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What we commit to before the work starts.
Most of what distinguishes an adviser shows up in how the engagement is run, not in what they claim. Here’s how ours works.
Most of what distinguishes an adviser shows up in how the engagement is run, not in what they claim. Here’s how ours works.
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Principal-led, start to finish
Principal-led, start to finish
You engage a principal, and you get a principal. The adviser who scopes the engagement runs the process and is in the room for the moments that matter.
You engage a principal, and you get a principal. The adviser who scopes the engagement runs the process and is in the room for the moments that matter.
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Few engagements, done properly
Few engagements, done properly
A sale or succession is usually the largest transaction of an owner’s life, and it doesn’t get the attention it needs from an adviser running eight others. If we can’t do it properly, we won’t take it on.
A sale or succession is usually the largest transaction of an owner’s life, and it doesn’t get the attention it needs from an adviser running eight others. If we can’t do it properly, we won’t take it on.
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Candour as a service
Candour as a service
You will always know what we actually think about the price, the counterparty, the risks, and whether the deal should be done at all. Advice that only ever says yes isn’t advice.
You will always know what we actually think about the price, the counterparty, the risks, and whether the deal should be done at all. Advice that only ever says yes isn’t advice.
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Fee structures aligned to you
Fee structures aligned to you
Engagements are scoped and priced openly, typically combining a work fee with a completion component so our incentives sit with your outcome and structured so you are never paying us to push a bad deal across the line.
Engagements are scoped and priced openly, typically combining a work fee with a completion component so our incentives sit with your outcome and structured so you are never paying us to push a bad deal across the line.
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Confidentiality as a default
Confidentiality as a default
Transactions are sensitive for your team, your customers and your negotiating position. Our processes are built around discretion, and we don’t publicise client matters.
Transactions are sensitive for your team, your customers and your negotiating position. Our processes are built around discretion, and we don’t publicise client matters.
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Working with your other advisers
Working with your other advisers
Good transactions are a team effort. We coordinate with your accountants, tax advisers and lawyers rather than around them.
Good transactions are a team effort. We coordinate with your accountants, tax advisers and lawyers rather than around them.
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