Four-Sided Analysis and Post-Merger Phase

1. Valuation of the company

The valuation of the company substantially constitutes the starting basis for merger negotiations and is indispensable for winding-ups and changes of corporate forms .
A substantiated company analysis is both an important part of the evaluation process and a condition precedent to every value determination.
Extensive market knowledge, identification and assessment of value drivers and an unimpeachable technical implementation into an evaluating model mark the decisive parameters.
Individual evaluations demand individual approaches. Therefore we select - in close consultation with our clients - the appropriate valuation method for the specific occasion. Legal, fiscal and economical implications are naturally paid regard too . ClusterStar applies the gross rental method, the discounted cash flow method and comparative value methods.

2. Post-merger integration

An M&A deal is one of the largest transactions a company makes in its lifetime. Simultaneously, it is often one of the least prepared steps. By approximations, 60 to 80 percent of the company value is going to be gained or lost within the first year after the transaction has been completed .
Due to high expectations of economies of scale and synergies, immense prices are paid. This is why the post-merger phase usually begins with losses which have to be recouped prior to reaping the fruit of the transaction.
The best way to avoid the price trap is an intelligent post-merger integration. Therefore the approach needs to be fast, focused and impartial.
ClusterStar offers your company expert advice and a four-sided analysis of the post-merger phase, consisting of Pre -access planning, Data gathering and analysis, Design and decision-making and Implementation.