Business Exit & Sales

Our team of highly experienced Corporate Advisors tap into their vast personal channels and prepare you for an efficient, smooth business transaction.

Our Deal experts help with:

- Ensuring all relevant tax issues are managed effectively
- Establishing the owners' objectives
- Preparing accounts and normalised profit reports
- Preparing due diligence information
- Attending meetings and assisting in addressing accounting and tax queries and providing comfort to the buyer
- Restructuring the business & reviewing its operations to optimise the sale value or assist in the sale process
- Preparation of an Information Memorandum
- Assisting potential buyers with their initial review of business
- Assessing the value of the business & establishing a price range
- Identification & evaluation of potential buyers
- Approaching potential buyers
- Exchanging of confidentiality agreements
- Assisting potential buyers with their initial review of business
- Creating a competitive bidding environment & receiving offers
- Negotiating a heads of agreement & other agreements
- Vendor best possible positioning
- Exchange of confidentiality agreements
- Evaluating acquirer readiness
- Strategies to maximise the sale of the business
- Negotiating terms of sale
- Finalising sale negotiations
- Completing sale

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Brent Marvin

"My experience with Azure was them doing Corporate Advisory and structuring a transaction and option deal for a large property successfully for me. I cant speak highly enough of Michael and Shelley and the team. The transaction was largely successful due to their efforts."

Caroline Lepron Aguesse

"I used Azure for our Tax and R&D services for our Startup and I am very happy with their services. Finally a company that understand Tech Businesses and their requirements. They made it very easy for us and they are always available when we have question!"

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Daniel Di Loreto

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