Buying a Business
- Who's on your side?

Acquisitions frequently form part of a strategic expansion plan. They are not, however, simply sales in reverse. The project to identify a suitable target business for sale at the right price and the appropriate time scale is often far from easy.

The acquisition of another business can have enormous potential rewards but to establish and satisfactorily conclude the right deal takes a lot of knowledge, experience and skill.

This is where Hyde Corporate Finance can smooth the path from start to finish when buying a business. There are a number of key steps to a successful purchase, beginning with an acquisition strategy.

We will:

  • Assist you in defining or reinforcing your M&A corporate strategy; from which we will help you prepare a profile of your target company
  • Thereafter identify suitable targets and prepare a shortlist of target companies
  • Approach potential target companies and engage them in the negotiation process. This includes a full role in valuing each business; agreeing a satisfactory price and deal structure; and moving forward to Heads of Agreement
  • Liaise with your reporting accountants and legal advisors during the due diligence process
  • Help to devise a post-acquisition plan to help mitigate any potential problems in integrating the acquired business into the parent business.

These elements are explained further in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section. If you would like to discuss your particular requirements, please call Gabriela Silvestris on 020 7292 7800 or email .

Hyde Corporate Finance is part of the Hyde Partnership, providing joined up advice across consulting, accounting, tax and marketing issues.

"My jaundiced view of the professions was turned on its head by the business like, practical and commercial way in which Hyde Corporate Finance pulled out all the stops to save the business and all the jobs in a time-scale which I would previously have thought impossible – they achieved in 5 days what I had thought may take months."

Peter Bence, Urbanhurst

"Hyde were an integral part of our acquisition team, on a number of strategic purchases, to help build Rapid Group Plc into robust and valuable business. It is unusual to find professionals with such commercial flair and strong understanding of what is needed in the real world of business."

John McCartney, Rapid Group Plc