Management buy in

You are ready to step back, and there is nobody inside the business ready to take over. A management buy-in brings in an outside managing director to lead it - someone we either already know or find together with you. Pillar funds the deal and stays in as a shareholder, so the company is not handed to a stranger and left there

What's in it for you?

You sell on your terms: Without a successor, owners often end up taking the one offer that appears rather than the one they wanted. Creating a credible buyer puts you back in a position to sell at full value.

We bring the candidate, not just the cheque: We either have someone in mind or run the search with you, and we back them financially. Finding a person who can actually run your company is the hard part of this deal, and not something you should be doing alone while also selling it.

You hand over gradually, not overnight: You can stay through the transition for as long as the new leader needs, and step out when the business is genuinely ready rather than on completion day.

Reinvestment in the Pillar community: You can co-invest alongside Pillar in its other deals, and in the company you have just sold if you want to stay exposed to it.

What it looks like

  • Current situation

    You want to step back, and there is no successor inside the business. That gap is what stops many good companies selling well, or selling at all.

  • Transaction

    We introduce a managing director, either someone we already know or one we find with you, and fund their buy-in. Pillar structures the deal, handles the financing and legal work, and comes in as a shareholder alongside them.

  • Post transaction

    The new leader runs the company with Pillar behind them. You hand over at a pace that works, take the value out, and can reinvest alongside us if you want to stay involved.

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