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Selling a Company

Selling a Company

The Christman Group is one of the most innovative and successful investment banking firms in North America. For over 30 years, our principals have helped business owners maximize and realize their company's value. Our commitment is to provide clients with comprehensive, integrated and unbiased advice, guiding them through each step of the sale process.

Selling your business is a complex task. It requires thorough preparation, skillful presentation of your company, carefully identifying the right buyers, as well as sophisticated negotiation skills. At the Christman Group, you'll work with the Managing Director of one of our local offices. He or she will coordinate a well trained team of experts specializing in financial and market analysis, valuation, and deal-making.  

As your investment bankers we work closely with you to make sure your business is sufficiently prepared and well positioned before presenting it to a highly targeted group of national and international buyers. We work with you to negotiate a transaction that meets all your objectives. We guide you through each step of the sales process, help solve every challenge you face and act as your advocate throughout the deal - leveraging our firm's decades of experience in order to successfully sell your business.

The Christman Group sales process is a methodical one that includes the following:

Phase 1 - Pre-Sales Planning

  • Discover your personal, business and financial goals
  • Collect data about your company
  • Prepare a detailed business valuation
  • Conduct in-depth industry research

Phase 2 - Marketing

  • Prepare powerful marketing materials about your company and its value drivers
  • Develop a customized marketing program for your company
  • Identify prospective buyers worldwide
  • Market your company on a confidential basis
  • Secure nondisclosure agreements from prospective buyers
  • Receive "qualifying bids" or indications of value from buyers
  • Schedule and conduct management presentations and site visits

Phase 3 - Negotiation

  • Analyze offers and terms to help you decide which is the best offer
  • Manage key relationships with buyers
  • Assist with negotiations on the Letter of Intent
  • Obtain a final signed Letter of Intent
  • Coordinate the due diligence process
  • Assist with negotiation of the purchase and sale agreement

Phase 4 - Closing

  • Work with your attorneys to draft the definitive purchase and sale agreement
  • Help resolve any open issues between parties
  • Coordinate between you and the buyer on strategic planning issues
  • Close the transaction

Whether you are selling a privately owned company, or a division/subsidiary of a publicly traded company, the Christman Group can help.

Learn more about the various exit options you have as a business owner and how the Christman Group can help you successfully sell your company.
 

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Educational Seminars

Deciding when and how to sell or exit your company is perhaps the most import decision you and your family will ever make. Attend a Christman Group educational seminar before you make any move.
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