China Bay offers M&A services for foreign companies looking to acquire or form a partnership with a Chinese company, or for Chinese companies that are looking for an investor or strategic partner.

For most transactions we work with a consortium of M&A specialists and local investement firms

Sell-side Advisory

China Bay Partners will help you to merge or sell your company. Our objectives are:

• To complete a transaction that you are totally satisfied with
• To achieve the highest valuation
• To negotiate terms that are in alignment with your objectives

Our sell-side services typically include the following four phases:

1. Preparation
2. Marketing
3. Offer evaluation
4. Closing

Preparation

• Business assessment
• Preliminary valuation
• Financial modeling
• Document preparation
• Buyer and market research and subsequent creation of buyer target list

Marketing

• Confidential marketing campaign
• Screening and qualification of potential buyers
• Determination of most-qualified interested potential buyers
• Receipt of Letters of Intent (LOI) from potential buyers
• Pursuit of several LOI in order to create an environment that moves the terms of the deal to a desirable close
• Establishment of a framework for evaluating and comparing terms of all offers
• Evaluation of mixtures of cash and stock, notes, earn-outs and other provisions having an impact on you, your company and your employees

Offer Evaluation

• Evaluating and comparing terms of all offers
• Evaluation of mixtures of cash and stock, notes, earn-outs and other provisions having and impact on you and your company.
• Consideration of consulting contracts, incentive packages and other matters affecting your company management, employees and shareholders
• Transaction structure optimization planning

Closing

• Selection of final buyer and LOI execution
• Structuring of transaction to maximize value
• Tax planning
• Negotiation of purchase agreement terms with your professional legal advisors

Coordination of legal and accounting services for all of the above

 

Buy-side Advisory

China Bay will help you develop and execute a complete strategic acquisition plan focused on achieving growth and increasing value.

Our buy-side services typically include the following four phases:

1. Preparation
2. Target Research and Identification
3. Closing
4. Integration

Preparation

• Determination of transaction scope and parameters
• Business assessment
• Capital structuring and identification of financing alternatives and related costs
• Industry research and competitive analysis
• Internal valuation
• Target profiling
• Strategic planning and staging scenarios
• Integration pre-planning

Target Research and Identification

• Identification of targets via access to multiple professional databases and our extensive market knowledge
• Qualification of targets
• Initiation of contact with targets
• Assessment of target willingness to be acquired

Closing

• Transaction plan formulation in cooperation with your accounting and legal professionals
• Attainment of the best terms possible within the framework of your pre-established parameters

Integration

• Assistance with post-integration issues, those being of vital importance to a successful transaction, especially in international transactions

Use of our network of integration specialists as needed to help develop and implement