Not every transaction is an outright sale. A minority investment, a joint venture or a strategic partnership can deliver most of what a sale would, while leaving the founders in control of the business they built. These structures are also where the governance terms matter far more than the headline number.

We help you work out which structure actually fits, what a realistic outcome looks like, and whether the transaction is worth doing at all. Sometimes the most valuable advice is that the timing is wrong. When it is right, we negotiate the terms with the same care we would give a full sale.