As an M&A advisor, I have completed more than 200 transactions in the Danish owner-managed business segment. My specialty is the process that separates a professional sale from simply finding a buyer.
A sale is a human matter before it is a financial transaction. That insight is the foundation of everything I do as an advisor.
– Kenneth Birkholm"You always felt safe working with Kenneth due to his ability to plan carefully and follow-up closely on all details."Tim Wolff Jacobsen • Board Member & Advisor, former CEO Experian Northern Europe
Six areas where the most substantial results emerge – usually in combination.
The full process from strategic preparation through confidential buyer screening to closed transaction. The journey you as an owner-manager only take once.
Family and management buy-outs. The financing structures and governance frameworks that make them possible without destroying what is being transferred.
Defensible and realistic valuations based on actual transaction data from the Danish SMB market – not stock-market multiples imposed on an SMB.
Writings on the market, on the people behind the transaction, and on mistakes too expensive to repeat. Articles published in Danish.
On the distinction between earn-out, seller financing, and holdback – and why a "holdback" that only releases on performance is, in reality, an earn-out in disguise. (In Danish)
Timing & decisionA meaningful share of the conversations I have with owner-managers end with a recommendation to wait – or to leave it alone entirely. On when a good business, nonetheless, should not be sold. (In Danish)
The advisory teamSeven concrete lessons from the engine room – plus the small observation that it is not only your own choice that matters. (In Danish)
The first conversation is confidential, no-obligation, and often the most valuable hour you will invest in your company's future. We discuss where you are, where you want to go, and whether I am the right person to help you get there.
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