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Products and Services
Acquisition Advisory
Strategic acquisitions are an effective means of realizing rapid growth, however, inherent complexities can interfere with the process. By acting as your dedicated execution team, we advise you on streamlining the acquisition process and minimizing management distraction. Our services include:
- Identify and/or screen acquisition candidates
- Provide value added insights for bidding strategy
- Determine appropriate value for target asset
- Handle negotiations and minimize risk of over-paying
- Raise needed capital to support acquisition, as required
- Construct detailed financial models to assess impact of acquisition on future financial performance
- Co-ordinate and participate in extensive due diligence
- Help strengthen positioning in a competitive bidding environment
- Capital advisory expertise
Capital Advisory
Working as your dedicated capital raising advisor, our only objective is obtaining the most appropriate capital under the most competitive terms. We can help you arrange senior debt, subordinated/ mezzanine debt, and/or equity capital.
To identify and attract the interest of appropriate financiers we:
- Employ extensive third party databases, proprietary databases and BMO Financial Group's strong relationship network, and
- Provide professional documentation targeted to financiers' specific investment criteria
To determine and obtain an optimal capital structure we:
- Conduct extensive customer due diligence
- Assess financing alternatives available to determine the most appropriate capital structure
- Determine the viability of each financing alternative
- Prepare detailed projected financial statements
- Perform company valuation analysis
- Create a competitive environment among capital providers
- Scrutinize capital provider terms and conditions of financing
Divestiture Advisory
We approach divestitures with a controlled process designed to maximize shareholder value, minimize management interruption, ensure timeliness and protect confidentiality. To effectively position your business for sale, we:
- Determine the optimal exit strategy for shareholders
- Establish a comprehensive marketing strategy
- Complete a detailed valuation assessment of the business
- Use extensive third party databases, proprietary databases and a strong network of BMO Financial Group relationships to increase the universe of potential buyers
- Employ the most effective sale process to create a competitive bidding atmosphere
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