At the beginning we create a substantial value analysis for you. This will provide, apart from an indication on the realizable selling price, valuable arguments for its maximization and the number base for the valuation of the buyers. Based on our international network of industry-specific investors, private equity firms, and family offices, we assess potential buyers based on their strategic fit. Our highly personalized approach guarantees maximum confidentiality towards customers, suppliers, and employees.

You can also trust in our efficient support within the context of due diligence, as you can on our experience in negotiation and in the conclusion of the contract.

Since the sale of a life's work ultimately corresponds with the transfer of tied entrepreneurial values into liquid personal assets, we will promptly make it the subject of discussion for your future wealth management. Because of our independence, we, if required, will only refer you to specialists (such as asset managers, accountants and succession planners) who fit your personal needs.

Based on our industrial expertise, we specialize in finding the best strategic buyers worldwide and developing customized transaction structures. If financial investors or family offices ought to be the most suitable investors, we can also address them personally through our long-established networks.

We will also help you, if needed, with the separation of former business segments. It is often necessary to carve out these segments prior to a divestment in order to increase the attractiveness of the transaction for investors. We create the optimum conditions for the independence of the spin-off of the object via an appropriate structuring of the balance sheet and financial engineering.

We provide you with an objective assessment of the target company and the achievable synergies, and advise you in choosing the optimal transaction structure and the formulation of an offer. Then we support you assessing the company within the framework of the commercial/financial due diligence, and facilitate the overall exchange of information amongst involved due diligence parties (buyer, seller, banks, auditors, tax advisors, lawyers, strategy consultant and others).

At the same time, we are committed to ensuring the financing of the acquisition with specialized banks, and where appropriate, equity holders, and we will assist you in the negotiations until the closing of the transaction.

We develop solutions to close the commonly occurring funding gap of MBO/MBI transactions via external equity and debt investors that meet the personal financial strength of the management as well as the price expectation of the entrepreneur.

We can manage a structured transfer process for the parties involved, whereby the succession-interested entrepreneur sees his life's work adequately protected and compensated. At the same time an attractive participation model is developed for the management. As a neutral moderator any emotional conflicts of interest are objectified by us and steered into solution-oriented tracks.

Taking in an investor is often the last possibility, but can be, based on the circumstances, a quite attractive way to avert the insolvency of the company, to secure jobs, and to prevent any imminent personal bankruptcy.

We look for a suitable investor at top-speed, negotiate with your banks and convert the transaction in the course of a rigidly structured process. Through our direct access to investors and our experience in a rapid build-up of competitive pressure among those interested parties, we are able to tie up a transaction package that will successfully avert bankruptcy, and also give you the chance of a fair selling price.

As your bank-independent advisor we develop for you alternative financing options, and show you exactly those financing instruments that meet best your strategic objectives.

Especially with capital-intensive growth plans, a well-considered image of your strategy in financing is an essential factor for success. Depending on your capital requirements, different instruments are possible to use. These include traditional bank loans, hybrid instruments such as silent participations, mezzanine capital or taking in an external minority investor.

Equity financing enables you to build up a solid finance base, giving you the possibility to realize major growth plans, which are sometimes difficult to realize with your local banks. At the same time it allows you to continue to conduct the affairs of the company yourself. In that case, silent partners or minority shareholders are favorable, who in addition to contributing capital, also bring in their own network and can be even bought out after a certain time. Furthermore you can of course always bring in a permanently committed investor, to, for example, pay off an existing shareholder.

We support you in identifying the right investors, considering within a structured selection process whether they are suitable, and finally oblige them to your business as part of an appropriate participation model.

As a completely independent advisor, we can show you a wide-ranging variety of tailor-made financing options. Therefore we can compile the best possible financing package for your acquisition plan.

Based on an in-depth financial analysis of the target company, we first examine the debt capacity of the takeover object. Afterwards we develop a tailored financing structure, optimized not only in terms of interest, repayment and covenants, but we also consider leaving enough space for future growth investments.

Top priority is always to optimize financing costs and to increase your entrepreneurial independence. We will not only assist you in communicating with existing local banks, but also set up – if needed – alternative capital providers, in order to replace current loans with more favorable ones.

In many cases this opportunity can be used to restructure your balance sheet liabilities and, should the need arise, replace existing loans with banks that are hesitant towards your future plans with suitable new ones.

In addition to the preparation of professional documents, we take over the usually time-consuming and laborious financing negotiations. Through a simultaneous approach, we aim to increase competition among potential capital providers, and therefore seek to decrease price and negotiation power of individual banks. The main focus of our activities is to provide you with enough space, so that you can concentrate on the actual business.

Based on the valuation we can set realistic price expectations, explore action items, or judge the fairness of a takeover bid. This valuation is the basis for deciding when and how a possible sales process should be initiated. Moreover, any critical areas in a later M&A\IPO process can be identified.

Based on our extrapolated scenarios you will also receive leverage points of how to make your business even more valuable.

By the way: We are often appointed by the big banks or auditors, as we, in contrast to their own experts, based on our understanding of the industry, determine the real market value and not a purely theoretical one.

In the consultants of HuaYu and its industry experts you will find appropriate discussion and sparring partners, who are not only sound financial experts but have also made or prepared long-standing strategic decisions, whether as former entrepreneurs or as top executives.

We identify the "window of opportunity" from the industrial and financial perspective and also show you which buyers are particularly active and what they are "hungry" for.

Based on a sound data base and industry analyses, but in particular on our common discussion, we mutually develop a strategic direction you are 100% comfortable with.