Skilled Buy-Side Intermediaries
Successful transactions from the first meeting, to closing and beyond
Buy-Side Representation Throughout the Deal Timeline

Qualified Sellers

Proprietary Transaction Analysis Model

Complete Deal Facilitation
Represent your company and tell your story with the support of a trusted M&A partner.
Transaction Analysis Model (TAM™), Cogent's Proprietary Method
Cogent uncovers information about your company, so we can find the best possible candidates for you.

Analysis
The TAM analyzes your business's operational and financial information to best understand and tell your story.
Perspective
Learn about the current state of your business from a 3rd party.
Insight
Understanding your own TAM will help you assess M&A opportunities.
Our Merger & Acquisition Opportunities

Based on your Transaction Analysis Model, we focus in on businesses in the marketplace that are a strong match for you and your business.
Next Steps
Identify and Recruit Candidates
Get started right away. From the first day of receiving your mandate, Cogent’s Outreach Team will begin gathering our list of potential candidates from our internal database. Our outreach efforts are discreet – you won’t know their names until they agree to an NDA, but you’ll know enough to decide if you want to take the next step.
Negotiate Letter of Intent (LOI) & Closing
Using the candidate’s TAM, we will develop structure and deal points with you through an interactive process. We want to give acquisition candidates confidence that the Letter of Intent (“LOI”) is reflective of the actual deal, rather than submitting a “term sheet” before knowing the details (that’s why we have such a high LOI-to-closing ratio).
Integration Planning
Mitigate risk and ensure your core business remains as stable as possible throughout the post-closing integration time frame with our approach. Our project management timeline includes guidance for both sides to work on pre-integration planning, resulting in a smooth, orderly, and predictable transition.
Synergize & Repeat
When integration is fairly complete, your business should be well positioned to begin leveraging its new scale, optimization opportunities, and synergistic possibilities. As the business begins to accrue the benefits from free cash flow, we again turn our attention to acquisition opportunities. Thus, the Cogent Transaction Lifecycle begins anew.
You Need a Buy-Side Intermediary.
- Considering buying an IT business?
- Already started a deal?
- About to send a LOI?
- Knee deep in due diligence?