Find and acquire the right business.
Senior-led acquisition search and execution across Asia Pacific, from mandate design and owner outreach through diligence, negotiation, and completion.
Discuss buy-side advisoryA search mandate, not a stream of random teasers.
Good buy-side work begins before a target list. We define what creates strategic or investment fit, what the buyer can execute, and which criteria should stop a conversation early.
Mandate definition
Turn an acquisition thesis into practical sector, geography, size, ownership, funding, and integration criteria before the search begins.
Target identification
Build and prioritise a target universe using strategic fit, ownership context, scale, market position, and likely transaction readiness.
Confidential owner outreach
Approach selected owners privately, test willingness to engage, and protect the buyer's identity until disclosure is appropriate.
Valuation and offer strategy
Assess valuation, structure, funding, and negotiation positions before an indication of interest or letter of intent is submitted.
Diligence coordination
Structure information requests, coordinate specialist advisers, identify decision-critical issues, and keep the process moving.
Negotiation and execution
Support management meetings, offer revisions, exclusivity, transaction documents, conditions, and the path to completion.
Mandates we can assess.
We work selectively. A credible brief should explain the acquisition rationale, target profile, decision process, funding path, and why an owner should take the conversation seriously.
Strategic market entry
Acquire an established business, local team, licences, distribution, or customer base to enter an Asia Pacific market.
Platform acquisition
Find a durable lower-middle-market business that can support a new regional investment or operating platform.
Add-on acquisition
Extend an existing portfolio company through geography, product, capability, customer, or supply-chain adjacency.
Founder succession
Identify profitable owner-led businesses where continuity, management transition, and seller fit are central to the transaction.
How an advisor-led search works.
The exact scope is agreed after a mandate-fit and conflict review. The process below is the typical path for a full acquisition search.
Choose the level of help you need.
Not every buyer needs a retained search. Use the route that matches how you want to acquire.
Lyndon Advisory
Use Lyndon when you need a defined search, confidential owner outreach, valuation and offer support, diligence coordination, negotiation, and transaction execution.
Discuss an advisory engagement →MergerMatch private matching
Register your buyer mandate with MergerMatch and receive anonymized seller opportunities when sector, geography, size, and structure fit.
Create a MergerMatch buyer mandate →Buyer mandates and opportunity matching live on MergerMatch. Lyndon also uses MergerMatch to privately list seller-approved opportunities from its sell-side engagements.
Questions about buy-side advisory.
What does a buy-side M&A adviser do?
A buy-side M&A adviser helps an acquirer define its mandate, identify and approach targets, assess valuation and transaction structure, coordinate diligence, negotiate terms, and manage execution. The precise scope depends on the buyer, mandate, geography, and stage of the opportunity.
Can Lyndon approach businesses that are not publicly for sale?
Yes. A buy-side search can include selected owner-led businesses that are not publicly marketed. Outreach is confidential and tests willingness to engage. It does not imply that every identified business is available or willing to transact.
Does Lyndon also represent sellers?
Yes. Lyndon is primarily a sell-side M&A adviser and accepts selected buy-side engagements. We review scope and conflicts before accepting an engagement and do not advise both buyer and seller in the same transaction.
What if I only want to receive matching opportunities?
Use MergerMatch to register your buyer mandate and receive private, anonymized opportunities when your criteria fit. Lyndon does not maintain a separate buyer-mandate register. Lyndon uses MergerMatch to privately list seller-approved opportunities from its sell-side mandates, while Lyndon buy-side advisory is a separate human advisory engagement.
Which buyers does Lyndon work with?
Potential buy-side clients include corporate development teams, strategic acquirers, private equity firms, family offices, holding companies, independent sponsors, search funds, and experienced operators. Engagements are accepted selectively after mandate-fit and conflict review.
Need an adviser to lead the acquisition?
Contact Lyndon to discuss a defined search and execution engagement. We will review mandate fit and conflicts before proposing an advisory scope.
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