Mergers & Acquisitions

Turning equity into liquidity.

You spent a career building it. When it's time to sell or recapitalize, we make sure you capture everything it's worth — discreetly, on your terms, and without disrupting the business while the deal gets done.

100+
Years Combined Experience
250+
Team Transactions
$5–100M
Enterprise Value
6 Months
Preparation to Close
Our M&A Process

Structured, time-sensitive, and built around your outcome.

A specific, confidential process focused on your desired result — typically six months from preparation to close. Owners worry about employees learning of a potential sale; ours is designed so your information stays in the strictest confidence throughout.

Phase 1

Preparation

Month 1
  • Sell-side due diligence
  • Preliminary market valuation
  • Review preliminary buyer list
  • Executive summary & CIM
Phase 2

Contacting Buyers

Months 2–3
  • Contact buyers, distribute summary
  • Execute NDAs
  • Secure online data room
Phase 3

LOI & Negotiations

Months 3–4
  • Evaluate initial bids / IOIs
  • Management presentations
  • Buyer diligence & data room
  • Prep management, IOI→LOI
Phase 4

Diligence to Close

Months 5–6
  • Evaluate final LOIs
  • Negotiate lead parties
  • Confirmatory diligence
  • Definitive agreement & close
Universe of Buyers · Paths to Liquidity

We don't ask you to choose a buyer type up front. We run one competitive process that puts every path in the room at once — creating the tension that maximizes both value and fit.

Strategic

Strategic Sale

A competitor or adjacent acquirer paying for synergy and market position.

Financial

Private Equity — Platform

A fund makes your company its new anchor investment.

Financial

Private Equity — Add-On

Join an existing platform; often a second bite at the apple.

Management

Management Buyout

Your team takes the reins, frequently backed by a financial partner.

Structure

Recapitalization

Sell a majority or minority stake — take chips off the table, keep running it.

Legacy

ESOP / Generational

For owners prioritizing employees and family continuity.

Track Record

By the time it's your deal, we've done 250+ like it.

So nothing about your sale surprises us — or you. We know which buyers pay the most and why, how to finance a transaction others can't, and how to reach the closing table without disrupting the business you've spent a career building. The companies below are owners who got exactly where they wanted to go.

Derbyshire Marine Products
L2 Structures
GTS Technical Sales
Tussey Mountain
SESCO Industries
AIM Electronics
Datavision
BEC Machine Products
Frey Lutz Corporation
Tile Market of Delaware
MacIntosh Engineering
The Kirkman-Oliver Company
Kenneth G. Lilly Fasteners
ANCO Rendering Equipment
Standard Machine
ACR Machine
Lor-Mar Mechanical
RPM Pinnacle
Global Convergence
Crystal Metal Products
Azzur Group
American Pavilion
Live Technologies
Geneva Global
Matreya
Design Manager
Budget Blinds
Tri-State Battery
Wrangle 5500
Weiss Instrument
PumpMan / Alyan Pump
Anco Eaglin
Graboyes Commercial Windows
HAG Real Estate
R&M International

Representative transactions. Past results are not indicative of future outcomes.

Insights

Perspectives for owners considering a sale.

Contact

Explore a sale — confidentially.

Every conversation begins and stays in the strictest confidence.

Symmetrical Advisory
Eagleview Corporate Center
600 Eagleview Blvd, Suite 300
Exton, Pennsylvania 19341

info@thesymgrp.com

Statements regarding past transactions reflect the experience of the firm and its team members and are not indicative of future results.