Company name:
DRAGON 2000
Deal Type
Sale
Country
United Kingdom
Buyer Name
Lacour Group
Country of Buyer
France
Sectors
Auto Tech
CP DEALS
CP Deals combines market-leading expertise across Corporate Finance, Transaction Services and Transaction Tax. We deliver one comprehensive solution to all your M&A needs.
YOUR DEALS, DELIVERED
CP Deals combines market-leading expertise across Corporate Finance, Transaction Services and Transaction Tax. We deliver one comprehensive solution to all your M&A needs.
Looking to buy or sell a business, realise an investment opportunity, or raise new finance?
Our fully integrated, dedicated Deals team will guide you through each stage of a transaction. Drawing upon decades of deal-making experience, we’ll help you get the right deal done and provide support to create value after it too.
WHY COOPER PARRY?
Our team works with business owners, management teams and private equity investors. Focussing on the mid-market. We’re also PE backed. So we get it. We understand the key value drivers for buyers and sellers alike. Based on many years supporting our clients, we know how to get deals across the line and exceed on client expectations. Advising on acquisitions; raising private equity; selling businesses (when the time is right): getting ‘exit ready’; and completing tax, legal and financial vendor or buy-side due diligence. We bring to bear our deep sector experience when it comes to M&A. Particularly across healthcare, business services and technology.
To provide access to international buyers and sellers, our team is supported by REACH. A highly active international network of M&A advisory firms in 30 key deal making countries, with cross-border sector teams.
We operate as one team nationally. Allowing us to deliver the best for our clients. Added to that, the breadth of experience offered by the whole award-winning Cooper Parry team means you can draw on the broad skills of our people to support your business needs. From specialist tax advice to providing outsourced business services, as an extension of your finance team, when you are preparing for an exit, We can support you on your business journey from start to finish.
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DEALMAKERS & TRAILBLAZERS
With over 50 Deals focused people across the UK and hubs in London, Manchester and the Midlands, the CP Deals team features some of the most accomplished and exciting talent in the market.
Being a permanent feature in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For, our culture attracts the best of the best.
They include leaders who’ve left behind the red tape and sluggish processes of the likes of the Big 4 and national firms in search of more entrepreneurial, dynamic work.
Our senior team doesn’t just get involved in the initial pitch, after which you never see them (it happens, a lot). They lead from the front, providing leadership to our teams as well as delivering value to our clients along the way.
As experts in the mid-market space, we bring an entrepreneurial mindset to our advice for clients, whether you’re an entrepreneur, corporate, or a private equity investor.
Let’s talk today
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Tim Mahapatra
Partner & Head of Deals
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WHY WORK WITH US
We share many of the characteristics of the clients we work with. We’re a private equity-backed business ourselves, and we understand first-hand the opportunities and challenges our clients grapple with as we seek to create a truly unique, market-leading UK firm.
We’re also a Certified B Corp. With Net Zero in our sights by 2030, and an innate drive to make CP a force for long-lasting, wide-reaching positive change. For our people, clients, communities, and the planet.
RECENT DEALS
Company name:
Gemini Accident Repair Centres Limited
Deal Type
Sell Side Lead Advisory
Country
United Kingdom
Buyer Name
Steer Automotive Group
Country of Buyer
United Kingdom
Sectors
Industrials
Company name:
PIPS SKIPS LIMITED
Deal Type
Due Diligence
Country
United Kingdom
Buyer Name
Sun Environmental Services Limited
Country of Buyer
United Kingdom
Sectors
Waste & Recycling
DEALS CONTENT LIBRARY
We’re always adding to our library of Deals related content. Providing you with topical insight and advice. From videos exploring the key themes around the deal process, to M&A insights and sector reports. You’ll also find links below to the latest news articles and info about Deals related events.
We’re confident there’s plenty to spark your interest and provide some valuable nuggets for anyone embarking on a deal to buy or sell a business, or raise private equity investment. Why not take a look.
The Deal Market: Current Themes
Videos
M&A INSIGHTS & SECTOR SNAPSHOTS
Loren Docksey
Healthcare Services: H1-24 Market Overview
The sector is navigating political change amidst the backdrop of strained public health services.
Loren Docksey
Sector Snapshot: Healthcare Software
Digitisation of the NHS and Social Care Sector continues to drive significant levels of M&A.
Simon Nichols
Sector Snapshot: IT Managed Services
Despite the economic turbulence marked by inflation and escalating interest rates in 2023, the IT services sector has shown remarkable tenacity.
Alex Ydlibi
SECTOR SNAPSHOT: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
“The professional services sector has seen a noticeable increase in M&A."
Loren Docksey
SaaS M&A Snapshot: Q1 – 24 Update
High-performing businesses with demonstrable growth continue to be sought after by investors.
Loren Docksey
HEALTHCARE CONSULTING: MARKET OVERVIEW
As the NHS grapples with persistent productivity and capacity challenges, demand for healthcare advisory services continues to rise.
Simon Nichols
PRIVATE EQUITY STRATEGY – BUY & BUILD
For a buy and build strategy to be successful, businesses need a clear and well-defined strategy, to deliver maximum returns and synergies.
Loren Docksey
M&A MARKET UPDATE – 2023
M&A Markets continue to show resilience in the face of a challenging environment.
Niall Chantrill
FROM TRENDS TO TOMORROW: HEALTHTECH
“Whilst the challenging economic climate has impacted M&A volumes overall, HealthTech M&A activity has remained stable in 2023, demonstrating the sector’s attractiveness to both financial investors and strategic acquirers."
Alex Ydlibi
FROM TRENDS TO TOMORROW: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
“Key drivers of M&A activity in the professional services arena include market consolidation with competitors strategically acquiring to increase market share domestically, enter new geographies, and acquire complimentary service offerings."
Latest News
CP Events
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PE- Backed CFO Roundtable Lunch
- Tuesday 28th January
- 12.00pm- 15.00pm
- Bocca Di Lupo. London
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Our deal specialists are well versed on every step of the sales process. Here are the ten key stages from preparations prior to sale through to final due diligence.
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The world of investment can be complex. Our deal experts know every twist and turn. On these pages they highlight the ten key stages from understanding a client’s needs through to joyous completion.
