Healthcare

Selling your healthcare business

It is never too early to put exit plans in place. Receive tailored, expert advice in preparing, marketing and selling your business within the health, social care and SEND sectors.

Why Hazlewoods?

Working with the right adviser from the outset is key to gaining a commerical advantage.

Whether you are considering a sale now or in the future, it is important that you are presenting your healthcare business in a way that instils confidence in a competitive market with increasingly sophisticated buyers.

The health, social care and specialist education expertise within our Corporate Finance advisory team means we really get to know what it is you want – we understand the varying sectors in which you operate and are aware of the current opportunities or challenges you face. 

Combined with our extensive knowledge of the buyer landscape, as well as our active experience in leading trade sales, MBOs, partial exits and many other forms of business disposal, we are in a strong position to guide you throughout the process, ensuring you preserve and realise maximum value. 

Our Corporate Finance services

  • Perform a company health check including a company secretarial review.
  • Review of financial performance and an assessment of value.
  • Review of corporate structure, tax and regulatory issues.
  • Assistance in the production of an information memorandum.
  • Assistance in identifying potential acquirers, and advice on the relative merits of the respective offers by competing acquirers.
  • Advice on tactics and negotiation of the terms of the transaction through to Heads of Terms.
  • Advice and assistance on the financial and legal structure of the transaction.
  • Advice and assistance on the financial aspects of the sale and purchase agreement, including working capital requirements, enterprise value to equity value adjustments, completion accounts mechanics, etc.
  • Provision of an interface with potential acquirers or a preferred acquirer and its advisers in the negotiation of the transaction through to completion.
  • We can also undertake vendor due diligence or seller assistance to support and prepare you for the future sale of your business by seeking to address the potential issues and concerns of the prospective purchaser.

    Furthermore, tax planning is a significant consideration in most corporate finance deals. Poorly structured transactions could lead to unwanted tax obligations or the loss of valuable tax reliefs – we work closely with our award-winning Tax team who are available to guide you in this area. 

2023 Corporate Finance overview

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specialist team
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UK Adviser – Experian
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deals completed
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total value
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south west
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UK-wide & overseas

Meet the team