Our strength comes from our aggressive approach to finding companies not yet at market. This gives the buyer a decided advantage over companies that have been looked at by dozens of other buyers. The firm will develop an acquisitions strategy with the client that may or may not include arranging leveraged buy-out financing. Victory maintains vast relationships with major banks, investment banks, venture firms, and private equity investors, which provide the firm greater flexibility and the opportunity to be more creative than a typical boutique mid-market firm.
With extensive expertise in buy-side acquisition search, we are able to compliment our clients' acquisition efforts and complete levels of screening and research that would be prohibitive for their staffs. Our support allows clients to leverage their time and resources to complete acquisitions quickly, dealing only with select, well-qualified acquisition candidates. Our approach to strategic acquisition is outlined below:
- Acquisition Criteria Development - An acquisition plan is created through detailed client strategy reviews and opportunity assessment.
- Industry Analysis and Market Research - Evaluation of industry trends, growth, competition, and fragmentation to identify the most desirable segments.
- Target Company List Development - Compilation of comprehensive lists of potential acquisition targets and determination of their fit with the acquisition strategy.
- Target Company Research - Detailed research on targeted companies to obtain information including operating, product, customer, and ownership information necessary to determine the best potential targets to approach.
- Target Company Approach - Prioritized contact of all potential acquisition targets with a campaign of direct mail and qualification interviews with bank directors and officers to share the benefits of our strategy and to determine their interest in being acquired.
- Acquisition Lead Presentation and Reports - Profiles of all acquisition leads and deal status reports providing ongoing updates on the search progress.
- Due Diligence Support - Complete support of the due diligence process through gathering of all information necessary for financial, operating, and legal review of target companies, including all regulatory reviews.
- Financial Analysis and Modeling - Review and analysis of target company financial statements and gathering of additional management input to validate operating and financial performance.
- Acquisition Valuation - Development of an acquisition valuation based on analysis of financial statements, industry research, and review of completed industry transactions.
- Acquisition Financing (Capital Raising) - Raising, Structuring, and Negotiating the terms and conditions of investment capital required to acquire and capitalize our client in accordance with investor expectations and regulatory guidelines.
- Corporate Governance (Board of Directors & Management Recruiting) - Working with our affiliate Brockman Owens Executive Search, we assist our clients in attracting and retaining executive management in all disciplines.
- Fairness Opinions & Valuation Analysis - Whether as part of a broader engagement, or when engaged specifically to assess the value of an enterprise or any part thereof, Victory Partners, LLC, in conjunction with WP Valuation Services, provides a broad spectrum of valuation analysis and reports to suit our clients needs.
