Acquisition Essentials, 2nd Edition

Chapter 4

Working with advisers

Introduction

Buyers do not have to use advisers. The reason they do is that advisers bring experience, expertise, extra resources and objectivity to a difficult strategic exercise that most companies do not undertake on a routine basis. To get the most out of advisers, however, they need to be managed.

Who does what?

Table 4.1 shows the advisers that a buyer might be use at each stage of the acquisition process. Acquirers may use some or all of these depending on their own experience and expertise, and the complexity of the transaction.

TABLE 4.1 Advisers for different stages of a transaction

Stage	Possible outside advisers
Setting the strategy	Business/marketing/strategy consultants
Acquisition ...