Gateway Business Sales
M&A Advisory Firm
Offices in Orange County/LA California & Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Gateway Business Sales specializes in Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Brokerage, and Consulting Services.
Our core value proposition: We maximize the value our clients receive for their businesses, simplify the process and build ongoing relationships with our clients.
What do we do?
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Our team members serve as “master architects,” matching and guiding business sellers and buyers.
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GBS professionals have hands-on experience in buying, selling, starting and operating closely held businesses — that makes us uniquely qualified to advise our clients. We are committed to professionalism and technical excellence.
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With experience in diverse industries, we negotiate and simplify transactions, resulting in successful outcomes for our clients. In fact, more than 75% of our engagements come from referrals from satisfied clients.
Sell Side M&A
Gateway is a lower middle market Mergers & Acquisitions firm providing strategic sell-side services with experience in diverse industries. Our team of professionals provide industry knowledge, and we offer our clients expertise while we negotiate and simplify transactions, resulting in successful outcomes.
Buy Side M&A
Our team is experienced in all phases of the buy side, including identifying the most promising businesses for sale, negotiating terms, structuring the deal, linking you to financing sources, and guiding you through due diligence.
Advisory & Valuations
GBS will provide you with a complete assessment of your business and outline various sales options while helping you develop realistic expectations for those options. We’ll plan and implement a customized sales and marketing strategy that will create demand for your company and drive optimal results.
Key Success Factors For Clients
Strengthen Relationship With Buyers
Gateway’s experience in negotiating deals
Utilization of Gateway’s network
Understand Buyers’ motivation
Maximize Enterprise Value And Optimize Deal Terms
Presenting the narrative that explains the past and selling the future
Justification and rationale for EBITDA adjustments and projections
Guidance on deal structure including price, terms, and transaction structure
Diligence in assessing financials to prevent “re-trading” after LOI
Support Seller
Manage process to ensure favorable results
Enable Seller to preserve relationship with Buyer post-transaction
Increase Certainty of Close
Orchestrate due diligence process and facilitate Buyers Quality of Earnings Analysis
Expert guidance to defend LOI valuation, terms, and structure despite any unforeseen diligence results
Work with attorney’s and CPA’s when negotiating sale agreements, post-closing adjustments (working capital), escrow amount/duration, and indemnification terms
