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M&A Advisory That Supports Your Success 

When approaching acquisitions or a sale, companies must carefully evaluate each aspect of the transaction. It’s critically important to have your financial, operational, and strategic assumptions evaluated by an objective third party, who brings an outside perspective honed by years of experience in an array of industry specific deal scenarios. 

Centri’s M&A professionals have the insight and experience to drive significant value for private equity, venture capital, family offices, public companies, family-owned businesses, and other private company’s investors across all phases of the M&A life cycle – from initial strategy, readiness, due diligence through execution and integration.

Our experts utilize their vast deal experience to provide a unique value measurement solution enabling our clients to achieve their goals through successful planning and execution of both buy-side and sell-side transactions.

Our Approach

Centri’s professionals offer a variety of M&A Advisory Services that will provide you with successful strategic planning, and execution, creating transformative value through the transaction life cycle. These include:

  • Collaborating with you to develop a strategy and legacy plan that meets the needs of your business and family goals.
  • Working with you to determine potential growth opportunities, through the development of an acquisition strategy.
  • Helping you evaluate potential merger or acquisition targets based on your growth objectives, providing valuation analysis and deal management solutions in order to optimize purchase price and transaction terms.
  • Assessing the benefits and risks of each target through detailed financial analysis, financial due diligence, and forecasting.
  • Conducting a thorough evaluation of your chosen target to ensure you get the most out of the transaction.
  • Maximizing successful outcomes by developing a go-to-market strategy in preparation for a full or partial liquidity event.
  • Optimizing marketability and exit value, accelerating the exit process, and identifying or mitigating risks that could adversely affect the valuation or salability of the business.
  • Developing a sell-side readiness plan that enables management to spend more time executing against core business strategies and less time producing analysis for potential buyers.
  • Offering best-in-class Transaction Advisory Services providing Buy-side and Sell-Side Financial Due Diligence to ensure you are well-equipped to close your deal with confidence.

Transaction Advisory & Specialized Acquisition Support

Many companies rely on Centri’s objective and comprehensive strategic and due diligence services to support their buy-side and sell-side activities.  Whether you are a buyer or a seller, our integrated approach delivers a 360-degree perspective of the financial and operational aspects of your deal. Together with a hand-picked team of sector and deals specialists, we cover a comprehensive acquisitions due diligence process that turns questions into answers and data into insights.

Our integrated approach lets us address your needs across the entire transaction process working with your attorneys, investment bankers, and other advisors in order to identify and mitigate risks. Centri’s M&A Advisory Services address complex financial and post-transaction integration issues while completing transactions efficiently, protecting your interests, and instilling confidence in your investment.

Buy-Side Due Diligence Services
  • Quality of Earnings Analysis
  • Working Capital Assistance
  • Identification of Debt and Debt-Like Considerations
  • Financial and Operational Analysis
  • Identification of Qualitative and Quantitative Key Findings
  • Analysis of Free Cash Flow
  • Tax Due Diligence and Structuring
  • Transaction Tax Modeling
  • Tax Attribute Validation and Value Assessment (To Assist in Determining Purchase Price)
  • Transaction Cost Analysis and Optimization
  • HR Human Capital Due Diligence
  • Evaluation of Future Expectations and Forecasts
  • Purchase Accounting Analysis
  • Technical Accounting Research and Guidance
Sell-Side Due Diligence Services
  • Quality of Earnings Analysis
  • Working Capital Assistance
  • Financial and Operational Analysis
  • Identification of Qualitative and Quantitative Key Findings (In Order to Assist in Correcting the Issue and Setting the Narrative)
  • Carve-Out Assistance
  • Tax Due Diligence and Structuring
  • Transaction Tax Modeling
  • Tax Attribute Analysis (To Support Purchase Price)
  • Transaction Costs
  • HR Human Capital Due Diligence
Strategy and Legacy Planning
  • Business Owner Strategic Assessment
  • Review Current State of the Business
  • Evaluate Value of the Business
  • Assess the Owner(s)’ Goals
  • Assess Corporate Goals
  • Legal Entity Rationalization and Optimization
  • Tax Modeling
  • Tax Attribute Analysis and Optimization
  • Development of Growth Strategy
  • Development of Exit Strategy
  • Assessment of Succession Plan and Management Team
Sell-Side Readiness
  • Development of Strategic Purpose (i.e. Growth Capital, Management Buyout, Family Succession, Liquidation, etc.)
  • Evaluate Value of the Business
  • Assist Management in Understanding an Investor’s Perspective During the Sale Preparation Process
  • Analysis and Preparation of Key Financial Data
  • Analysis and Development of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
  • Tax Structuring and Separation of Unwanted Assets (e.g., Carve Out, Sale, Spin-off)
  • Tax Modeling
  • Tax Attribute Analysis and Optimization
  • Oversite of Virtual Data Room
  • Assist in the Selection of an Investment Banker
Buyer Support
  • Development of Acquisition Strategy
  • Development of Search Criteria and Initiation of Target Search
  • Evaluation of Potential Merger or Acquisition Targets
  • Development of a Financial and Tax Model to Aid in the Bid
  • Support with Preliminary Legal Entity Rationalization and Integration Planning
  • Support in the Drafting of the Letter of Intent (LOI)
  • Buy-side Due Diligence
Restructuring Advisory
  • Pre-bankruptcy/Restructuring Strategy and Planning
  • Development of Restructuring Plans, Including Efficient Tax Structuring
  • Tax Modeling of Potential Restructuring Scenarios (e.g., Cancellation of Debt Income (“CODI”), Tax Attribute Reduction, Cash Tax Leakage)
  • Tax Attribute Analysis and Optimization
  • Development of Business Plans
  • Develop or Review Cost Reduction Initiatives and Execution Milestones
  • Implement Cash Conservation Guidelines and Controls
  • Evaluate Revenue Enhancement Opportunities
  • Bankruptcy/Transaction Cost Analysis

Why Work With Centri?

Our team’s multi-layered skill set and experience with M&A work means we can guide you on the steps to take and help you prepare for both what you can expect and for the unexpected.

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Centri’s team of experts is ready to help you with your M&A Advisory needs. You can learn more about our specialists on the One Team page.

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Maxwell B. Heller

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M&A Advisory Practice Leader

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