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An M & A Adviser can say things to your potential future boss that you probably could say but probably don’t want to !! Remember this !!

Earlier on we mentioned that ideally your M & A Adviser should be a good salesperson and a good negotiator. They are laying out the key dates of the process to prospective buyers and cajoling and encouraging them to keep to the process. The threat of competition is, subtly, ever present. Not rammed down people’s throats but always there.

Your Adviser has a sensitive and complex role. It takes practise to manage multiple buyers ( perhaps with intelligent buying teams – perhaps not ! ) and you.

You do not want to be going through a learning curve in negotiating and handling multiple buyers whilst trying to achieve the best outcome for the sale of your business.  Although in general M.D.’s of companies are good salespeople and good negotiators that does not mean that they are good sellers of companies.

When the offers come in they will come in in a range of formats and a range of actual offers. An experienced M & A Adviser will help you analyse them and compare them. Again you will be amazed at the variations that come in. Potential buyers almost never value the opportunity in the same way and to the same value.

As discussions progress your M & A Adviser will seek a “ Heads of Terms Agreement “ from the potential buyer. This is a development on from the Indicative offer and a firm step towards the “ Sale and  Purchase Agreement “.

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This blog post is a part of a series of posts describing The Sales Process – you can access the other parts of the series from the links below:

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