Transaction Support Services
Our role is to support buyers and vendors (entrepreneurs, companies or investment funds) in the acquisition or transfer framework covering accounting and financial aspects. Our intervention has as a goal securing and optimizing transaction conditions. We specify that we don't intervene in the status of a financial intermediary. We are specialized in small caps for industry and services sectors. AFIVAL is ranked 11th audit firm in France specialized in financial due diligence in the first semester 2010 (source : Magazine des Affaires July 2010).
The content of our interventions is the following:
Due diligence and financial advisory for the buyer
- Collection and analysis of data room accessible information.
- Analysis of accounting and financial records.
- Analysis and reliability check of forecast (breakdown of the result, of the working capital…).
- Analysis of the target company's strategic position and identification of the risks and opportunities integrated within the business plan.
- Presentation of conclusions to the buyer.
- Support of the financial conditions during negotiations (guarantees, price and price adjustment clauses…).
Due diligence and financial advisory for the vendor
- Support for data room preparation.
- Participation in drawing up the information memorandum.
- Support in the forecast and business plan modelling.
- Prepare the company or branch for transfer (pre-transfer organization, control of information flows…).
- Support of the financial conditions during negotiations (guarantees, price and price adjustment clauses…).
To complete these interventions, we could realize the valuation of the company concerned by the transaction.
