Global M&A advisory for the mid-market.
Cross-border sell-side and buy-side advisory for companies of $500,000 to $200 million enterprise value, delivered with the Veristone intelligence platform and executed with licensed local professionals in each jurisdiction of transaction.
Six disciplines, one mandate.
Deal Structuring
Transaction architecture across equity, debt, earn-outs, and rollover consideration — tuned to jurisdiction, tax posture, and the client's post-close intent.
Due Diligence Coordination
Financial, legal, commercial, and operational workstreams sequenced across the buyer's advisors and the seller's records; single point of accountability.
Negotiation Support
Term-sheet drafting, LOI positioning, and definitive-agreement negotiation. Governance, indemnity baskets, and price-adjustment mechanics defended on principle.
Legal & Partner Network
Curated introductions to counsel, tax specialists, and merchant bankers in each jurisdiction — engaged directly by the client, coordinated by Sterling Mercer.
Closing & Integration
Signing, escrow release, and the first ninety days of transition managed against a written plan. Working-capital true-ups and earn-out mechanics monitored to completion.
Pre-IPO / IPO Advisory
Readiness assessment, governance uplift, underwriter selection, and roadshow preparation for issuers considering public listings on principal exchanges.
From readiness to close, in a written sequence.
Readiness & Valuation
Veristone reports establish defensible valuation and identify remediation before market.
Preparation & Gap Remediation
Financial hygiene, contract cleanup, and governance improvements closed in a written work plan.
Global Buyer Identification
Strategic and financial buyers surfaced through the Veristone network and Sterling Mercer relationships.
Structured Process & Negotiation
Controlled outreach, staged information release, competitive tension where warranted, LOI to definitives.
Close & Transition
Signing, funds flow, and the first ninety days of integration executed against plan.
Typical timeline: implementation within 60 days of the Veristone report; buyer identification and close targeted within the following 90–120 days. Complex cross-border mandates run longer.
Materially below prevailing rates.
Approximately one percent of transaction value, payable on engagement and applied against the success fee at close.
One percent of transaction value at close. Combined with the processing fee, materially below prevailing market rates for this segment.
Minimum fee: [MINIMUM FEE]. Complex or cross-border mandates quoted individually. All fees confirmed in the engagement letter countersigned by the client.
Representative mandate profiles.
Representative mandate profiles — not client references.
Sterling Mercer acts through licensed broker-dealers, merchant bankers, or authorized advisors where local law requires. Engagements involving the offer, sale, or solicitation of securities are conducted exclusively through appropriately licensed affiliates or partner firms in each jurisdiction.
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