Company Acquisitions

Rickitt Mitchell has, for many years, been helping its clients to acquire other companies, both private and public. We are experienced in developing and refining acquisition strategies, identifying suitable targets and establishing a dialogue with potential vendors. If you are thinking of buying a company please get in touch with us as soon as possible - we do not charge for initial discussions and fees payable are usually linked to the successful completion of a transaction.

What we do

• Gain a thorough understanding of your business and discuss your acquisition strategy
• Carry out detailed research and produce a list of suitable acquisitions
• Make a discreet approach to potential vendors
• Help you to value the target and formulate an offer with an appropriate structure
• Co-ordinate your other professional advisers and drive the transaction to a successful completion, if this is still the best course of action
• Help you to raise and structure any acquisition finance, whether from banking, deferred / contingent consideration, asset finance, private equity sources or any combination of these

Private equity buy-side advice

Our detailed understanding of the private equity market and leveraged transactions is supplemented by our long experience of advising private company vendors.

We provide specialist acquisitions advice and project management skills to private equity houses looking to acquire businesses through an institutional buy-out process.