Selling or acquiring
a company.
A structured transaction process, project-managed by Chair Consulting from the first readiness review to completion. Owners and management stay focused on running the business while we run the transaction.
Most companies are sold once, and most acquisitions are made by teams doing it for the first time. The best outcomes rarely go to the strongest business; they go to the party that prepared properly, ran a competitive process and negotiated from a position of strength. Chair Consulting brings the same rigour Chair Capital applies to its own principal investments to your transaction: a structured consulting engagement that assesses readiness, addresses the issues a counterparty will find, and takes you to a defined universe of strategic and financial parties across the UK, EU, US and emerging markets.
* Aggregate figures shown. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
A transaction we run.
Chair Consulting acts on both sides of a transaction, never on both sides of the same one.
Company Sale
For owners and shareholders considering a full sale, a majority sale or a strategic partnership. We assess readiness, prepare the Company for market, run a confidential competitive process and negotiate through to completion.
Acquisitions
For companies, including Chair Capital portfolio companies, pursuing growth by acquisition. We define the target universe, approach and screen candidates, structure and negotiate the offer, manage diligence and coordinate funding, including where Chair Capital participates as principal.
Aligned capital
Where a company meets Chair Capital’s investment criteria, the firm may participate as principal, either alone or alongside aligned investment partners. Any such interest is disclosed in writing at the outset of the engagement.
* Indicative terms only. Subject to engagement, internal approvals and definitive legal agreements.
Strategic partnerships between institutions, founders, and investors.
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What types of transaction does Chair Consulting act on?
Company sales, majority sales and strategic partnerships for privately held companies in energy transition, data centres, AI and MedTech, and acquisitions by companies in those sectors, typically with enterprise values from £[X] million to £[X] million. Transactions outside our sectors are considered where our network is relevant.
How is an engagement structured?
In two parts. The Readiness Review is a fixed-scope consulting engagement with a fixed fee, delivered as a written assessment within [four] weeks. If you proceed to a transaction, the mandate follows a conventional retainer and success fee structure, with the success fee payable only on completion. Terms are set out in the engagement letter before any work begins.
Will Chair Capital buy my company, or fund my acquisition?
Possibly. Where the Company meets Chair Capital’s investment criteria, the firm may participate as principal, either alone or alongside aligned investment partners. Any such interest is disclosed to you in writing at the outset, and a sale process is run so that Chair Capital is treated as one bidder among several rather than as a preferred party.
How is confidentiality protected?
Information is shared through the Client Portal under a non-disclosure agreement from the moment you engage. Counterparties are approached on a no-names basis, sign their own non-disclosure agreement before receiving any identifying material, and receive data room access only once shortlisted. You approve the counterparty list before any approach is made.
What if the business is not ready?
The readiness review tells you so, in writing, with a plan to get there. Many owners engage Chair Consulting twelve to twenty-four months ahead of a planned exit for exactly this reason. Where the Company needs capital first, Chair Partners’ Interim Funding service and Chair Capital’s principal investment programme are available in parallel.
How long does a transaction take?
A well-prepared company typically completes within six to nine months of the engagement letter. The readiness review is the main determinant of timing.
