Corporate Finance

Private Equity

Private Equity, or venture capital, is an acquisition of a business by management teams, typically funded by private equity funds and bank debt. The process is similar to making acquisitions, but with unique features to the transaction. Friend LLP have advised on numerous private equity transactions, understand the dynamics and know all the key players. We are therefore very well placed to advise and assist institutions, MBO and MBI teams on buying businesses.

For example, we will assist with:

• Assessing the deal's viability
• Preparing business plans and forecasts
• Valuations
• Negotiations with the vendor
• Fund raising
• Negotiations with funders
• Due diligence
• Total project management to completion