Fort Dearborn routinely advises clients seeking an acquisition. Acquisitions are not without risk, whether you are an experienced buyer or a novice. Despite the risk, a successful acquisition can be immediately accretive to earnings. What separates a good acquisition from a bad one is knowledge and informed decision making.  Fort Dearborn's extensive operations and financial experience, combined with its in-depth understanding of the acquisition process, from beginning through post-acquisition integration, can augment your team and eliminate the knowledge gaps and help avoid pitfalls. As buy-side advisors, FDP has assisted buyers in the following areas:

• Helping the company identify potential acquisition targets
• Valuation of the target company
• Financial and operational due diligence on target companies
• Financial modeling of the transaction
• Arranging financing
• Negotiating and closing the deal