Center for Mergers & Acquisitions

Our "Center for Mergers & Acquisitions" supports both buyers and sellers in a competent and purposeful manner in the following areas of the M&A process:

• Strategic Orientation / Strategic Reviews and Objectives in the Context of Acquisitions or Sales and Evaluation of Options and Alternatives
• Determining the Profile of the Target Company/Potential Buyer

• Evaluating the Company
• Support during Due Diligence Phase: Defining Test Areas, Approach, Preparing of Documentation (Data Room), Selection Criteria for External Support
• Contract Negotiations: Selecting the Team, Tactics, essential Contractual Elements, Negotiations
• Preparing and Structuring of Financing Options

• Post-merger Integration Methods
• Increasing Profits through Efficient Integration: We present ways to efficiently and successfully bring companies together and thus release the potential of the acquisition in a more reliable and time-efficient manner
• Determining the Implementation Plan: Road Map to Success
• Overcoming Cultural Barriers

We offer our support, according to your requirements, in various forms:

• as an "Advisory Mandate" in connection with a specific M&A project
• as an "Internal Workshop", where possible projects and strategic M&A goals are worked out, evaluated, and structured in a specific and confidential setting
• as a "In-house Seminar", where the basic know-how and the most important requirements for M&A projects are discussed and developed

Head

Osama Rifai, lic.rer.pol.
Director of the Center for Mergers & Acquisitions at SGMI Management Institute St. Gallen

With decades of experience in corporate finance and M&A, Osman Rifai can rely on a vast international network of contacts in Europe and Asia. This ensures our clients a professionally managed M&A process and opens up access to an international circle of private and institutional buyers or potential target companies.