Company Sales Service

We aim to add value and contribute to the success of transactions throughout the sale process. In addition to our experience and familiarity with the different stages of the sale process, we are able to deliver what we believe to be key advantages to our clients, including:

Identifying and Accessing Purchasers
Our team has collectively spent many years in the UK smaller company mergers and acquisitions market and has a strong track record of successful transactions. We have developed extensive contacts and marketing channels with professional advisors, other intermediaries and financial institutions. This has enabled us to develop a database of acquisitive companies and financial purchasers, for the benefit of our clients.

In addition, as our focus is on company sales, purchasers are often keen to speak with us. Purchasers are aware that Alaris only ever acts for clients on an exclusive basis, after the payment of a retainer or “commitment” fee. As a result they are often prepared to devote time and resources quickly to deals that we bring to their attention.

International Reach
Opportunities are often maximized by considering an international sale. We enjoy contacts with similar specialist advisory firms in key overseas markets such as the EU and USA and selected ROW countries that provide mergers and acquisitions services within their own local markets. These firms are able to provide sector expertise and local knowledge and can assist in identifying and sourcing likely purchasers.

Any involvement of overseas firms in a sale process is agreed with a client in advance and Alaris manages all contact with these firms, providing consolidated marketing reports to clients. In addition, there is no additional cost to a client as a result of the involvement of overseas firms in the process.

Breadth of Sector Experience
Our advisors have experience across a number of sectors, including:

• Business Services
• Consumer & Leisure
• Distribution
• Financial Services
• Food & Drink
• Healthcare
• Manufacturing and Engineering
• Retail
• TMT
• Transport and Logistics

This breadth of sector experience and the additional specialist sector expertise from our contacts, including the Cavendish Corporate Finance sector teams, often allows us to gain additional insight into sectors and underlying mergers and acquisitions activity. This allows us to consider with our clients industry and company-specific factors, such as purchaser activity, prevailing market valuation benchmarks and timing, in the context of a prospective sale process.

Company Acquisition Service

Whilst the core focus of our business is company sales, we also provide advisory services on the acquisition of private businesses.