Exploring What If | What If We Bought Out A Partner or Business Owner?

What If We Bought Out A Partner Or Business Owner?

What If We Bought Out A Partner Or Business Owner?

It’s not uncommon for one owner to want to grow while the other wants to sell the business.  Lantern Capital Advisors helps owners (and managers) arrange and finance management buyouts in a way that maximizes the (buying) owner’s future ownership and value.

Partner Buyout: An Opportunistic Way to Build More Equity Value.

Management Buyout and Leveraged Buyouts financing processes can be orchestrated in the same way in order to help individuals buyout a partner or majority owner of a business.  Partner buyouts can be financed on an all debt basis because the partner already has some equity in the business and this equity can be leveraged as the security in the business.

Even during a sluggish economy, some of our clients positioned themselves to build much greater business and equity value by buying out other owners or buying out partners.  While some of these opportunities came about because owners were interested in having access to more capital, most of time it was the result of owners having different objectives. One owner wanted to grow the business, and the other didn’t.

This situation can be common for high growth businesses that are presented with an opportunity to sell. The opportunity to buy out a shareholder or buying out a partner can also be common for family owned businesses where the younger generation wants to grow the business, and the other older generation prefers the status quo.

For owners and employees that believe in the future of their business, a partner buyout or owner buyout can be a smart financial move.  A partner buyout or owner buyout is similar to a management buyout with one, big exception:  Owners typically have more equity ownership than managers and thus more financing alternatives.

Many partner buyouts or owner buyouts can be financed on an all debt basis, which allows the buying owner to secure all the company’s equity personally.   As the debt of the business is repaid down, the value of the business and the value of the new owner’s equity increases.  An even smarter move is to finance the partner buyout with debt that does not require personal guarantees, so the owner does not increase their own personal financial risk.

Lots of companies have big growth potential but lack the capital to fully implement their plans.  If you want to buy out a business partner or buy out a company owner and maintain control of the company and preserve ownership, Lantern Capital Advisors may be able to help.

Learn about how Lantern Capital Advisors helps companies raise capital to provide management buyouts, leveraged buyouts and owner buyouts.

Learn About Owner Liquidity Strategies With Lantern

Lantern Capital Advisors uses a proprietary planning consulting process to help companies quickly evaluate opportunities, then develops the plans and accesses the capital to make it happen.  Lantern Capital Advisors offer a unique combination of experience, objectivity, and value.

  • Experience – We are a corporate financial consulting firm.  All we do is help growing companies explore, plan, and execute business and financial strategies to realize their potential.
  • Objectivity – Fees for most corporate finance advisors are determined by the strategies or products they recommend.  As a corporate finance consulting firm, we work on an hourly consulting basis, so clients can always trust our advice.  Our objective is to develop corporate finance strategies and finding financing alternatives that allow owners and management to maintain control of their company and preserve equity.
  • Value – We deliver our corporate financial planning and consulting services using a proprietary planning process that is highly effective, and gives clients and management peace of mind, consistent results, and delivers substantial value at a fraction of the cost of our (investment banking) competition.

Investment Banking Fees Vs. Consulting Fees:  Learn About How We Raise Capital For High Growth Companies

Companies routinely drive growth by asking then exploring, “What if?”  But for questions like those listed above, effectively exploring “what if” requires an understanding of corporate finance that many private companies do not have.

LANTERN CAPITAL ADVISORS HAS EXPERIENCE SUCCESSFULLY HELPING GROWING ENTERPRISES AND ENTREPRENEURS WITH REVENUE THAT TYPICALLY RANGE FROM $5 MILLION TO $150 MILLION EXECUTE THEIR OWNER LIQUIDITY AND CORPORATE FINANCE STRATEGY. WE DO THIS ON AN HOURLY CONSULTING MODEL BASIS.