For investment funds

Our experience in M&A transaction support, valuation and corporate reporting allows us to solve a wide range of problems at all stages of the investment process.

Targets search

Mergers and acquisitions are an important strategic business development mechanism. Mergers and acquisitions reflect the modern tendency towards consolidation of assets and concentration of production activity. With its international experience and industrial knowledge, FCG assists in searching for a Target for good investment opportunities

In a Target searching process we take into account the needs and requirements of our clients. We also carry out economic surveys of regions in which potential Targets are based. We assist in organizing negotiations with management and assure complete confidentiality of a proposed transaction

Delegation of target searching to us helps your company increase the prospective target portfolio and concentrate on the most attractive opportunities

We take on all routine procedures involved in setting up contacts with prospective Targets (initial contacts, investment opportunity requests, investor presentations, preparation of confidentiality agreements and letters of intent)

Express due diligence

Selection of the most appropriate Target at the early stage of a potential transaction significantly saves time and financial resources of investors

Express-analysis has a lot of advantages against full-scope due diligence: it costs cheaper than a full scope due diligence and saves valuable resources of management and time. This analysis helps to assess strengths and weaknesses of each potential Target, plan and structure the prospective transaction process and, the most important, identify at the initial stage of acquisition process major risks and deal breaks related to the Target

Due diligence

During the due diligence process, we make in-depth investigations of issues, identified at the initial stage of the acquisition process (during express-analysis). Our team focuses on factors that drive the value of the business and are more important in arriving a deal fair price

We are not the type of consultants whose work is limited to issuing a report with descriptions of the standard risks, applicable to a given industry. Conclusions of our analysis are based on understanding the purposes of the Target’s acquisition and main conditions of the deal

The final outcome of our involvement is a detailed understanding of the Target by the investors, which may lead to reconsidering the terms of the deal (cost, warranties)

In addition to the analysis of the financial information for the historical and predicted periods we also pay attention to following:

• Stability of the profit level and future cash flows
• Market position of the acquired company
• Taxation issues
• Condition of the information support and control systems
• Environmental protection issues
• Human resources and integration planning issues
• Legal status of the company

Preparation of sale and purchase agreement (SPA) and transaction completion

In accordance with due diligence results we render support in preparation of transaction documents, touching upon the methodology of financial indicators calculation, useful for the transaction cost determination and reduction of the Investor’s risks.

Exact conditions of the agreement developed jointly with our consultants will allow you to avoid disagreements over interpretation in the future

We also carry out control for transferring procedures at the stage of transaction completion (checking of working capital and net debt calculations, valuation of inventory)

Assisting in post-merger integration

Effective development of the purchased business depends on setting effective control for the acquired company financial flows as soon as possible

We will help you to analyze key processes of financial statements preparing, systems of internal control, and will develop recommendations and necessary documentation for periodical financial statements preparing which are meeting the requirements of management and are useful for effective decision making

We will develop technical specification for automation specialists in accordance with an approved accounting principles and will render technical support to the automation process at development and implementation stages