Service: Buy-Side Merger and Acquisition

Strategic Assessment

Billow Butler professionals work with clients to fully understand their corporate and shareholder objectives and determine the appropriate strategic alternatives. Prior to embarking on a buy-side advisory assignment, we analyze clients’ operations, financing needs, the competitive landscape, and the potential avenues for growth.

Idea Generation and Targeted Search

Billow Butler’s Managing Directors average over 25 years of merger and acquisition transaction experience in a wide range of industries. We bring a wealth of knowledge from previous firms like Deloitte, Andersen, Winston & Strawn, Beatrice Foods, Citibank, Grant Thornton, Peter J. Solomon Company, and Ernst & Young. We use this collective knowledge to help our clients generate acquisition ideas, conduct targeted searches, and contact companies on their behalf.

Valuation and Structuring

As buy-side advisor, Billow Butler will utilize its wealth of valuation, financing, tax, accounting, and deal structuring experience. We have a strong analytical orientation, which benefits our clients in negotiations with potential targets. We will create comprehensive cash flow models to aide in the valuation of potential targets and develop negotiating strategies. Our professionals will measure potential results and value creation from various transaction structures and advise clients on the structures that meet shareholder and corporate objectives. We will analyze the pro forma results and potential returns to shareholders from selected acquisition opportunities.

Execution and Financing

Senior members of the Billow Butler deal team will oversee the day-to-day execution of a transaction. As buy-side advisor, we will leverage our transaction execution expertise to increase the likelihood of success for our clients. We have a long and successful track record of executing transactions in a wide variety of industries. Our professionals have several years of financing, tax, accounting, private equity, and legal experience. If financing is required to fund acquisition, we can leverage our extensive network of lenders and other capital providers to help our clients find cost efficient and flexible acquisition financing.