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Services > Transaction Advisory
GEP provides turnkey acquisition, merger and sale process management. GEP approaches every transaction from the perspective of an operator, business leader and financer: the planning of the transaction’s integration, and realization of the associated transaction synergies whether tangible or intangible, is as important as the transaction’s modelling, valuation and structuring.
Packaging:
- Ensure a self analysis is conducted, promoting strengths and addressing weaknesses.
- Development of a marketing document which clearly outlines the opportunity.
Evaluation:
- Conduct an analysis of the target, including financial modeling, to determine value from the company's perspective to ensure that the value is understood and clear parameters are developed.
Negotiation:
- Support or lead ownership/management in the transaction.
- Typically these skills are not core to ownership/management.
Legal support:
- Provide access to the professionals that can ensure a timely and quality completion of the transaction.
Due diligence execution:
- Run a comprehensive program including financial, operational, human resource, tax, environmental, insurance, information systems, legal.
- Includes management of numerous stakeholders on both sides of the transaction (lawyers, accountants, financial institutions).
Integration planning:
- One of the most critical and often overlooked steps in the transaction process.
- Whether ownership/management are buying, selling or merging, developing a plan with roles, responsibilities, and a timeline is critical to success.