It is increasingly common for firms to seek mergers or acquisitions as a means of fulfilling their growth objectives. Hedley Consulting has extensive experience of advising on the merger or acquisition option and working with firms to identify, evaluate, negotiate and implement opportunities.
We act for both senior and junior parties as well as, increasingly, on a joint-engagement basis to facilitate negotiations and to develop the business model for the new firm, ensuring that it takes the best from each antecedent organisation as well as being informed by current best practice.
Our engagements typically arise from one of three sources:
- As an output from a strategy review on which we have advised and which has identified merger route as the best way of achieving the firm's strategic objectives;
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Through a direct approach from a firm seeking a merger partner, where our initial role will often be to identify, evaluate and introduce potential candidate firms;
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An invitation from firms already in discussion which require an expert advisor, facilitator or "honest broker" to assist their process or to address a specific issue.
Our advice can be high-level, amounting to no more than a few days of strategic advice, or of a retained-advisor nature, guiding a firm through the entire process, depending on the specific situation, objectives and requirements of each client. |
