AHV Associates LLP has been recognised consistently in International peer-reviewed awards

Annette and her colleagues could not have worked harder in supporting our M&A efforts in North America.

Audrey Mandela, Board Director, Multimap Ltd.

Thanks Annette. You did a sterling job at helping us over the line with the MBO- I honestly don't think we would have made it without you. I very much enjoyed working with you and learned a fair bit along the way.

Gavin Russell, CEO, Wavex

AHV are a highly professional firm who understand how privately owned businesses operate. They always impress our clients and are always willing to meet them, whether or not a possible transaction is on the horizon.

Peter Rodney, Partner, Bright Grahame Murray Chartered Accountants

Andrew and his team really understand privately owned businesses. They are entrepreneurial and flexible in their approach whilst always being totally focused on achieving the clients goals.

Russel Lux, Managing Director, Luxtech Ltd.

AHV are very professional in their approach and have given Voicenet Solutions strong and valuable support throughout the process of capital raising.

Mark Rodel-Duffy, CFO, Voicenet Solutions Ltd

AHV were invaluable during the sale of Gamesman. The outcome was highly satisfactory to the shareholders and I have no doubt that we would not have achieved this excellent result were it not for Andrew's incisive input and guidance.

Mark Smith, CEO and founder, Gamesman Ltd

Andrew and his team are knowledgeable, focused and highly professional in their approach. They provide sensible and pragmatic advice and are a pleasure to work with.

Simon Ainley, Partner, Walker Ainley Associates

I have worked closely with AHV to identify suitable acquisition targets for our business. The network Andrew brings, his industry knowledge and overall professionalism mean I would not hesitate to recommend AHV to any CEO.

Martin Mackay, CEO, Calyx

We have worked closely with AHV and have found them to be innovative, flexible and totally focused on fulfilling the client's objectives.

Malcolm Kauder, Director, Croucher Needham

AHV Associates understood our business quickly and, importantly, were able to ‘think out of the box’ in providing us with general financial and corporate advice.

James Daley, Executive Chairman, Masefield International Holdings AG

AHV were invaluable in arranging the sale of my company. It was a complicated cross border transaction but Andrew & his team were impressive in their understanding of the issues & thorough in their management of the transaction.

Michael Hagens, Founder and Managing Director, Mycall Holdings Ltd.

Hanif is always willing to provide ad hoc views in relation to my clients’ situation. AHV are professional and in touch with the latest developments in M&A.

Manuel Grove, Partner, Grove and King Chartered Accountants

We have been very impressed with AHV Associates. Their team, led by Annette Nabavi, helped us with a high net worth round of capital raising and are now proceeding to a much larger Venture Capital round. Throughout they have been professional, thorough and hard working. We highly recommend them.

Peter Baumann, Chief Executive Officer
Active Navigation Limited

Our services

We work with entrepreneurs and business owners from all sectors and geographies, helping them make the right decisions and ultimately helping them to extract value from their hard work.

So whether it is researching compatible companies to merge with or acquire, finding a buyer for your company, or helping to raise capital for expansion, you can be sure our experience will get the best results.

Sourcing acquisitions

AHV can source suitable acquisitions for clients and, if required, we also source capital to support the acquisition. As a first step though, we spend time with the client understanding their needs and objectives.

We then conduct extensive research based on public information and our own contact base to identify potential suitable acquisitions.

We source acquisitions to fit your growth strategies.

A long list is presented to the client with relevant information on the potential targets including an overview of each business, their sizes, profitability and ownership characteristics.

From this long list and the client's feedback, a short list of 20 to 25 potential targets is established.

We then approach these targets using a method and form of words that are agreed with the client. Meetings are arranged with those who are interested in a preliminary discussion.

AHV will then co-ordinate follow up meetings/information exchange and negotiate valuations, transaction structures, term sheets and manage the execution of the transaction.