HAMILTON BAILEY

The world financial crisis looks like heralding in a new golden age of Mergers and Acquisitions both friendly (National Express and the Cosman consortium) and hostile (£10.2Bn Cadbury and Kraft deal). Disposals will of course add to these activities (Deutsche Telecom offering up T-Mobile UK to a raft of rival suppliers including O2).

Hamilton Bailey and its people have a proven track record in supporting mid-sized transactions. Our services are designed to complement and add additional value and perspective to internal M&A teams, external legal advisors and specialist financiers throughout the lifecycle of any deal. For example, adding a new dimension of the “hidden or overlooked” value that will accrue in the consolidation of any two competitors including factors such as likely client loyalty, attrition ratios, cross-sell opportunities, IP valuation, etc. The holistic nature of our services means that we can be brought in relatively late to the deal process and still add huge value.

These services include:
• Detailed profiles of likely acquisition targets
• Proven approach to identifying captive entities suitable for break-out and
    commercialisation
• Pre-deal support
• Transition support
• Post-deal support
• Disposals support
• Typical M&A / disposal support assignments