Advisory services
Valuation services
Valuation is an essential issue in sell and buy mandate processes, but there are also several other situations where a business valuation is needed. An independent valuation may be needed, forexample, in a generation change within entrepreneur driven companies, or in a case when divesting a non-core business unit or a subsidiary of a larger group.
Structuring sales of different kinds of minority interests and MBOs, require also a professionally conducted, reliable valuation. ProMan offers independent valuation services, that include both basic company valutions and also more extensive fairness opinion engagements.
ProMan`s strengths in valuation work are its vast experience in valuations, access to a unique, historical, industry specific valuation database within IMAP, as well as a deep knowledge of financial theories and advanced analysis methodologies. All these factors enable us to conduct reliable valuations for various situations.
The following tasks are typically included in ProMan’s valuation engagements:
- Analysis of the past and prospective performance of a business, including analysis of its business environment and market position
- Selection of appropriate / complementary valuation methods (Discounted cash flow, multiples compared to peers etc.)
- Peer group determination
- Sensitivity analysis for all valuation methods used.
Fast Track – an accelerated sales process for financially distressed companies
ProMan`s advisory services include an accelerated sales process streamlined for financially distressed companies, the so called "Fast Track" M&A service. Fast Track is used when there is a need for a fast sale of a distressed company, or business unit, in order to conserve the value of the company and focusing on minimizing losses for shareholders and creditors.
The Fast Track M&A sales process is very fast; typically the process takes 2-3 months. The Fast Track service has been launched in order to find a solution for banks and other creditors together with the shareholders of the company. Fast Track is targeted at companies with a turnover of about 10 - 100 M€, or for larger groups that are considering divesting its financially / strategically distressed parts. As an independent party ProMan provides an objective view of the situation, enabling creditors and customers to have an efficient tool to manage the distressed company without extensive conflict of interests.
First North – IPO advisory services
In addition to traditional M&A advisory services, ProMan advises companies going public through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). ProMan acts as a Certified Advisor of NASDAQ OMX First North stock exchange, providing services for Finnish growth companies to achieve a public company status.
Going public through an IPO is a unique and strategically significant decision for a company and it is traditionally considered a quite challenging process - SME companies consider it even out of their reach. This is not necessarily the case.
ProMan is the right partner when your company needs support to handle an effectively executed IPO process.
