Mergers & Acquisitions
Strategy through close, with the numbers you need to say yes.
Sapere Advisory guides business owners, investors, and acquisition groups through mergers, acquisitions, and growth transactions. Strategy, structuring, financing, and close, coordinated end to end.
M&A rewards preparation and punishes improvisation. We work alongside acquirers to build the thesis, run the numbers, structure the deal, secure the financing, and coordinate the close. Every engagement is scoped to the specific transaction, with clear economics and no surprise fees.
Scope of engagement.
Target Screening
Structured screens against buyer criteria, market maps, and off-market outreach where appropriate.
Financial Analysis
Quality of earnings review, normalization adjustments, and forward projection modeling.
Valuation Support
Range analysis using comparable transactions, DCF, and industry-specific multiples.
Deal Structuring
Asset vs. share, earnouts, escrows, working capital targets, and tax-efficient structures.
Financing Coordination
Acquisition debt and equity secured in parallel with negotiation, not after LOI.
Close Coordination
Legal, accounting, and diligence teams sequenced to hit committed close dates.
M&A Advisory That Closes
Deals fall apart in the middle. Our engagement design keeps financing, diligence, and legal moving in parallel so momentum stays with the deal, not the process.
Buy-Side Specialization
Focused practice: acquirers and acquisition groups, not sell-side auctions.
Financing Parallelism
Capital structured alongside the deal, not sequenced after signing, to compress timelines.
Principal-Led
The senior on your kickoff call is the senior at your closing dinner.
Direct execution across acquisition financing, buy-side transactions, and growth deals for operating businesses, franchises, and commercial assets. Comfortable with owner-operators and institutional acquirers alike.
CIO, Capital & M&A Advisory
Zohaib leads Sapere's Capital & M&A Advisory practice, guiding business owners, investors, and acquisition groups through mergers, acquisitions, and growth transactions. Six years of deal experience spanning acquisition financing, capital structuring, and buy-side execution across Canadian markets.
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Capital Advisory
Structured growth capital and financing strategies for operating businesses, aligned with lender and investor criteria.
Acquisition Financing
Acquisition debt and structured financing for operating businesses, franchises, and commercial assets, coordinated directly with banks and private lenders.
Transaction Support
Financial analysis, deal structuring, and valuation support for buy-side transactions, coordinated with legal, tax, and diligence teams.