The Quercus team, led by Amanda Hall and Nick Standen, advised the Board of discoverIE on the acquisition of Santon, for an initial consideration of €27m with a further €19.5m dependent on the future performance of the business. Santon, with its headquarters in Rotterdam and sales offices in the UK and Germany, designs and manufactures […]

As the exclusive UK member firm for the Terra Alliance international M&A network, Quercus Corporate Finance is pleased to announce that: for 2017, the Terra Alliance's 15 firms completed more than 100 transactions with a combined value of more than US$7 billion; and for the five years to December 2017, Terra Alliance firms completed more than […]

Much is made about the need to have a strategy if a privately-owned business is to achieve its potential. But it’s an argument that misses something which is quite fundamental. For an effective strategy to be drawn up and implemented, there needs to be clear thinking by the owner-manager who has become increasingly focused on the day-to-day operations. […]