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Transaction Size
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£10 million to £100 million |
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Lender's
Investment - |
£5 million to £50 million |
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Type - |
Management buy-outs and buy-ins, institutional and secondary
buyouts, and funding for acquisitions |
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Sectors - |
Consumer products, industrial products, support services,
media and communications, entertainment and leisure, financial
services, healthcare and distribution. |
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Lenders - |
Our panel of Lenders are looking for companies with some or
all of the following characteristics: first-class management,
strong market position or brand, barriers to entry, sector
consolidation opportunities, buy and build strategies, and
legislation-driven products or services. |
The Process
The investment process is structured to provide a fast response to
investment opportunities.
With a highly skilled group of investment professionals with diverse
complementary backgrounds and a wealth of experience across a broad
range of sectors. From this resource our Lenders build a team
specific to the unique requirements of each transaction.
Our Lenders give a fast initial response to opportunities and will
meet quickly with management teams and advisers. Decision makers are
fully involved at all stages in the transaction, from the initial
meeting until completion. This means our Lenders' commitment can be
made at an early stage which increases the certainty of the
transaction going ahead.
Once our Lenders have invested in a company, they continue to
support it actively by taking a non-executive position on the board.
In this key role they will work closely with that board to add value
to the business and help maximise its potential.
The Approach
The Lenders know how important a supportive investor is, in what can
be a highly complex, time-consuming negotiation process. They
believe that an MBO is a partnership between management and their
investors and this is fundamental to the way that they operate
before, during and after they invest in a company.
You would expect a private equity house to be professional,
experienced and commercially astute. But how many count honesty,
openness, approachability and pragmatism amongst their key brand
values? These values determine who our Lenders are and we believe
that these strengths set our Lenders apart from the rest.
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