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Different potential solutions for transactions during Covid-19

*1. Earn-out* The earn-out option is certainly the best-known option. Under this option, a portion of the acquisition price is paid to the acquire...

Daniel Kroes

— February 2021 — 5409 views

Is 2021 a good year to sell your business?

Mergermarket, a leading provider of data and intelligence on the M&A market, published that the 4th quarter recorded the largest quarterly value in ...

Daniel Kroes

— January 2021 — 5613 views

Overview of business transfers in Belgium

Source: Vlerick M&A Monitor 2020 These studies show that the multiples increased steadily until 2018. Since 2019, however, the increase in multipl...

Daniel Kroes

— November 2020 — 5638 views

Recent trends in the Dutch takeover market

The following findings stand out from Brookz's report: The number of acquisitions decreased by 41% compared to the second half of 2019, when very st...

Daniel Kroes

— October 2020 — 6402 views

Transmission of businesses in Wallonia: look back on 2019 and 2020 perspectives

Voor het jaar 2019: De gemiddelde EV/EBITDA*- multiple in Wallonie is 6,4. 31% van de transacties worden afgesloten met een krediet toegekend doo...

Daniel Kroes

— September 2020 — 5885 views

How will the takeover market change during the current economic crisis?

A crisis shakes the cards. New opportunities present themselves for financially sound companies. A buffer of cash offers opportunities to ta...

Daniel Kroes

— September 2020 — 6052 views

Is now the time to sell your business?

You were making the necessary preparations to sell your company. What am I going to do now? Initially, of course, it depends on the motives why you ...

Daniel Kroes

— June 2020 — 7394 views

Private equity funds in corona times

More than 150 Private Equity (PE) executives representing some 80 mid-market funds were surveyed by RSM UK. The review shows that nearly 71% of the ...

Daniel Kroes

— June 2020 — 6914 views

The M&A Monitor 2020 - Some key figures of the Belgian takeover market

Acquisition prices have seen the strongest positive trend in the segment of acquisitions <€ 5 million. Overall, the multiple of 6.5 has remained ...

Daniel Kroes

— June 2020 — 7230 views

It becomes more difficult to reorganize a company with going concern issues through a takeover.

The Law on the Continuity of Enterprises (WCO), the WCO 3 construction, was created a decade ago. Thanks to this legislation, part of the activities...

Virginie Beck

— February 2020 — 7265 views

Deals are more often on the loose

This is at least the conviction of Mike Nawas, associate professor of Financial Markets at Nyenrode Business University. He sees economic uncertaint...

Virginie Beck

— February 2020 — 6716 views

Takeover market in Belgium: Prices come to a halt

All players of the Belgian M&A market are requested to participate to this yearly survey. The main conclusions for the past year are: - A n averag...

Virginie Beck

— February 2020 — 6496 views

Outlook remains positive for the M&A market

The most important conclusions are: - 54% of the respondents expect the M&A activity to increase during the coming years. - ...

Daniel Kroes

— February 2020 — 6922 views

PMV guarantee scheme supports record number of takeovers

Waarborgregeling PMV ondersteunt recordaantal overnames

Marc Van Damme

— February 2020 — 7058 views

Analyse the customer base in case of an acquisition

"The growth forecast of the company, the value of the customer base and the market potential give a clear picture of the future expectation of the c...

Daniel Kroes

— February 2020 — 6913 views

Many small acquisitions create more value

A study conducted by McKinsey attempted to find an answer to the question: What type of mergers and acquisition activities create the most value for...

Daniel Kroes

— February 2020 — 6596 views

More and more SMEs are opting for an external sale

The two studies, conducted by Maastricht University and the other by Antwerp Management school, come to practically the same conclusions. An importa...

Daniel Kroes

— February 2020 — 6687 views

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