∗∗∗ VIRTUAL SEMINAR ∗∗∗
How To Avoid An M&A Disaster
When Selling Your Tech Business
Find out what constitutes an M&A disaster when it comes to selling your tech business and what you can do at different stages of the sale process to avoid it.
The Prism team have 20 years of experience in helping people to buy and sell businesses, and we are experts in the tech sector. The extensive insight and advice provided in this seminar will help you to pave the way for a quicker and smoother business sale process with a greater chance of reaching a successful deal completion.
This event is suitable for owner-managers in the tech / IT sector – including IT support, software, cyber security, data management, networking, telecoms, digital services, instrumentation and more.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
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Find out what constitutes an M&A disaster when selling your tech business.
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What you can do at different stages of the sale process to reduce the chances of a disaster.
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Learn from stories of our own experiences over 20 years of M&A.
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Hear from a lawyer about the legal problems that could derail the sale.
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Discover the state of the tech M&A market and valuation trends.
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Have your questions answered by the experts in tech M&A.
THE PRESENTERS
PRISM SPEAKER
Peter Watson
Managing Director
Prism Corporate Broking
PRISM SPEAKER
Robert Fiske
Director of Corporate Finance
Prism Corporate Broking
GUEST LEGAL SPEAKER
Duncan Walker
Partner
BDB Pitmans LLP
AGENDA
Date: TBC
Time: TBC
(NOTE: CONTENT SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
10:00am
Introduction
What is an M&A Disaster?
The different reasons that you or your buyer might pull out, so your business doesn’t sell. Why you might end up selling it for less than it’s worth, less than it could have been worth or less than you wanted. How you could discover later on post-sale that you’ve sold to the wrong buyer.
How to Avoid an M&A Disaster
What you can do at different stages of the sale process to reduce the chances of a disaster – before sale, during pre-sale preparation, while going to market, in the due diligence phase and post-sale.
Stories From 20 Years of M&A
Some of our own experiences of business sales that haven’t gone smoothly and how you can stop the same things from happening during your sale.
– 5 Minute Break –
Legal Issues That can Derail a Sale
The major legal problems that could arise from either the seller’s side or the buyer’s side and prevent a business sale from completing or cause issues post-sale.
State of the Market
A review of recent and historical tech M&A activity and valuation trends.
Using Advisors
Why you should use an advisor and how they can help reduce the chance of a disaster.
Q&A
An opportunity for your questions to be answered by the Prism team of experts in tech M&A and our guest legal speaker.
12:00
Seminar Ends
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please purchase your ticket through Eventbrite. We will review your order and will then send you the Zoom link around 1 week before.
All attendees will be anonymous – the other attendees will not be able to see your name and you will not use a webcam/microphone.
You will be able to send messages and questions directly to the organisers and presenters using the Q&A box in Zoom.