:: Sell-side and buy-side representation
Our vast experience in M&A spans scores of transactions totaling billions of dollars—experience we leverage to deliver our clients value-added, creative solutions.
Seller Representation
We seek to maximize shareholders' value with a custom solution for every
client.
- Advice on strategic alternatives
- Due diligence and preparation of marketing materials
- Contacting potential buyers on a confidential basis
- Formulating an optimal transaction structure
- Final negotiations and closing
Buyer Representation
We seek to understand your goals and risk profile and to develop a comprehensive
strategy.
- Analyzing and formulating acquisition criteria
- Identifying and contacting primary targets while maintaining client anonymity
- Formulating the business case and financial and strategic analysis of a target
- Target due diligence
- Negotiating transaction terms
- Identifying acquisition financing
- Public market positioning of the transaction
:: Private equity & debt placements
We help technology companies raise early stage, expansion capital, pre-IPO, PIPE and acquisition financing.
- Providing advice on financing alternatives
- Preparing marketing materials
- Identifying potential investors using our relationships and large contact base
- Formulating an optimal transaction structure
- Final negotiations and closing
:: Restructurings & recapitalizations
- Review and analysis of current business and new plan
- Analysis and valuation of outstanding debt and debt capacity
- Recommending optimal capital structure
- Analyzing strategic alternatives
- Negotiating a win-win agreement
:: Management buyouts
- Valuation of company
- Tailoring an optimal transaction structure acceptable to all constituencies
- Provide public market analysis and insight
- Arranging financing
:: Valuations
Ridgecrest Capital Partners provides business valuations using financial analytics tools coupled with a deep understanding of the technology vertical.
- Discounted cash flow analysis
- Comparable trading companies
- Transaction comparables
- Buy-sell agreements
- Investment or stock purchases
- Minority interest purchases
- Stock option grants
:: Takeover preparedness and defense
Ridgecrest Capital Partners can devise a plan for either a takeover or a takeover defense, assisting the company to proactively and successfully consummate or reject an opportunity.
:: Fairness opinions
Our work is based on rigorous financial analysis and understanding of the relevant industry.
- Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures
- Buy-sell agreements
- Investment or stock purchases
- Minority interest purchases
- Stock option grants
:: General corporate finance advice
We help our clients analyze and understand financing and strategic options in a broad range of contexts. We monitor relevant market developments and offer our perspective to help navigate critical decisions.
:: Strategic alternatives review
We guide companies through difficult choices by helping them better understand their alternatives and courses of action to maximize shareholder value. We can bring a fresh view leveraging our broad experience.
:: Pre-IPO advice
Principals of Ridgecrest Capital Partners have managed dozens of IPOs, including IPOs on international markets. Our wealth of experience can help our clients prepare a viable and comprehensive strategy to go public, as well as assist companies in managing the process.
