ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS

Financial markets are highly regulated; any complications in the process can make setting up a new investment company an extremely costly exercise. This means that it could sometimes be more cost-effective to purchase an off-the-shelf company or to join a cell structure.

Echelon Associates works for and on behalf of disclosed and undisclosed clients who are currently in the process of corporate acquisitions. We afford clients access to international legal counsel and auditors to deliver rigorous due diligence, compliance, financial and legal analysis of the target acquisition.

The vast majority of acquisitions are never offered on the open market, and many times purchasers wish to remain anonymous, especially if they are acquiring shareholding surreptitiously; therefore negotiations are often conducted by proxy. In this case, funds would be placed in escrow and a third-party holding company would take ownership prior to the share transfer, thereby allowing the investor / share purchaser to remain anonymous.

Due to the excellent relationships, we hold with our many international corporate clients; meetings can be arranged throughout Europe, South America, UAE, Panama, Hong Kong, Mauritius and South Africa. In most instances, it is also possible for us to visit you in your place of work.