The continuity of your company
There comes a point when the question stops being how to grow the company and becomes what will happen to it.
Reasons for selling that we hear
- Succession with no successor
- Wanting liquidity without giving up work
- One partner leaving while the other stays
- Heirs who do not want to run it
- Concentrated risk in a single company
- An investment cycle the owner does not want to fund
The paths open to you
Where there is no clear successor, there are usually five: hand the company to a family member, sell it to the people already running it, sell it to a competitor or a group in the sector, sell it to a financial buyer, or close it.
The right decision turns on things only the owner knows: the age of the children, the strength of the team and how much appetite for work is left.
What changes and what does not
Little changes in the first year: first we learn how the company works, and what is shared with the group comes later, at each company’s own pace.
Does not change
- The team
- The location
- The customers
Changes
- The capital
- Who answers for the company
- Succession, prepared
- Support in purchasing
- Systems
- Recruitment
- Insurance
Your role after the sale
We count on you through the transition, usually two to three years, to pass on what you know and to prepare with us whoever runs the company next. After that, we agree with you what makes sense:
- Step back, with the company in the hands of people who know it
- Stay connected, as an adviser
- Join us in finding the next companies
Whatever we agree about your role is written down before completion.
Revenue, trade and geography, in numbers, and the situations we hear: see what we look for.
None of this asks you for a decision, and we do not need an answer now. When you want to think yours through out loud, telephone.
Speak with Pedro
Pedro Teixeira Duarte
President
From the first call to signature, the person you deal with is Pedro. You can call without giving the name of your company: the first conversation is private and commits you to nothing.