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We advise ambitious management teams, corporates and institutions looking to buy privately owned businesses. Whether these are Management Buy-Outs ("MBOs"), Management Buy-In ("MBIs") transactions or Corporate Acquisitions, we have extensive experience of negotiating fundable transactions and guiding our clients through the process of raising debt and equity funding. Drawing on our experience enables us to deliver creative and practical solutions to issues as they arise which helps to maximise the chances of your transaction happening.
Buying a business is a complicated process, the stages involved in the process and how we add value are summarised below.
How do we add value?
- By drawing on our extensive network of contacts and databases we can help clients identify potential acquisition targets and to access businesses either "off market" or those being marketed for sale
- We confidentially approach key stakeholders within target businesses - from our experience, an approach from a third party, such as Springboard, maximises the likelihood of unlocking the an opportunity
- We work proactively alongside our client to evaluate each opportunity to ensure it meets their requirements
How do we add value?
- We lead the negotiation process to get our client the best deliverable deal whilst maintaining a strong relationship between buyer and seller
- By utilising our up to date knowledge of both debt and equity funding markets, we are able to structure a "fundable" deal between the parties which ultimately maximises the chances of success
- We negotiate and draft "Heads of Terms" to eliminate uncertainty between buyer and seller
How do we add value?
- We prepare a comprehensive and professional "Business Plan" to positively position the opportunity
- We help develop forecasts, challenging the assumptions, to ensure the proposal is financially robust
- By investing time upfront we identify potential business and funding issues, drawing from our experience to develop, recommend and implement solutions to maximise robustness of the business plan
How do we add value?
- We use our experience to determine the most appropriate structure and sources of funding for each opportunity
- We have an extensive network of both debt and equity funders which enables us to get the best terms for our clients
- Due to our successful track record and our reputation in our market place, many funders draw comfort from our involvement and will invest more time to provide an appropriate solution for our clients
How do we add value?
- We proactively manage the due diligence and legal process to avoid any loss of momentum on our projects.
- We resolve issues quickly to avoid issues escalating and to reduce the risk of them jeopardising the fund raising process.
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 On recommendation I appointed Springboard to act as lead advisor. Having previously worked with large national and global accountancy firms, in comparison I have been impressed by the quality of the advice and the level of support offered by Springboard. Their commitment to the Project and their expertise in the face of a tough funding market was essential in helping me buy this business. I would strongly recommend them. Springboard will continue to be a key partner going forward. 
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What do you do next?
Do you advise Directors seeking to make an offer for the business they run?
Yes, advising managers looking to undertake a Management Buy-Out is core to what we do. We prefer to be involved from the outset so that we can ensure any proposed offer is deliverable and fundable.
Are you independent?
Yes, we pride ourselves on our independence. Our role is solely to support our client in the process to meet their objectives.
Do you provide finance?
Being an entrepreneurial organisation we do invest our own funds in transactions that we advise on. We also have access to a number of high net worth individuals and funds who are seeking to invest in privately owned businesses.
What do I do next?
Please Contact Us if you would like to confidentially discuss an opportunity and to take advantage of a free no obligation meeting.
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