A good acquisition is not the one everyone hears about. It is the one done quietly, at a fair price, on a target few thought to approach, and which integrates without noise within the twelve months that follow the closing.

For a group on the move, external growth is a powerful lever of value creation. It allows you to consolidate a position, absorb a competitor, open a new market segment. But it requires method, patience and discretion. Arcadia Partners advises acquirers, groups or mid-cap companies, in identifying, approaching and negotiating strategic targets.

We start by formalising the acquisition thesis with the client: which business, which scope, which criteria (geographies, clients, technology, team), which dealbreakers. We then produce a target mapping, between ten and fifty companies depending on scope. Each target is qualified, cross-checked with sector databases and our own sources.

The approach is confidential and patient. We contact the priority targets one by one, through a banker or a principal from our network when possible, otherwise directly with a prepared proposal. We negotiate alongside the client all the way to signing, then support the due diligence and closing.