Mergers & Acquisitions

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RedShift serves both buyers and sellers in the mergers ad acquisitions firm targeting process. Which target companies make sense to acquire for your business goals? Which market segments will provide growth potential? We also identify financial risks and rewards for both small business owners and their potential buyers.

With every risk comes potential rewards, but RedShift doesn’t believe in turning a blind eye. We carefully examine potential M&A risks, from exploring the target company’s finances to exposing legal implications and liabilities of the acquisition.

The goal in any M&A transaction is positive future results. RedShift conducts due diligence efforts to help buyers understand their target’s market position and growth opportunities, navigate regulatory issues and discover the potential value in altering or integrating business operations.

RedShift looks carefully at future earnings potential and possible cash flows over time resulting from acquiring or joining forces with your targeted company. We use tried-and-true tactics to value each target company and help you forecast for the future.

Does merging make sense to your industry? RedShift examines industry size and success by looking at profitability, technology, product development and so on. Young industries might pursue a merger to control market share, but established industries have different motivations, stemming from plans to improve existing technology or expand product lines. In either case, we factor in industry weaknesses and how your merger could solve problems.

Depending on the goal of the M&A transaction, RedShift approaches valuations from a few standpoints. If the target company is performing well, it’s a going concern and all assets are factored in, from brands and trademarks to technology and infrastructure. Of course, poorly-performing companies may only have one remaining option, so we’ll determine its liquidation value, tallying up potential earnings from selling physical assets.

Both buyers and sellers prioritize completing their transaction, but maybe the details of the deal aren’t a strong suit. RedShift steps in as your trusted partner to help negotiate terms, from sale price to risk allocation and contract negotiation.

The buy side and sell side of an M&A transaction sees involvement from business bankers like us, as well as legal and financial counsel. RedShift makes it easy for all sides to collaborate through completion so you don’t have to worry about the intricacies of the deal.

Looking to sell your company, but don’t have a buyer in mind? Private equity firms are available to either invest in your company or buy it outright. It might be the right move if the firm is better poised to finance and foster necessary organizational change you can’t initiate on your own.

Traditional M&A not the right fit? Buyers and sellers both benefit from management buyout (MBO). When a company’s management team acquires the business, opportunities abound for small business owners to make a profit while the buyer keeps the business running and pursues opportunities ranging from expanding operations to filing an IPO. RedShift will assess your next steps.

After the transaction is complete, what will get your company operating the right way, following your brand mission and strategy? RedShift acts as your planning partner, executing strategic analysis to understand your business environment, strategy formulation to develop a plan for organizational change, implementation to begin plan rollout and monitoring to continually evaluate and refine your operations, culture and communications for success.