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Management and Leveraged Buyouts

Although this is an exciting prospect for a management team and the owner, most do not possess the experience to close the transaction without an adviser. CFA has extensive experience representing business owners and management teams through out the management buyout process.

These buyouts almost always require significant funding from institutional lenders and investors. Funder chemistry and fit are key drivers in completing a leveraged buyout. From brand-name firms to highly specialized funders, we add distinct value by putting our buyout clients in front of a broad array of qualified funders.

We approach these transactions in a "turn-key" fashion. We work actively with management teams to formulate offers, structure the transaction, raise the required debt and equity capital, and negotiate the non-financial terms. Our focus is not just on completing the transaction but also on business survival after the buyout is completed.

Our relationships with funders, our experience and our people consistently deliver spectacular results in buyout transactions. Using CFA places one of the most powerful mid-market acquisition teams and network of relationships at your service.

If you need help executing a buyout, please contact our M&A Managing Director Doug Nix at 905-845-4340 ext. 211 or e-mail him at doug.nix@cfaw.ca

Recent Transactions

  • The management team of a flexible packaging manufacturer approached CFA to find a buyer for 80% of the operation. After analyzing the business, CFA recommended that the management group buy the company. Six months later, CFA had arranged senior debt financing and structured the acquisiton in such a way that management retained 100% ownership of the company.
     
  • The management team of a leading distribution company, which was owned by a public company, approached CFA to find a buyer for the Company. After analyzing the business, CFA recommended that the management group buy the company. Management retained CFA to negoitate the purchase and arrange the acquisition financing. After negotiating an attractive purchase price, CFA introduced an equity partner to mangement who liked the operation so much that it wanted to acquire the entire company. CFA negotiated with the investor a sale of the company at a price 60% higher than the purchase price it had negotiated for management.
     
  • To see other transactions, visit our recent acquisition transactions page