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Sell-Side M&A Advice: The Market Sets Value

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: Traversi & Co is an expert at managing a sale process to maximize price and terms for its clients.

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Sell-Side M&A Advice: What Is Your Company Worth?

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: Contrary to the hopes of many potential sellers and the practices of many potential advisors, no one can precisely assess what a successful buyer is willing to pay for a company. Traversi & Co. is expert at providing sell-side clients a realistic range of expectations and then executing a sale process to maximize the price.

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Sell-Side M&A Advice: Are You Ready to Sell?

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: At Traversi & Co., we don't push anyone into a sale. We engage with our clients in thoughtful, comprehensive consideration of whether they are ready to sell.

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M&A: In a Sale Transaction, Buyer May Demand Seller Finance Part of the Purchase

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: The buyer may demand seller-financing, but should the seller provide this and, if so, how should that be structured? Clients rely on Traversi & Co. for guidance in navigating the complications and complexities of seller-financing.

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M&A: In a Sale Transaction, Watch Out for Consulting Arrangements

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: Consulting agreements in a sale transaction sound innocuous, but often have material economic and practical consequences. Traversi & Co. is expert at guiding clients through the often complicated and complex world of post-transaction relationships.

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M&A: In a Sale Transaction, an Earn-Out May Reduce Seller’s Proceeds

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: Earn-outs, provisions in a sale transaction that make some of the purchase price contingent upon performance of the company after the sale, are complicated, complex, and fraught with risk to a seller. An experienced advisor like Traversi & Co. helps its clients achieve the best results.

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M&A: In a Sale Transaction, Holdbacks Reduce the Seller’s Proceeds

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: There are a variety of holdbacks - money held back from the purchase price at closing - that buyers like in M&A transactions. You'll need an experienced advisor like Traversi & Co. Traversi help you navigate this complex area.

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Sellers in an M&A Transaction Normally Like Stock Sales

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: There are significant risk- and tax-based reasons for sellers to prefer a stock sale structure. Working with your lawyers, Traversi & Co. can advise you on how to accomplish a balanced sale transaction that serves the needs of both parties.

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Buyers in an M&A Transaction Normally Like Asset Purchases

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: With significant risk- and tax-based reasons for buyers preferring an asset purchase structure, as a seller you'll need a firm like Traversi & Co. advising you on how to accomplish a balanced sale transaction that serves the needs of both parties.

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Stock vs. Asset Sale in an M&A Transaction

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: Whether a business sale transaction is structured as an asset sale or stock sale has significant practical and economic implications. Working with premier M&A lawyers, Traversi & Co. can guide you to the optimal structure.

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Best Investment a CEO Can Make

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: To maximize growth and, ultimately, the results of a sale, the best CEOs invest in executive team building, which offers perhaps the best ROI of executive actions.

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The Best C-Level Executives Do This

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: The best C-level executives get executive coaching. Their jobs depend on it.

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The Upside from Executive Coaching Is Infinite

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: In preparing your company for growth, and possibly a sell-side M&A transaction, the value of executive coaching is immense.

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Two Types of Executive Coaching

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: There are two types of executive coaching. It's not that complicated. But it can be complex. Traversi & Company is among the best at employing coaching to drive growth and, ultimately, a successful sell-side event.

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Avoiding the Re-trade

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: Avoiding the Re-trade. Traversi & Company advises on how to address, and hopefully avoid, the re-trade in an M&A transaction.

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Pigs Get Fat; Hogs Get Slaughtered

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: Be careful about holding out for the last dollar when selling your company. At Traversi & Company, we will guide you to your your finest “transactional judgment” and away from costly mistakes.

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M&A: Hiring the Right Lawyer and Tax Expert is Critical

Advice from the Best Growth and Sell-Side M&A Advisory Firm Serving the Lower Middle Market: The best sell-side transactions result from the efforts of a team - a team of company executives, outside lawyers and accountants, and a sell-side M&A advisor. At Traversi & Co. we will only work in situations where a highly capable team is in place.

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