Mergers & Acquisitions

Whether your succession plan includes buying, selling or merging, the  M&A team of Apple Growth Partners, addresses every stage of the transaction. Our experts provide both strategic and tactical perspectives to define opportunities and ensure that the key success factors of the transaction are met. Through strategic alliances, we have access to resources that bring buyers and sellers together, capital acquisition strategies, and experts to facilitate the transaction.

Strategic planning is the starting point.

Through industry and competitive analyses, market research and benchmarking, we first identify opportunities, and then define their parameters. By specifically noting your organization's characteristics, culture and critical success factors, we can better qualify potential transaction candidates.

Search, Screen and Evaluate.
Beginning with a preliminary search of interested parties, we screen candidates against your criteria and opportunity parameters to identify the most suitable. As part of the evaluation process, a business valuation helps to establish both quantitative criteria and qualitative targets. The question we ask is - will the transaction really create value.

Tactical preparations and closing the deal.
At this point, our team will collaborate with you on capital acquisition or financing arrangements. During negotiation and structuring, we'll help determine whether a company will be merged, acquired, affiliated or held as a subsidiary. And we'll work with your legal and financial advisors through the closing of the transaction.

Integrating a new venture.
One of the most critical determinants of success for a merger or purchase is the integration of the new entity. Our process of integration considers personnel issues, human resource compliance requirements, policy and procedure updates, benefit plan considerations and corporate culture. and finally, we can assist with the strategic and succession planning needs of the new organization.

We use our Healthy Growth Checklist^_TM, to review the need for these services with our clients. We want to help you too. Contact us to schedule your own no-cost, no-obligation Healthy Growth Checklist review.

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