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M&A buy-side advisory
As you strive for growth through acquisitions, business valuation gaps and different views on rational pricing can make it hard to find the right deals. Our buy-side mergers and acquisitions advisory team will help you build an acquisition strategy that suits your business best.
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Our approach for buy-side mergers and acquisitions
CFI advisors provide a disciplined, process-oriented approach to your acquisition search. Our global reach, combined with a local footprint, can help your company refine acquisition criteria, identify potential target companies and engage prospective targets through native speakers. We analyse valuations, negotiate terms and structure the transaction to bring about the very best results.
What to expect from our buy-side M&A advisory
CFI is divided into different sector teams, where specialised advisors from all over the world give advice on M&A. With their extensive knowledge of CFI’s target markets, we don’t have to use trial and error methods for our buy-side mergers and acquisitions advisory. This way, we handle processes more efficiently and effectively keeping our approach more focused and making it easier to arrange better deals, whether they be quantitative or qualitative.
Our latest transactions in buy-side advisory
Healthcare & Life Sciences
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has acquired
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Transaction details
Clínica Baviera expands into the United Kingdom with its acquisition of Optimax Group, consolidating their strategic growth plan
Business Services
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a portfolio company of
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has acquired
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Transaction details
NMi, the leader in mission-critical product Advisory, Testing, Inspection, Certification, and Calibration (ATICC) services, has acquired Minerva, a trusted provider of accredited calibration services and other applied metrology services
Contact our experts
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Ning Zhou
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Jacques Ropartz
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Igor Corrêa Pinto
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Abhi Mitra
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