Management buy out

Your management team knows the business and wants to own it, but almost never has the capital to buy it outright. A management buy-out sells the company to them, with Pillar funding the deal and coming in alongside - so you get full value and your people get the business

What's in it for you?

Full value, clean exit: You sell the whole company and take the value out in cash. Nothing has to stay tied up in shares you no longer control.

The buyer already knows the business: No educating a stranger, no culture clash, no long handover. The people taking over have run it with you, which makes diligence shorter, the transition calmer, and lets you step back on a comfortable timetable.

Your team can actually afford it: Management teams rarely have the capital to buy a company of any size. We provide it, structure the transaction, and handle the negotiation, financing and legal work - so the deal your team wants becomes one they can do

Unleash M&A Potential: Together with management, Pillar will enable ambitious buy-and-build strategies for the future of your company.

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 are ready to move on, and the obvious successor is already running the business with you. What stands in the way is money: your team knows the company but cannot buy it.

  • Transaction

    Pillar funds and structures the buy-out alongside your management team, and handles the negotiation, financing and legal work. You sell at full value; they become owners.

  • Post transaction

    The business carries on under the people already running it, now backed by Pillar. You step back on a timetable that suits you, and can reinvest alongside us if you want to stay involved.

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