Transaction Facilitation & Resource Referral

For buyers who are evaluating acquisitions of businesses represented by VR, we provide a variety of services to facilitate completion of the transaction.  Eighty percent of our buyers are making their first acquisition and typically need assistance in a number of areas.  We are here to walk buyers through each step of the process. 

We can assist buyers in the following ways:

• Opportunity identification
• Information on the sales prices of comparable companies
• Access to detailed, Hawaii specific template legal agreements, including offer to purchase, security agreement, promissory note, assignment of lease and consent to assignment of lease, etc.
• Helping to structure win/win compromises to overcome obstacles that arise during negotiations and due diligence.  Helping sellers to understand the buyers’ perspectives, needs, and concerns.
• Guidance on the preparation of business plans to assist with financing
• Coordination of the due diligence process
• Coordination and management of the escrow and closing processes
• Access to seminars & webinars and other educational resources.

In addition, we have extensive databases of high quality, experienced resources that can be extremely valuable in completing an acquisition, including:

• CPAs who can assist with financial due diligence and business valuation
• Attorneys that can help with the establishment of business entities, review and/or preparation of legal documents (including offers to purchase, letters of intent, non compete agreements etc.), and legal due diligence
• Business appraisers
• Business bankers
• Aggressive SBA lenders and alternative financing sources, both from Hawaii and the mainland (some of the most aggressive lenders are not in Hawaii)
• Immigration attorneys (for assistant with E2 or EB-5 investor visa applications)
• Commercial insurance brokers
• Liquor license specialists
• Investment/ wealth management advisors
• Business plan resources including templates and plan writers
• Management consultants
• Headhunters and employment agencies
• Payroll services
• Commercial and residential real estate agents
• Travel agents
• Discounted hotel rates
• Interpreters and translators for almost any language
• And more

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