Mergers & Acquisitions

Azure Group’s experts can perform business valuations for companies, trusts, partnerships, unincorporated joint ventures offering the following services:

• Transactions involving the acquisition or sale of businesses and/or assets 
• Succession planning 
• Dispute resolution
• Debt and equity raisings 
• Group restructures 
• Divestments 
• Share buy-back schemes 
• Taxation and stamp duty

Azure Group has been involved in the preparation of prospectuses, offer information statements and information memorandums. Due to the legal obligations surrounding the security of the offerings to the market this tends to be a highly complex business service offering.

Azure Group’s expertise, combined with Alliance relationships, ensures your business follows a methodical process in preparation of the appropriate offer.

There is an ever increasing pressure on people today to ensure sound investment decisions are made based on sophisticated and accurate information.

Due Diligence has become the most essential part of assisting clients make the right investment decisions, helping them to identify and manage the risks associated with the transaction.

Azure Group’s approach involves an in-depth analysis of all information provided, looking beyond the numbers and assessing the whole business from its people, its products and its service offerings. Azure Group will focus on the viability of purchasing the business, based on not only the financials, but on the proven success and/or failure of the business over time.

Azure Group’s experts can assist you with the sale process of your business including:

• Vendor best possible positioning
• Evaluating acquirer readiness
• Strategies to maximise the sale of the business
• Negotiating terms of sale
• Ensuring all relevant taxation issues are managed effectively.

Azure Group’s experts have hands on experience with negotiating strategic mergers and acquisitions.

Azure Group can support your business by:

• Managing the due diligence process
• Handling the terms of acquisition
• Offering taxation advice
• Ensuring vendor readiness for acquiring a business.