Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers and Acquisitions can offer outstanding opportunities to maximize shareholder value, create liquidity, or enter new markets. Blackwater can guide your company through the universe of strategic alternatives ??? from identifying potential merger or acquisition targets to realigning your business' capital structure. Our experienced M&A professional's work with you to anticipate issues and find the solution best suited to your ultimate goals. And we're ready to respond with a full complement of services, including structuring, negotiation services, valuation, fairness opinions and capital raising as well.

We understand the difficult issues that face emerging growth companies when they elect to merge with or acquire other businesses. From our direct experience, we appreciate the time consuming nature of these projects and the impact it has on the shareholders, employees and their families. We bring the skill and advice to manage questions of valuation, fairness and terms and conditions of structure. We prepare our clients to understand and address the difficulties inherent in these transactions and to overcome them with success. Each engagement is unique and we bring the personnel and experience required addressing each distinct situation.

It is here that we pride ourselves in creating the innovative financial solutions for our clients. Our primary objective is to maximize value for our clients. Blackwater Capital can obtain that objective as a result of our extensive experience of structuring and executing successful merger and aquisition transactions, balanced with a clear understanding of our client's industry, business and personal needs. Blackwater Capital's merger, acquisition and divestiture professionals offer decades of knowledge and experience to manage the unique corporate finance requirements and demands of companies in the $5 million to $250 million range.

At Blackwater Capital, the merger, acquisitions and divestiture process is client-controlled. Assuring the client's right to accept or reject any offer is a key priority in Blackwater Capital's "Nine-Step Sales Process":
  • Business valuation and assessment of current market conditions
  • Development of a customized, focused, worldwide and comprehensive marketing strategy
  • Preparation of marketing materials
  • Execution of the methodical, intensive marketing strategy
  • Solicitation of offers
  • Negotiation of Letters of Intent
  • Advising through investor due diligence
  • Closing process assistance
  • Finalizing legal, accounting and regulatory documentation