Providing full assistance in M&A processes

Nowadays, the economic environment is evolving at lightning speed and doing business is becoming increasingly complex. As a company manager you constantly have to respond to new developments - and are faced with having to take more and more far-reaching, strategic decisions to secure the growth and future of your business. Perhaps the time is right to acquire another company? Or are you thinking about transferring your business or part of it to its management or a third party? Or are you in need of additional capital to finance your growth?

Let’s be honest: complex transactions, such as mergers, transfers and acquisitions all involve highly specialised work. At BDO, we have all the expertise needed to successfully take on such challenges and to assist you at every stage of the transaction, whatever the type of business involved (SME, large company, holding company of a group, etc.) and whatever the sector of activity concerned.

We will help you, together with your management team, to mitigate the risks associated with transactions such as these. And to optimise the value of the deal - always in your interest, of course.

Our Mergers & Acquisitions / Transaction Advisory Services

Negotiations
Legal Due Diligence
Non-Disclosure Agreements
Letters of Intent
Share Purchase Agreements
Asset Purchase Agreements
Signing and closing documents
Ancillary agreements
Organisation and participation to the closing and/or signing

Leading the M&A process from start to finish
Clarifying the actual objectives
Detecting and analysing risks and pitfalls
Preparing marketing material
Conducting negotiations (frequently technically complex in nature)
Conducting due diligence investigations
Preparing all the steps of the acquisition or sales process (whether open or closed)
Drawing up or reviewing the letter of intent, the purchase or sales agreement, or handling the post-acquisition or merger formalities

Buy-side transaction
- Tax due diligence (VAT, CIT, Transfer pricing, …)
- Identification of tax opportunities related to the transaction
Sell-side transaction
- Preparing the structure before launching the company on the market
- Pre-sale Tax due diligence
Tax Deal Structuring
- Structuring of acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, carve-outs, spin-offs, etc.
- Post-acquisition integration/optimization, entity rationalization, and remediation
- Financing of the deal (debt restructuring) and optimising financial flows