Selling your business to an employee or family member?

Quality transaction services allow you to remain focused on your business while we handle the details.

Sell with Trailhead

Internal buyouts are unique

We love working on closely held engagements and helping entrepreneurs transition their business to the next generation.

Owners asking an employee or family member to buy their business are faced with unique challenges

  • What is my business worth?

  • How will they pay for it? How much money do they even have?

  • How can I be protected if I help them finance the deal?

Experience is paramount when producing accurate valuations for small businesses, especially when you're trusting a family member to steward the company for the next generation.

The buyout process

Transactions with a buyer already in place can be complicated. Not only is the normal administrative burden high for any transaction, but the personal nature of an internal transaction can make things a little messy.

We stand in between buyers and sellers in closely held transactions - not as gatekeeper, but as mediator and confidant .

Selling to a family member or employee

  • Valuation and market analysis including financials and earnings

  • Internal and buyer due diligence review

  • Deal structure modeling

  • Lender (bank) approvals

  • Negotiation and closing

Just want to
learn more?

We're here to talk even if you aren't ready to sell and just want to learn more about the process.

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Services

Loan
Advisory

We find out how much debt the business can support and make sure the buyer isn't putting him or herself in a bad position.

Transaction Structuring

The ideal debt and equity mix isn't always clear, and things get more complicated if the seller is helping finance the deal.

Buyer
Readiness

We ensure the buyer's personal assets can support the acquisition and help buyer and seller navigate difficult conversations.

Financial Prep and Closing Support

All of our transaction experience getting deals successfully to closing matter here as we keep momentum up and get the deal done.