In the Mergers & Acquisitions field, Skillnet prepares partial or entire transactions on the buy and sell side for financial institutions (venture capital, private equity, and investment banks) as well as corporates, their subsidiaries, and owner-run companies.

Since 1999, we have provided consultancy on more than 100 transactions with a total volume of approximately USD 2 billion in the USA, Europe, and China.

During the last year, we worked on several small to medium sized transactions ranging between USD 10 million and USD 100 million. More than 50% of our transactions are cross-border in nature.

Recent highlights in 2008 were the supporting of a USD 1 billion sale in Europe and the first cross border USA/China transaction in the cable TV arena (China Cablecom completed the USD 55 million acquisition of Hubei Chutian Network Phase I).

Our services range from remodeling business plans to selecting suitable investors and include:

• Strategy: reviewing strategic positioning
• Research: updating on market potential and competition
• Business plan: supporting business blueprinting
• Long list/short list: selecting relevant buyers/targets
• Information Memorandum (IM): compiling executive summary and IM
• Management presentations: preparing and supporting management presentations
• Due diligence preparation
• Deal making: negotiation management to deal closing

Skillnet’s international presence serves our clients with well-established, direct, and efficient key contacts in the relevant TIMES segments and countries. Altogether, our network is comprised of more than 8,000 professionals.

Thanks to established international cooperation with more than 50 financial institutions and 150 corporates as well as numerous contacts to potential investors, Skillnet is able to offer reliable and competent support to companies searching for one or more appropriate buyers/targets.