A confidential sale, run with discipline and discretion.
For most owners the sale of their business is a once-in-a-lifetime transaction. HurstOak advises founders, families and shareholder groups on preparing, marketing and completing the sale of privately-owned UK businesses.
Business Valuation Guidance
A rigorous, evidence-based view of what your business is worth — informed by comparable transactions, sector multiples and the buyer landscape today.
Confidential Sale Process
A carefully controlled process using blind teasers, staged information release and pre-approved buyer lists to protect your identity, staff and customers.
Buyer Sourcing
Direct outreach to a curated network of private equity, family offices, strategic trade buyers, search funds and entrepreneurs by acquisition.
Negotiation Support
Partner-led negotiation of price, structure, deferred consideration, warranties and earn-outs — protecting your position at every stage.
Deal Coordination to Completion
We work alongside your legal and tax advisors to manage due diligence, SPA negotiation and completion mechanics through to signing and funds received.
A process built around your objectives.
Every mandate begins with a private conversation. We take time to understand your commercial objectives, your appetite for post-sale involvement, and any sensitivities around staff, customers or existing shareholders.
Only then do we build a strategy — whether that is a competitive process with multiple shortlisted buyers, a discreet approach to a single strategic acquirer, or a structured succession to management.
Throughout, you deal with the same senior partner. No handovers, no junior teams learning on your transaction.
Considering a confidential conversation?
Every enquiry is handled personally by a senior partner, under strict non-disclosure.