LBO MANAGERS, THE CEO’S INVESTMENT BANKER.

Lbo Managers work exclusively on behalf of CEOs and management teams, thereby offering independent financial advice, free from any conflict of interest.

Lbo Managers provides support in negociations with financial or strategic investors, more specifically in buy-out transactions (LBOs), from initiation to unwinding :

◼︎ Initiation, preparation of a transaction

◼︎ Negociation and engineering of the transaction (o.w. Management Term Sheet & Package)

◼︎ Support throughout the LBO project, between initial investment and exit

◼︎ Support at exit

Why a financial adviser ?

Throughout a LBO project, the CEO and Management need to rely on an experienced professional adviser, providing independent advice and free from any conflict of interest.

The support of a financial adviser enables the Management to deal with the complexities of a LBO project, and to optimize their financial, contractual, and statutory position.

The financial adviser offers its clients the ability to negociate as equals with financial investors and investment banks

IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF PRIVATE EQUITY MARKETS

◼︎ lbenchmarks and market practices

◼︎ private equity investors and other financial investors

◼︎ investment banks, m&a advisers

◼︎ specialized legal and tax advisers

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

◼︎ high level financial expertise matching private equity and other financial investors, as well as strategic investors

◼︎ financial expertise streching far beyond the modelling of a Management Package ; assessment of financial structure of buy-out, risk/return balance of LBO and Management Package, various scenarios of business plan, returns anticipated by different categories of investors

DIRECT INTERFACE WITH FINANCIAL OR STRATEGIC INVESTORS

◼︎ other advisers (legal , tax…) offer interaction from adviser to adviser only

Why Lbo Managers ?

We support our clients with a cumulative experience of private equity investor, investment banker, and board member in LBO vehicles alongside CEOs and financial investors.

LBO Managers’ thorough understanding and ability to deal efficiently with financial investors and investment bankers, allow their clients to deal as equals with them, thanks to

◼︎ an extensive experience acquired through successfully carrying out assignments on behalf of CEOs and management teams in LBOs ranging from 20m€ to 2bn€ EV, primary and secondary, in France, Belgium, and internationally

◼︎ lan in-depth knowledge of the private equity markets and its players (private equity investors, investment banks, legal and tax advisers…)

◼︎ a fully independent position, free from any conflict of interest

▪︎ Lbo Managers advises CEOs and management teams exclusively

▪︎ Lbo Managers does never act on behalf or jointly with financial investors or investment banks

◼︎ tailor made services, adjustable to the client’s requirements (from initiation to unwinding of a buy-out transaction)

◼︎ a « deal oriented » attitude