business development – building networks

We understand that building the right relationships in any sector is the key to unlocking the deal and to creating value.

We help investors deepen their knowledge and relationships within chosen sectors. We undertake mapping exercises to identify and evaluate best-in-class managers, and then generate a series of structured introductions.

We arrange focussed, private networking events: some are sponsored by our clients, others we create to build our clients’ networks.

transaction services – mitigating risk

We can support you in a number of ways during a transaction:

Appointing Special Advisors – industry leaders who help our clients evaluate the target company’s market position, and who work alongside them during the course of the transaction. It is not uncommon for such advisors to join the board of the company post-acquisition.

If appropriate, we can assess the strengths and weaknesses of the incumbent management team through confidential referencing and interviews.

Appointing buy-in executives: we undertake structured searches to have new management in place before you complete the deal.

executive search

Our executive search experience is at the heart of everything we do.

We identify, evaluate and appoint board members and senior managers to join companies, be they owner-managed or part of an investment portfolio.

We recognise that the brief to lead a company through a period of venture capital or private equity ownership has fundamentally different dynamics to that of other assignments. We focus on identifying entrepreneurial managers who wish to align themselves with investors by taking an ownership stake in the business.