Mergers and Acquisitions

IPF team provide complete range of M&A services encompassing investment targets' identification, negotiating transaction, deal structuring, execution and closing on the back of long-standing buy-side cooperation with institutional and private investors

1. Selection and assignment of consultants

  • Financial advisor selection and assignment
  • Legal and other consultants’ selection and assignment

2. Acquisition screening

  • Identification of potential candidates based on corporate objectives and strategies:
    • Business diversification
    • Productivity growth
    • Economies of scale
    • Increase in market share, or access to related segments
    • Building a full cycle business structure
  • Market sector and region definition
  • Shortlisting of potential candidates for merger / acquisition

3. Due diligence

  • Financial analysis
  • Corporate structure and management
  • Strategy analysis and verification of the merger / acquisition objective
  • Legal due diligence, risk assessment

4. Business valuation

  • Existing business plans and cash flow forecasts analysis
  • Valuation based on comparison with traded peers and comparable deals
  • Valuation based on the net assets
  • Construction of a discounted cash flow model that values stand-alone business, operating improvements and potential synergies created as a result of merger / acquisition
  • Determining of the best transaction price

5. Deal closure and integration

  • Legal support of the transaction, including the preparation of legal documents and the arrangement of their signing
  • Merger / acquisition process support
  • Fundraising for the transaction:
    • Debt
    • Equity
    • Mixed options
  • Transition plan mapping
  • Integration of business processes and management systems
  • "Hands-on" control of change process to maximize shareholder value of merged entity

IPF CAPITAL ROLE

Financial advisor

Screening and selection of targets, initial deal terms negotiation, capital raising for the transaction purposes, assistance in the deal closure

Management consultant

Development of a plan to increase the value of the company through the transaction implementation, building a transparent financial structure of the company, corporate strategy optimization

Legal advisor

Full legal support of the transaction, due diligence, shareholder agreements preparation, approval of the transaction in state administrative bodies, etc.