyout
- Management buyout
- ESOP
- Minority deal
- Generational recap