M&A Transaction Support | Columbus Management Group

In order to cover all of the complexities from the seller’s and the buyer’s perspective before during and after the transaction, Columbus Management has an extensive range of expertise within its own experienced staff and a reliable network of partners. While the focus on market, customer segment and product synergies in selecting the right merger or acquisitions partner is strategically important, the success of an M&A transaction is often more defined by cultural and organizational complementarity

Sell Side Value Creation

The longer term planning and preparation are crucial in ensuring the value maximisation of a possible company or asset divestiture.

Smaller companies will need to structure and demonstrate that they are not dependent on their continued owners support. Larger companies should be able to maximise their last P&L period and demonstrate their future development potential through sound and credible growth or profit initiatives. All companies need to merchandise their strengths and value through a neutral external perspective

Columbus Management accompanies owners or investors in advance planning, structuring, performance optimisation or “dressing the bride” before and during the sales process.

Buy Side Commercial Operational Due Diligence

Most investors understand and value the necessary benefits of a commercial and operational due-diligence in addition to the necessary financial and legal one.

Besides identifying possible pitfalls or “red flags” through a wider perspective than the historic numbers or static legal view, the commercial and operational perspective mainly serves to determine the forward looking development potential.

In addition to supporting the transaction or financing need, Columbus Management also uses this phase to develop a 100-day or medium term development plan in order to capture the benefits, mitigate the risks and build on the strengths of any acquisition from the moment of its closing.

Acquisition Financing

In most cases, the financing of an acquisition is either an indispensable need or a sensible strategic decision and best use of capital.

Determining the right financing structure to make a transaction as healthy and successful as possible is a strategic strength and often a crucial advantage to gaining the upper hand in a bidding contest.

Columbus Management, through its network and strategic partnership with a number of funds and financial institutions, assists investors and merger partners in designing and implementing the most secure or advantageous acquisition financing.

Post Merger Integration

Organisations aim to achieve a greater sum than the financial value of the individual parts in any merger.

The benefits identified during the due diligence should be included in the medium or long term plan for the new combined organisation. These require the right strategy and approach from a commercial, operational, financial, IT, etc.. but specifically from a cultural and organisational perspective.

Columbus Management’s experience and track record demonstrate that the approach and experience of its staff provide the right approach and implementation guidance in the requirements mentioned above. Additionally they provide the stringent integration management, the communication and change management to ensure minimal friction from a human perspective during the integration process.

Portfolio Value Creation

The diversification and risk reduction through a portfolio of investments is an important strategy for many industrial investors or private equity funds.

How to enhance the value of the portfolio, improve the laggards and drive the excellence even further among the better, or even the stars in the portfolio, is a particular challenge.

Columbus Management’s focus on and experience in innovation management, sales enhancement, operational excellence and supply chain performance as well as in creating pragmatic synergies between portfolio companies are an important lever to significantly increase the value of an investor’s portfolio.

Sell Side Value Creation

Columbus Management accompanies owners or investors in advance planning, structuring, performance optimisation or “dressing the bride” before and during the sales process.

Sell Side Value Creation

Buy Side Commercial Operational Due Diligence

Acquisition Financing

Post Merger Integration

Portfolio Value Creation

Sell Side Value Creation

Buy Side Commercial Operational Due Diligence

Acquisition Financing

Post Merger Integration

Portfolio Value Creation

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