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Business Acquisition Services

 

✓ Assistance with Acquisition Search

Astute acquisitions can nourish growth, and speed transitions to new and better markets more rapidly than any other business strategy. We work with our buyer clients to identify the ideal targets, and quickly and effectively negotiate optimum business combinations.

✓ Strategic Acquisition Planning

Successful acquisitions are the ones which still seem prudent years later. We help clients in the planning processes assess their acquisition strategy and long-term business objectives. In other cases where acquisition preferences are well established, clients use us to pre-screen the target acquisition population to evaluate market pricing. The net impact of wise acquisition planning is reduced risk, and faster payback.

✓ Back End Fee Structure

Our fees are largely contingent upon successful closure of purchase. Although we do charge a retainer, we collect for the vast majority of our effort through success fees upon closure. This substantially reduces the up-front cost and risk for our buyer clients.

✓ Faster Acquisition Time

It takes an enormous amount of time to identify sellers, contact them, establish credibility, and convince them to seriously discuss sale. Unless you are staffed to consistently and routinely search for acquisitions it is very costly to competently and professionally man such efforts. We reduce that time and minimize related costs.

✓ Improved Probability of Success

We know how to target a search for maximum success potential, and we know where and how to go about finding the sellers who truly fit your search parameters. We provide a buffer in negotiating with sellers which smooths the process, improves the odds for success, and enhances the buyer/seller relationship. Acquisition failures at the eleventh hour are costly and disappointing – professional assistance reduces that risk.

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  • Home
  • About Us
    ▼
    • Our History & Values
    • The Douglas Group Team
    • Industries We Serve
    • Our Past Performance
  • Business Sales
    ▼
    • Business Sale Services
    • Business Sale Process
    • Business Value Assessment
  • Acquisitions
    ▼
    • Business Acquisition Services
    • Business Acquisition Profile
  • Newsletter
  • Ripe Book
  • Articles & News
  • Contact Us