Seeking the Right Cross-Border
Mergers and Acquisitions?

If you’re a buyer and are seeking to acquire a business abroad our cross border mergers and acquisitions services will assist you. If you are needing guidance you may recognise some of the challenges our clients face:

  • You might have no team on the ground to help you originate
  • The potential cost deploying a team in one or more countries is prohibitive
  • You don’t know how many businesses fit your criteria
  • Company owners might be resistant to distant approaches
  • Time zones may cause headaches
  • There may be a language barrier to overcome

In the last year, we have helped buyers from Europe, North America, Asia, and Australasia identify and acquire privately-held businesses. In all cases, the target company was not listed for sale, but we used our cross border mergers and acquisitions experience and origination capabilities to research, introduce, and bring these acquisitions to our clients.

We could do the same for you.

The Most Effective Approach

If you choose to work with Unloq, you will be working with a proven firm specialising in cross border mergers and acquisitions. We have access to multiple data sources and produce the best market mapping for clients across one or more countries.

We also do all the outreach for you and, on average, speak to over 50% of the decision makers of target businesses, and are highly skilled in explaining the rationale and bringing owners to the table for direct conversations.

Within 4-5 weeks, we will be bringing opportunities to you that fit your specific criteria for your review, and from that point, there will be ongoing introductions of fresh cross border mergers and acquisitions targets until the process is complete and you have acquired.

You will receive high quality, steady deal flow until you find the best possible fit. We source on cross border mergers and acquisitions opportunities from our extensive network, finding both marketed as well as ones that have been circulated privately. However, our main skill is that we are experts at finding and contacting off-market company owners and persuading them to talk to you.

We’re so confident we can help, that we share all of this with you. You have a real-time dashboard to track every conversation and a dedicated Consultant to manage your project – so you have all the visibility to ensure your project is heading in the right direction. And if you need local help: financial, accounting or legal, then we can recommend the best fitting solutions for you.

Helping you realise a successful outcome.

Mitigate Risk & Realise Value

Your options are limited. You could:

  • Move temporarily to the region and drive the process yourself, but this is costly and time-consuming, or
  • Hire staff and set up an office, but this is also expensive and comes with all the challenges of managing employees from another country, or
  • Engage a Corporate Finance firm, who will be able to help you, but with very high upfront fees and their own specific way of dealmaking, or
  • Choose Unloq, for a modest retainer with a short-term rolling contract, to be your eyes and ears in the regions.

All of these options will command significant financial outlay in one way or another, but only the last one allows you to start fast and explore cross border mergers and acquisitions opportunities quickly at low risk.

We have an outstanding team and all the experience needed to give you ‘feet on the ground.’

Contact us or browse our website to explore how we could represent you in APAC, North America, or Europe.

Looking to Sell Your Business Abroad?

If you are looking to sell your business we act as cross border mergers and acquisitions on the sales side. If you are interested click here.

Precise Targeting

Deep research identifies the best companies

Fast Start

Talk to businesses within weeks, not months

More Choice

Our off-market skill yields more conversations

Shorter Time to Synergy

More choice means strong growth at lower risk

Cross-Border Reach

Explore regions without presence before committing

Minimal Disruption

We originate, so you focus on execution

If You Want Ideal Flow Let’s Talk

There is only so much you can tell from reviewing our website, the best way to explore is to have a short meeting with one of our team.

Unloq the Numbers

47%

On average 40%
of business owners
we contact are
Interested in meeting

4+

For 90%+ market
data coverage
you need at least
four different sources

1:5

For every 1
target approached
we analyse at least
5 companies

2%

Only 2% of
companies are
for sale at
any one time

100%

All the companies
acquired through us
are still trading or
part of a successful group

85%

Over 85% of the
transactions we
completed were
off market

4x

The fixed cost
of in-house
origination is
4 times higher

15+

We are currently originating
in over 15 countries
for cross-border
work for clients

16%

Over a sixth of
introductions
result in a
written offer

20

20 Introductions
with the right businesses
will lead to a great
fitting acquisition

Unloq: White Papers

BUSINESS DATA FOR M&A: WHY THERE IS NO SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH

There are a wide number of business data suppliers all claiming to have the best and most comprehensive business data, promising a turn-key solution to origination. In this white paper we explore whether this is fact or fiction. Is it…

WHY ACQUISITIONS CONTINUE TO FALL SHORT OF EXPECTATIONS: THE STRATEGIC PATH TO JOINING THE 70%

70% of mergers now succeed in creating value, a dramatic turnaround attributed to more disciplined dealmaking and post-merger integration. However, this success is not uniform across all major markets.

THE POWER OF CHOICE: WHY OPTIONALITY DRIVES M&A SUCCESS

In merger and acquisition strategy, one factor separates successful acquirers from those who struggle: choice. Not the illusion of choice that comes from reviewing hundreds of unsuitable opportunities, but genuine optionality: the ability to evaluate multiple high-quality targets and select…

THE OFF-MARKET ADVANTAGE: NAVIGATING COMPETITION IN THE CROWDED M&A MARKET

The mergers and acquisitions market finds itself in a peculiar state. Global private equity dry powder reached record levels in 2024, peaking at $2.62 trillion mid-year, indicating significant undeployed capital across the industry. So the paradox is that with all…

THE HIDDEN COST OF IN-HOUSE DEAL ORIGINATION: A STRATEGIC ANALYSIS

When growth-hungry acquirers decide to pursue acquisitions, they face a critical choice: build an in-house deal origination capability or partner with a specialist. On the surface, the in-house route appears attractive: who knows your business better than your own team?

Regional and Cross-Border Deal Makers

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UK & Europe Office
Third Floor
Reading Bridge House
Reading
RG1 8PR

Contact: +44 (0) 1962 609 000

APAC Office
1 Sussex Street
Barangaroo
NSW 2000
Australia

Contact: +61 (0) 417 671 854