M&A and Transaction Services
Mergers, acquisitions, disposals, restructuring, and fundraising transactions are critical to a company’s sustainability and growth. Transaction presents a significant opportunity and risk for both the buyer and the seller. Successful transaction requires experience, diligence and objectivity.
Businesses need to maximize value from these opportunities—from the initial idea and after deal completion. Our long-term expertise ensure clients optimize value by reaching the most suitable equity or debt financing structure and maximizing acquisition, disposition, and carveout opportunities through quick assessment of business viability and outcomes. We work alongside our clients both in a lead financial advisory role or by providing hands-on transaction support—ranging from business plan production, valuation and overall business preparation to taking interim management roles and performing post-transaction valuations.
At every stage of the investment cycle, company leaders and investors face critical opportunities to create—or destroy—value.
Our complete suite of M&A services, from investment ideas and generating deal flow to improving performance and maximizing exit value, helps executives and investors make the right decisions and take the right actions, when it really matters.
FMA Partners have long term personal experience with transactions. Our people were both transaction or post-transaction executives and the “smart guys behind” who performed a financial due diligence, analysed and evaluated the target company, structured and calculated the business plan, acquisition financing and the core principles of the investment thesis. These competencies are levered by František Tregler’s more than 15 years of experience as Chief Analyst, Head of Investment Risk and group CFO at Penta Investments, serving as a member of the Investment Committee and Executive Board. His valuation models and investment risk reports played crucial role in Penta’s acquisitions or add-ons of Aero Vodochody, Žabka, Drumet, Dr.Max or Fortuna Entertainment Group. Consequently, he was behind the acquisitions that created FutureLife group (ISCARE IVF, ISCARE Slovakia, Vidia Diagnostika, GENNET, Reprofit, Codum) or the aircraft MRO project – acquisition of Linetech in Poland and Adria Tehnika in Slovenia.
What we do:
Operational and Commercial Due diligence
Corporate Valuation
Financial modelling
Acquisition Financing & Tax Structuring
Post-Transaction Business Integration / The First 100 Days
Pre-acquisition
Prior to an acquisition the company should do an in-depth operational due diligence review in addition to the customary financial review. We have worked on many due diligence assignments for our former employers or clients and most of our professionals have significant experience of acquisition work from their days in industry or in private equity. We can manage all aspects of the due diligence process and bring additional expertise to bear from our extensive network.
Post-acquisition
The first 100 days after an acquisition are the time when maximum impact can be made. The acquired company is expecting change and it needs to be executed quickly and decisively. For that to happen it needs to be planned in detail in advance of the acquisition completing and for there to be a team dedicated to making it happen. The skills required are very similar to turnaround activity, with a focus on what will really make a difference and delivering it quickly and effectively.
