M&A Advisory and Business Valuation
BuySell Consortium advises owners on selling, acquirers on buying, and both on what a company is worth. Our clients are established, profitable, privately held businesses across Canada. One partner runs the engagement from the first conversation to Closing.
Toronto based, working across Canada. Sell-side, buy-side, valuation and succession planning for the owners of private companies.
The firm
Most owners sell a company once. The buyers across the table do it for a living, and the gap between the two is where value is lost. Our job is to close that gap: establish what the business is worth before anyone is contacted, run a process that reaches the buyers most likely to pay for it, and hold the price from the letter of intent through to Closing.
We work across sectors, with companies that build, install, manufacture, distribute, treat and serve. The disciplines are the same from one mandate to the next. What changes is the buyer universe, and identifying the right buyer is the work.
Services
A managed, confidential sale process that reaches the buyers most likely to pay for what makes your company valuable.
How a sale process runsRetained acquisition search and corporate development support for acquirers who know what they want and need someone to find it and get it to Closing.
Buy-side advisoryFormal valuation reports prepared under recognized professional standards, for a sale, a shareholder matter, a lender, a court or the tax authorities.
Valuation servicesStructured planning for owners two to five years from a transition who want to enter it with the business worth more and the options open.
Succession planningDefined-scope support for owners and buyers who have found each other and need experienced help to structure, negotiate and close.
Transaction supportA monthly circulation of blind acquisition opportunities and lower mid market commentary, sent to registered buyers before anything is listed.
Register to receive itHow we work
What the evidence supports, before anyone is contacted
Teaser, CIM and data room built from your own numbers
Strategic and financial buyers qualified and approached under NDA
Letters of intent compared on structure as well as headline price
Managed so the price holds from LOI to the definitive agreement
With counsel, through to funds flow and transition
Client references
“Charles and his team advised us on our acquisition of Fireplace & Leisure Centre. Charles personally took the lead, helped us navigate a number of challenges and made sure every issue was addressed as it arose. His experience, persistence and strategic guidance were instrumental in getting the transaction closed, and we would highly recommend him and his team.”
Andrew LeonardThe Fireplace Stop
“I have had the opportunity to work with Buy Sell Consortium on multiple opportunities, including the recent completion of a transaction. I have found them to be professional in all interactions and instrumental in guiding the Seller on best practices, as well as informing them on what to expect throughout diligence and closing.”
Jayson GordonSenior Managing Director, Canada, Service Corporation International (Canada) ULC
Transactions
Transaction values are not disclosed. Companies are named where the client has permitted it.
This is the first issue of The Consortium Brief. It exists for one reason. Most of the businesses I’m engaged to sell never reach a public listing, and the Buyers who see them first are the ones I already know something about.
For acquirers
The Consortium Brief goes to registered buyers each month with blind opportunities, a note on what is moving in the lower mid market, and one thing worth knowing before your next letter of intent.
Leadership
President and CEO
Charles is a founding partner of BuySell Consortium and leads the practice. He runs sell-side and buy-side processes, formal valuations and succession plans for owners across a wide range of industries.
Executive Chairman
Arthur co-founded BuySell Consortium and has spent more than twenty-five years in mergers and acquisitions and business advisory. He divides his time between Toronto and Europe.
Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions
Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions
Mergers & Acquisitions Executive
Mergers & Acquisitions Executive
Mergers & Acquisitions Executive
Practicing in Association
Mergers & Acquisitions Executive
Mergers & Acquisitions Executive
Mergers & Acquisitions Executive
Press Room
Why registered buyers hear about mandates first, and what that means for an acquirer. From The Consortium Brief, Issue 01.
Signed LOIs fail for two reasons far more often than any other, and neither of them is price.
BuySell Consortium advised MNP Ltd., the court-appointed receiver, on the sale of the Thamesford, Ontario business and premises.
Every enquiry is read by a partner and answered within one business day. Nothing you share is disclosed to anyone.
Contact usBuySell Consortium, 18 King Street East, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1C4. 416 550 6933
* Career totals of the firm’s principal.
