Understand value
Adjusted figures, a market-based valuation and an honest look from the buyer's perspective. The foundation of every good decision.
EUROPEAN M&A ADVISORY FOR MID-SIZED COMPANIES
We shape value.
For generations.
We value your business, prepare it carefully for a sale and support you all the way to completion. Discreet, personal and across Europe.
Sell-side
You want to sell.
Valuation, exit preparation and a structured sale process with buyers from across Europe. Discreet, well prepared and with several bidders in competition.
Sell your business Buy-sideYou want to buy.
A targeted search for acquisition candidates in Europe for entrepreneurs, family offices and investors, including off-market opportunities. With valuation and negotiation.
Buy a business01 / ServicesValue first.
Value first.
Then sell.
Our focus is on valuation, exit preparation and advisory. We work on only a few mandates at a time, so each one receives our full attention.
Business valuation
A market-based value indication built on adjusted figures and current multiples. So you know where you stand.
Learn more →Exit readiness
Exit readiness check, value drivers and equity story. Create more value before you sell.
Learn more →Selling a business
A structured process with buyers from across Europe. For the best possible price and the right terms.
Learn more →Succession planning
Family, management or an external buyer: we compare the options objectively and implement the best one.
Learn more →Buying a business
A targeted search for acquisition candidates in Europe, including off-market opportunities.
Learn more →ValuationMarket-based and transparent
PreparationMore value before the sale
EuropeanBuyers and investors across Europe
Our approach
From value to a successful sale
Increase value
Strengthen value drivers, reduce risks and lessen dependence on the owner. Ideally twelve to twenty-four months before a sale.
Prepare the sale
Equity story, information memorandum, financial model and data room. So buyers are convinced and due diligence runs smoothly.
Guide the transaction
Approach buyers from across Europe, compare offers, negotiate and support you through to the handover.
“A business is more than a balance sheet. It is a life's work, and it deserves a handover with foresight.”Posteritas · Latin for “posterity”
Our process
Five phases to completion
- 01Analysis & valuationClarify goals, understand the business, assess its value realistically.
- 02PreparationTeaser, information memorandum, financial model and data room.
- 03Discreet outreachSelected strategic and financial investors, only under NDA.
- 04NegotiationCompare offers, LOI, due diligence and purchase agreement.
- 05CompletionSigning, closing and an orderly handover.
About usPersonally led.
Personally led.
Entrepreneurially minded.
Posteritas & Co. is an independent M&A boutique with a European reach, based in the European Union. We are entrepreneurs ourselves and know what a sale means for owners, their families and their employees.
Posteritas is Latin for “posterity”. For most owners, selling their business is a once-in-a-lifetime decision, often after decades of building it up. That is why we personally guide every mandate from the first conversation to closing, without handing it over to rotating junior teams.
Our focus is where value is created: in an honest valuation and thorough preparation, long before the first buyer gets in touch. Our background in our own investments and cross-border structures helps us think beyond the purchase price: structure, tax, transition and what remains after the sale.
- IndependentNo ties to banks, funds or buyer groups. We represent your interests exclusively.
- DiscreetOutreach only under NDA, anonymised documents and a small circle of people involved.
- EuropeanBuyers and investors from the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) through Benelux, France and Spain to Central and Eastern Europe.
Posteritas & Co.EUROPEAN M&A ADVISORY
ContactA first conversation.
A first conversation.
Confidential and without obligation.
We treat every enquiry in strict confidence. On request, we will sign a non-disclosure agreement before our first conversation.
info@posteritas.co