Many great acquisition opportunities present themselves in difficult economic times and, especially, the current wave of consolidation on a European level provides the rationale for proactive growth strategies. Leaders in all industries see the potential of buying financially distressed companies and using them for their own growth.

And for companies that have not yet reached the right economy of scale, growth by acquisition might be the only way forward.

When the potential upside of a take-over is attractive, but the size of the required investment is too large, why not allow investors to join forces?

M & A Roadmap
Entrepreneurs with a proven track record and a clear vision about how to turn acquisitions to profit are able to attract financing to acquire less well-managed companies, even if they are bigger. It is all a matter of approaching the right kind of investors with the appropriate business case. LG10 can help you in researching targets, building business models and in presenting complete business plans to its network of bankers and investors.

Developing a take-over business case and approaching suitable investors requires specific skills and contacts. Over many years, LG10 associates have helped entrepreneurs to successfully translate their visions into business cases and to develop strong relationships with investors that have the instincts and resources to back ambitious people.

LG10 can assist clients specifically by providing a suite of services that eliminates road blocks and targets good opportunities to the right audience for action and positive results:

• Developing Business Plans for the acquisition, explaining how the value of a purchase can increase by multiples through turnover growth as a function of stronger market power, and lower cost through economies of scale.
• Selecting and contacting investors that have the appropriate resources and attitude to support the opportunity. Often, these activities involve complex financial structures with multiple parties backing the deal. LG10 partners and associates provide their clients unbiased advice in navigating the structure and implications of various acquisition mechanisms in order to yield the best result.
• Interim Management for pre- and post takeover integration. LG10 interim management services make acquisition integration smoother through process and change programs that reduce time and involvement of the buying company's senior management.