Sequel Partners – why choose us for corporate advice?

Corporate finance and strategic advice

• Are you considering an Exit Plan?

• Are you looking to raise finance to support your growth plans?

• Do you need help with restructuring your business to reduce debt or resolve strategic issues?

• Do you have problems incentivising or motivating your key managers so they align more closely to your business goals?

We specialise in corporate finance – and have acted for entrepreneurs selling companies with shareholder value up to £10m.

We particularly focus on business owners who are looking ahead 2-3 years and need help preparing their companies for sale.

Our advice links up with tax and wealth planning as well as helping find the right buyer, negotiate the sale transaction and support the full legal process to Completion

If you need help or just at the early stage we are offer a Diagnositc Review – focussed around the business today – what its worth. hurdles to overcome and the opportunity to build shareholder value from now to exit -whether this be 12 months or several years away.

Why sell?

You are looking at a lifetime’s work. Think of the hours you are put into the company – the risks you have taken….

You and your family deserve to be rewarded for all the hard work you have put into founding and growing the company.

Most business owners are self -starters – typically they have spent 20 or more years business building their business. They may have achieved their vision, perhaps not – but the key is now the right time to capitalise on all the investment.

What drives a business owner to sell?

Research shows the main reasons are:

• Retirement – or the desire for a change in lifestyle

• Lack of time to really grow the business.

• Fatigue – or health reasons

• A burning desire to crystalise the investment and move on to new challenges.

• The glass ceiling – the business has reached a performance plateau.

• The Company needs new investment which the shareholders are unwilling to fund.