Transitions
Investment Banking & Brokerage
You've decided to transact. Now run it right
A clean close with a workable transition for all parties
The work
Senior-led work that holds up.
Once the decision to transact is made, the quality of the process determines the outcome — who bids, how price holds through diligence, and whether the deal closes on terms that work.
Who it’s for
Business owners who have decided to sell and need a process run by people who have closed deals — and acquirers who need a disciplined buy-side search and negotiation partner.
The critical turn
When you're ready to go to market and the difference between a good outcome and a great one is the quality of the process — how the business is positioned, which buyers are approached, and how price and terms are negotiated through diligence.
How it works
A clear path to a result that holds
Position the business, build the CIM and materials, and establish the buyer target list — before approaching the market
Run a disciplined outreach process that creates competitive tension, protects confidentiality, and surfaces the best counterparties
Manage IOIs, LOIs, and term negotiations with the principals' interests — not a closing fee — driving the outcome
Manage diligence, documentation, and closing mechanics alongside counsel through a clean transition
What we do
What every engagement includes
Business positioning
Position the business and build materials that attract the right buyers or targets
Disciplined outreach
Run a disciplined outreach process that creates leverage and protects confidentiality
Terms negotiation
Negotiate price, structure, and terms with the client's interests driving the outcome
Diligence & closing
Manage diligence, documentation, and closing mechanics alongside counsel
Outcomes
What you walk away with
Market-tested valuation
A market-tested, defensible valuation with competitive tension — not just the first offer
Better structure & terms
Better structure and terms, not just a higher headline number
Minimal distraction
Management distraction minimized during a process that can consume a leadership team
Clean close
A clean close with a workable transition for all parties
Why Inglewood
Experience on every side of the table.
Senior bankers and operators who have sat on both sides of the table as buyers, sellers, and advisors. In partnership with our affiliate GearWorks Capital, we tell you when not to do the deal as readily as when to proceed — because our reputation depends on the outcome, not the transaction.
Common questions
Questions we hear early
It is senior, partner-led sell-side and buy-side M&A advisory for owners of $5-$100M revenue companies. On the sell side we handle the full process: preparation, controlled and confidential marketing, negotiation, and close. On the buy side we support target sourcing, valuation, diligence, and deal structure.
Owners and management teams of $5-$100M companies who are preparing to sell, weighing an unsolicited offer, planning succession, or pursuing an acquisition. The right time to engage is early - ideally before an offer is on the table - because much of the value is created in positioning the business and getting it ready before going to market. This is typically the once-in-a-career transaction, so the result has to be right the first time.
We run a controlled, confidential process and release information only to qualified, committed buyers. That discipline lets us create buyer competition and press for the best terms without signaling to the wider market, employees, or competitors that the company is for sale. The aim is a real field of the right counterparties at the table, not the widest possible net.
Every engagement is led start to finish by one senior partner, with no junior hand-off and no layered overhead. We have sat on both sides of these transactions, so the same person who scopes the deal runs the negotiation and manages the close. That continuity is how threads don't get dropped between letter of intent and funding.
Structure and fees are set out in plain terms up front and tied to the outcome of the transaction. There is no layered overhead to carry, since the work is done directly by a senior partner rather than a staffed pyramid, and the fee is aligned to the value the process delivers.
Related services
Often engaged alongside
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- Confidential, and no obligation — a straight read on where you stand.
- Typically a reply within one business day.
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