M&A

Turn your vision for corporate transactions and succession planning into reality. With a well-considered M&A strategy, solid transaction preparation, an approach tailored to your specific situation, in-depth corporate finance know-how and many years of transaction experience, we will guide you in making your corporate transaction a success.

Capabilities & Collaboration

When carrying out M&A projects for companies, owners and private equity firms, we rely on our many years of experience and the highest standards of integrity, confidentiality and independence to strengthen the mutual trust of all parties involved. Our good relationships with boards of directors, investors and a major international M&A organization ensure sustainable success in corporate transactions.

Strategy

Successful companies are constantly adapting to changing markets and pursuing clear strategic goals. They plan for the long term and actively identify transactions in order to achieve the greatest possible increase in value. Great potential often emerges not only across borders but also across sectors. In this complex and time-consuming process, we support you from analysis to closing with our experience, sector expertise and corporate finance know-how. This is particularly valuable for entrepreneurs, who often face major emotional, business policy and time-related challenges. We know how to involve stakeholders — including the family — and strive for balanced and sustainable transactions with strategic partners or financial investors.

Buy-Side

Your company purchase is based on competition analysis and a clear M&A strategy. Our sector expertise provides valuable input in all phases of the transaction process. This applies in particular to evaluation through in-depth examination of the business model, the key value drivers of the company being assessed and the targeted use of sensitivity, scenario and benchmarking analyses. As part of Financial Due Diligence, we ensure that all findings are immediately reflected in the purchase price or purchase contract. We support you in structuring the transaction, carrying out Financial Due Diligence, determining the purchase price and negotiating. Finally, our IFRS expertise ensures that accounting issues (e.g. Purchase Price Allocation) related to transactions are also resolved at the highest level.

Sell-Side

Transaction preparation with relevant financial figures and solid business plans is crucial to secure a good selling price. It is also important to have a comprehensible business model and a well-prepared set of arguments. We understand the concerns of both sides and know what potential buyers are looking for. We support you in the international search for investors and buyers, in preparing and carrying out Due Diligence and in successfully negotiating the relevant contracts.

Our Tansaction Process — Your Benefits

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Increasing value and success through Mergers & Acquisitions

IFBC develops your M&A strategy through dialog. Our M&A advisors accompany you as a sounding board, contributing proven methods, new ideas and an external perspective. Take advantage of our experience on the buyer and seller side as well as in Equity Capital Markets to strengthen your internal preparations and processes. You can deploy us flexibly to suit your situation — from the development of your M&A strategy to implementation of a purchase or sale transaction, transaction financing and accounting implementation.

Cooperation with Private Equity Firms

We support private equity firms with our corporate finance expertise throughout the entire investment cycle. As private equity companies build their investment portfolio, we offer support in defining and implementing the buy & build strategy; as a buy-side advisor; with financial due diligence services; and as a debt advisor for financing. We help develop portfolios with value enhancement concepts and portfolio valuations. After all, we are experienced sell-side advisors who can successfully implement a sales process tailored to the specific situation. With our comprehensive sector expertise in the area of clean energy transition, we can also comprehensively support our private equity clients in this massively growing global market.

Global M&A

The global M&A organization “Globalscope Partners” is led by entrepreneurs and has been active in the mid-market for more than 35 years in the areas of buying, selling and financing companies.

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M&A Client Projects

28/8/2024

Exclusive Financial Advisor to NORD Holding on the successful sale of Dr. Födisch Group to ABB

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Energy
Industrials
Technology
M&A
27/8/2024

Financial Advisor to R&S Group on the acquisition of Kyte Powertech

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Energy
Technology
M&A
Financing & Restructuring
Valuation & Financial Modeling
21/8/2024

Exclusive Financial Advisor to the management of IDAK in the roll-over transaction to TowerBrook Capital Partners

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Industrials
M&A
Financial Expert Opinions
16/8/2024

Exclusive Financial Advisor to Lynus on growth financing by a consortium of investors led by Verium

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Energy
Technology
M&A
Financing & Restructuring
2/4/2024

Exclusive Buy-side Advisor within the successful investment in the eMental Health provider ReconWell GmbH

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Healthcare
M&A
24/6/2024

Exclusive Financial Advisor to the CPH Group on the spin-off of the paper business from the chemicals and packaging activities of CPH Chemie + Papier Holding AG

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Industrials
M&A
6/5/2024

Fairness Opinion on the assessment of the financial adequacy of the exchange ratio in the context of the planned merger between Novavest Real Estate AG and SenioResidenz AG

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Real Estate
Equity Capital Markets
M&A
1/5/2024

Fairness Opinion on the assessment of the financial adequacy of the public takeover offer by Constantia Flexibles GmbH for the publicly held shares of Aluflexpack AG

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Industrials
M&A
Equity Capital Markets
M&A
13/6/2023

Financial advisor to CKW for the sale of the majority of shares in the EWA power plant to the Uri public authorities

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Energy
M&A
10/7/2023

Exclusive financial advisor to Energiedienst Holding AG for the complete acquisition of Energieversorgung Südbaar GmbH & Co. KG

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Energy
M&A
22/5/2023

Exclusive financial advisor to the sole shareholder of VITARIS in the sale to CHROMOS Group

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Healthcare
M&A
3/11/2023

Exclusive Financial Advisor to the owners of Suter Group on the successful sale to Heizkurier Group

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Industrials
Energy
M&A
1/11/2023

Exclusive Financial Advisor to Stefan Schimon, sole shareholder of Antrimon Group AG, on the successful sale to Swiss Factory Group AG

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Industrials
M&A
14/12/2023

Financial Advisor to Netcetera AG and the main shareholders of Braingroup AG on the takeover of the majority of Netcetera AG in Braingroup AG

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Technology
M&A
Valuation & Financial Modeling
11/7/2022

Exclusive financial advisor for growth financing and corporate transaction

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Energy
M&A
Financing & Restructuring
14/7/2022

Exclusive Buy-side Advisor for the purchase of a minority stake in Repower AG

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Energy
M&A
19/9/2022

Financial Advisor to AMAG Group AG on the acquisition of the business unit Helion from Bouygues E&S InTec Schweiz AG

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Energy
Industrials
M&A
Financial Due Diligence
19/12/2022

Financial advisor on the sale of Swissgrid shares to its own shareholders

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Energy
M&A
9/1/2023

Financial Advisor to the shareholders of CSD Group in partnering with the new majority investment partner Initiative & Finance

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Energy
Real Estate
M&A
23/3/2023

Exclusive Financial Advisor to the sole shareholder of IBE in establishing Trifork as new majority shareholder

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Technology
M&A
21/7/2021

Financial advisor to Valora on the acquisition of a group of service station shops in Switzerland

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Industrials
M&A
27/8/2021

IFBC acted as exclusive financial advisor to Takeda

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Healthcare
M&A
27/7/2021

Financial advisor for the assessment of strategic alternatives

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Energy
M&A
5/10/2021

Exclusive sell-side advisor on the sale of the SwissSign Group

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Technology
M&A
11/11/2021

Financial advisor on the merger of Annex Werbe AG and adisfaction Suisse AG to form Adisfaction-Annex AG

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Industrials
M&A
4/11/2021

Exclusive sell-side advisor on the partial sale of Global Sana AG

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Healthcare
M&A
20/10/2020

Exclusive financial advisor to Netcetera

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Technology
M&A
5/6/2020

Financial advisor to CSA Energy Infrastructure Switzerland as part of the public takeover offer for Alpiq's registered shares

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Energy
M&A
1/2/2021

IFBC acted as financial advisor to OFFIX Holding AG

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Industrials
M&A
18/4/2019

Exclusive financial advisor to BERNEXPO GROUPE on the acquisition of two companies

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Industrials
M&A
22/8/2019

Sell-Side Financial Advisor to Erdgas Ostschweiz AG on the sale of its minority stake in SET Swiss Energy Trading AG

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Energy
M&A
29/8/2019

Sell-Side Advsior of Investis in the sale of Régie du Rhône

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Real Estate
M&A
2/12/2019

Sell-Side Advisor of cashgate in the sale of SmartCaution

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Financial Services
M&A
23/10/2020

Exclusive financial advisor for Hinderling Volkart becoming part of Dept

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Industrials
M&A
3/5/2018

Buy-side support as financial advisor within the successful public tender offer made by Talbot Holding to the shareholders of ImmoMentum AG

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Real Estate
M&A
13/3/2017

Financial Advisor regarding the conclusion of an energy supply contract with Repartner Produktions AG

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Energy
M&A
7/8/2018

Successful succession at TERRATECH AG

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Real Estate
M&A
9/4/2018

Financial Advisor of PAX Anlage AG within the disposal of PAX Verwaltungen AG to PAX Schweizerische Lebensversicherungsgesellschaft AG

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Real Estate
Financial Services
M&A
19/12/2016

IFBC acted as a financial advisor on the sale of a 25% equity stake of Zürcher Landbank AG to Clientis Zürcher Regionalbank

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Financial Services
M&A
19/12/2016

IFBC acted as a sole financial advisor to Marxer Stiftung für Bankwerte on the sale of Centrum Bank Ltd., Vaduz to VP Bank Ltd.

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Financial Services
M&A
19/12/2016

Transfer of the Swiss transmission grid to Swissgrid

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Energy
M&A
19/12/2016

Enterprise valuation of a Private Equity investment advisor within a MBO

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Healthcare
M&A
Valuation & Financial Modeling
19/12/2016

Buy side advisory on acquisition of a minority stake in HGRT

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Energy
M&A
19/12/2016

Financial Advisor within a successful M&A-Transaction

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Industrials
M&A
19/12/2016

Financial Advisor of EQT in the public tender offer to the shareholders of Kuoni

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Industrials
M&A
19/12/2016

Buy Side Advisory for Swissgas

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Energy
M&A
24/11/2016

Financial Advisor in the successful implementation of the Management Buy Out

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Real Estate
M&A
8/12/2016

Financial Advisory in the context of the sale of an industrial area

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Industrials
M&A
15/12/2016

Enterprise valuation within succession planning

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Industrials
M&A
Valuation & Financial Modeling
15/12/2016

Financial Advisor of Axpo in the acquisition of the Alpiq Holding interest in Repower

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Energy
M&A
15/12/2016

Financial Advisor in the takeover of the Norwegian Betonmast Anlegg

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Real Estate
M&A
15/12/2016

Financial Advisor for the public tender offer for the shares of EGL AG

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Energy
M&A

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Managing Partner, Co-Founder
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Manager
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