Support with selling a business

“Thank you for helping me and my partners when we sold our business. If you repeat the success we had under your leadership, which I am certain you will do, you and your clients will both be extremely successful going forward. I believe due to your personal efforts, we received 25 to 50% more for our business than we would have otherwise.

The process you laid out and the effort you expended, along with your professional attitude and personality kept the discussions going with multiple suitors, even with some very difficult and tough negotiators.”

“They say, ‘don’t start a business without an exit strategy’ and we say, ‘don’t start your exit strategy without Mark Sapsford!”.

“When we met I was obviously impressed with the list of successful and well-known companies you had already represented but what impressed more was the clarity of your description on what was realistic, what was going to be required in terms of work from my-side but also the detailed and personal input you would provide in terms of putting together the sales prospectus, seeking interest from the market, introducing me to the legal team and then attending each and every sales presentation to guide me through what was obviously going to be quite a stressful process.”

"After initial discussions with our eventual acquirer, it became    clear that we needed an experienced M&A advisor to guide us through negotiations to completion.  Mark Sapsford at CapEQ was recommended to me, and we hit it off straight away. Mark’s personal energy, attention to detail and    problem-solving skills proved vital to smooth the path to get everything over the line.”

“I appointed CapEQ as advisors for the sale of my business after long and then shortlisting around 10 M&A advisors. All advisors have the same process on paper but I liked the depth of the team that would work on the project, as well as the domain expertise in the software industry. Following the transaction close my non-exec chairman has introduced CaqEQ to a couple of other opportunities. I couldn’t be more pleased with them!”

“James was the Deal Leader in the sale of my majority shareholding in Vegetarian Express in September 2016. He guided us through face-to-face meetings with multiple interested parties, and led the final negotiations with short-listed bidders with great professionalism. I owe the optimisation of deal value to his great skill and experience in M&A, and prior understanding and experience in working with SMEs.”

"Doug was our advisor when we sold our business in 2015. It is hard to overstate his expertise and skill in this role. His ability to navigate the turmoil of a business sale with consummate calm and to instantly identify creative ways round every single barrier is second to none.

His personable and gentle nature, combined with his obvious insight and knowledgeability, helps him to earn trust, gain respect and build a solid rapport with every stakeholder in the process, including the buyer.

“James worked tirelessly with us throughout the transaction and took great lengths to understand not only the nature of our business on a commercial level, but also the fabric of the company and the importance of the workforce to that commercial success. 

He spent many hours building relationships with all shareholders, and so had full understanding of what a ‘good’ deal for all of us looked like.