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Avondale Consulting
 
M&A Advisory

We provide sophisticated financial and strategic advice to clients seeking to execute acquisitions and divestitures. Our approach to helping businesses create effective acquisition strategies is embodied by:

Increase Deal Flow Enhance M&A Decision-Making
  • Enhance screening criteria to drive deal flow in value creating channels
  • Identify adjacent markets with attractive economics (i.e., profitability and growth)
  • Develop a comprehensive list of acquisition candidates within those markets, particularly private companies that may not otherwise be known
  • Anonymously contact companies to determine initial level of interest prior to disclosing the identity of the acquirer
  • Strategically communicate the acquisition criteria to the deal community and potential referral sources to expand the breadth of potential deal flow
  • Determine the strategic fit of potential acquisition targets
  • Assist management in the evaluation and comparison of the long term value creation opportunities among a disparate number of acquisition candidates
  • Assess potential synergies and other value drivers and the impact on valuation
  • Develop an initial valuation and deal structure for each proposed acquisition
  • Coordinate the due diligence process and services provided by third party consultants (e.g. attorneys, financial due diligence providers)
  • Develop and implement a comprehensive negotiating strategy