Urban Maintenance Systems

Lead manager acquisitions / corporate advisor M&A for this privately owned industrial maintenance services business based in Victoria.

SBG Advisory’s brief was to source target companies for acquisition in order for UMS to expand its business into NSW and Queensland.

We undertook examination of the industrial services market, identified growth areas and target companies interstate, developed an acquisition strategy comprising purchase of competitor entities to achieve earnings accretion and economies of scale, obtained approval to proceed and actioned formative due diligence including short listing of targets for priority negotiations.

We successfully engaged with proprietors of target companies building a level of trust and securing approved access to their financial records and sensitive market information. Financial and strategic market analyses were undertaken with recommendations for staged negotiations.

Acquisitions were successful. This company continues to trade successfully throughout Victoria, NSW and Queensland.