Mergers & Acquisitions with Murphy Business

If the buyer of your business is a private equity group or another company, then our Mergers & Acquisitions (M & A) Division will be a vital resource to you. Many buyers of these types have advisors with significant experience acquiring privately held companies such as yours. Utilizing our M & A Division helps provide the expertise needed for negotiations, and levels the playing field.

Private Equity Groups

Many private equity groups are looking for add-on acquisitions for the companies already in their portfolio, while also looking for platform companies that align with their published investment strategies.

Additionally, numerous private equity groups are solely interested in purchasing 100% of a company. However, some also make recapitalization investments where the present owner sells only a portion of their stock and remains as top management of the company with a planned future retirement. This deal allows you to take a portion of cash out of your business now and sell the balance of your ownership when you retire.

Our business brokers maintain relationships with hundreds of private equity groups and our M & A Division is focused on companies with revenues ranging from $5 Million to $75 Million.

Corporate Buyers

Through the relationships we have built with corporate buyers, we are able to provide you with the training and expertise you need to identify other corporate buyers who may be attracted to acquiring your business.

Confidentiality is critical in all that we do. We can make inquiries to corporate buyers without disclosing the identity of your company. Therefore, we do not believe in an “auction” process, because confidentiality can be lost and there is the potential for your business to be over-shopped from too many buyers, which reduces the implicit value of your company.

Most corporate buyers are interested in purchasing 100% of a business, however, some are looking to form strategic alliances that may include an equity investment with a formula agreed to in advance, which allows them to purchase 100% later.

Our M & A Division can help you connect and negotiate a strategic alliance.

 Wealthy Individual Buyers

Groups of wealthy individuals join to form an alliance similar to a private equity group, bringing significant management skills and access to capital from their own ventures. Most have an interest in making investments in privately held businesses, like yours, and staying involved at the board level to help the company with strategy, financing, and marketing issues.

 If you are considering merging or acquiring a business and need help doing so, please contact us. Call (614) 452-4060.