Selling a business demands discretion. We provide it.
We advise owners in Belgium and the Netherlands on the sale, acquisition or capitalisation of their business. We bring buyers to the table from across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia.
- Confidential and free first meeting
- One point of contact from start to finish
- We sit on one side of the table: yours
What we do
01Selling your business
A good price does not come from negotiating technique. It comes from competition.
Acquisitions and buy-and-build
The companies you would most like to acquire are rarely for sale.
Capitalisation and growth capital
Not every owner wants to sell. Growing without giving up control is also an option.
Valuation and preparation
Often the most sensible first conversation is one without a transaction.
Who we work for
On one side of the table sits someone doing this once. On the other, someone who does it for a living.
We work for both sides of the market and stand on one side of the table per file: our client’s. For owners selling their life's work or arranging succession. And for the parties across the table: private equity, family offices and corporates making targeted acquisitions.
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We know both sides of the table. That is why we see a conversation break down before it does, and know what brings it back.
Owners
You sell once in your life. We make sure that once goes well.
Selling →Private equity
Platform investments and add-ons, with access to owners who are not for sale.
Investing →Family offices
Direct participations in companies, without fund layers in between.
Participating →Corporates
Targeted acquisitions in your sector, approached discreetly and directly.
Acquiring →Why Meridian
Every file is handled by a fixed team of specialists. The same people, from first meeting to signature.
That sounds self-evident and is not. At many firms a senior wins the file and a rotating cast executes it.
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Here, valuation, buyer approach and negotiation sit in one team that knows each other and knows you. Which is also why we deliberately keep the number of simultaneous files limited, so every file gets that attention.
What determines the price is the number of serious parties genuinely willing to buy. Our network reaches well beyond the Benelux: strategic buyers, investors and family offices across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia. We call them ourselves.
And if selling is not in your interest at this moment, we will say so. Even when it earns us nothing.
Frequently asked questions
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A conversation commits you to nothing.
Confidential and free of charge. After one hour you know whether selling makes sense now.