You have spent years to build your company. Now the sale and realization of the value need to be orchestrated very carefully.

Ensuring the long-term continuation of the family business is the overriding goal. Yet which path holds the promise of success? Has succession been identified in the family? Is the family actively involved in the governance or management of the company? Would the management be ready to assume an entrepreneurial role? Or is external succession the best way to generate the appropriate payback for a life's work, to gain financial independence and secure the family’s long-term prosperity? The factors to be considered are complex and it is important to set the course early in order to define the most suitable long-term succession.

We recommend to engage in conversations with us early on, obviously in confidence and without obligation. There is no one and only right way, and together we will develop the tailor-made strategy that captures your requirements. We are also ready to provide confidential contacts to past clients as a point of reference.

Continously reviewing one‘s portfolio of products and services is an essential part of every successful company strategy. New technologies, evolving competitive environments and changing customer needs as well as rising legal and regulatory requirements make it necessary to regularly review one's strategy and possibly initiate change processes. At such strategic junctures a carve-out or spin-off may be the most effective way to concentrate on core competencies or to place the output of research and development more effectively in the market.

Investments and buy-and-build strategies to form new players are being pursued with the exit scenario already in mind. Upon successful execution on such strategies, the time is right to place the newly developed companies on the market. At that stage, a number of strategies and buyer groups can be pursued, such as a trade sale, a secondary buy-out or, under certain circumstances, an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Our sound market knowledge and comprehensive network enable us to generate the best solution for every challenge that may present itself.