• Merger and Acquisition Services
• Corporate Finance
• Strategic Partnerships and Joint Ventures

Focusing on small and mid-sized companies, East Asia Sentinel Ltd and BKR International Mergers and Acquisitions Group (BKR/M&A) offer comprehensive, global investment banking services for mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance – including private placement of debt and equity – and strategic partnerships and joint ventures. We successfully fill the gap between larger international investment banking companies who are not able to economically provide services to smaller and mid-sized businesses, and local intermediaries who can give clients only limited access to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and capital markets.

MERGER AND ACQUISITION SERVICES

Our management of the total sale process includes:

	Clarifying owners' goals
	Developing strategies to market the company
	Preparing an offering memorandum
	Developing a list of potential acquirers
	Marketing the company and generating qualified, interested parties
	Conducting company tours and interviews
	Generating offers in a controlled auction process
	Selecting a finalist and negotiating a letter of intent
	Assisting in due diligence
	Negotiating purchase and sales agreements
	Closing

Representing sellers of privately held, middle-market businesses

The sale of a business is an emotional, time-consuming and technically complex transaction. Our in-depth experience in the total management of the selling process relieves business owners of much of the burdens and pressures associated with a sale, while maximizing shareholder value and bringing a seasoned, objective perspective to the entire process.

Whether the owner's motivating factors are retirement, succession concerns, diversification of assets, expansion capital, or access to larger markets, we optimize the owners' benefits in the trade-offs of liquidity, control, succession and taxes.

Maximizing owner and shareholder benefits

We do more than simply act as intermediaries. We manage the total sales process – from clarifying the owners' goals through closing the transaction. Comprehensive management of the process is essential to creating the largest number of alternatives for the seller, resulting in a transaction that achieves the maximum benefit for the owners.

Searching for a buyer

We offer targeted and confidential search programs for strategic buyers of businesses up to $ 100 million in sales. With on-site contacts who provide us with local knowledge of the marketplace, we offer unique access to privately held businesses in over 80 international markets.

Other services

Management Buy-Out (MBO). We assist management teams in the acquisition of their company or a divested division of a larger corporation.

Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP). Working with employee groups and owners, we help them determine the viability, implementation, and financing of ESOPs as a business sales strategy.

Independent Business Valuation Services. Comprehensive business valuations from BKR/M&A include a thorough analysis of economic, industry, and operating environments; market dynamics; historic financial performance; company forecast; and comparable transactions.

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CORPORATE FINANCE SERVICES FOR EMERGING COMPANIES

Private placement of debt and equity

A key service is assisting our emerging business clients with sourcing their financing needs for all the components of the capital and debt structure including:

	Equity
	Subordinated debt
	Senior bank facilities
	Specialized international trade loans

A timely, cost-effective placement

We work with a client company to create a strategic evaluation of the capital structure that best meets their needs; balancing control, rates of return, risk, opportunity costs, and more. This critical first step in arranging a private placement of debt and equity is followed by the preparation of a professional offering memorandum, presentations to financing sources, and negotiation – all with the objective of an optimal, timely, cost-effective placement.

To facilitate access to capital markets for our clients, we maintain relationships with a broad range of financial institutions including banks, finance companies, institutional and individual private equity sources, venture capitalists, and mezzanine lenders worldwide.

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STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND JOINT VENTURES

With the increasing globalization of business, international opportunities are opening up for privately held companies. However, whether in a major market or a more undeveloped country, local customs can be complex and local ownership by a foreign company difficult. In many instances partnerships, joint ventures, and other alliances can be important alternative strategies for corporate growth, product or market diversification, and shareholder value enhancement.

Similarly, in a client company's home country the level of technology, market, and capital risk has risen in many industries. Because they can be less capital-intensive than a direct investment or acquisition, alliances and joint ventures can be important alternatives and should be incorporated as part of the strategic planning process.

To help you find the right partner, alliance, or joint venture; BKR/M&A offers worldwide contacts and has established business relationships in over 80 countries.

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