Every side of the deal
Sell-side and exits, buy-side and acquisitions, mergers and partnerships, commodity trade, joint ventures and global deal outreach. One partner, one confidential process.
Sell-side & exit
For owners ready to sell, exit, retire or bring in a partner. We prepare a confidential profile of the business, find and approach suitable buyers in Australia and overseas, and coordinate the process to completion.
What’s involved
- A confidential first conversation, then an NDA
- An anonymised profile (teaser) of the business, approved by you
- Identifying and discreetly approaching suitable buyers in Australia and overseas
- Managing enquiries, NDAs and the flow of information
- Coordinating offers and heads of terms with your lawyers and accountants
- Support through due diligence to completion and handover
FitAll sectors, flexible deal sizes.
Buy-side & acquisitions
For investors and companies looking to acquire. We work to your brief to find, screen and discreetly approach businesses, on and off market. We also acquire businesses for the Key Legacies group.
What’s involved
- A clear acquisition brief: sector, size, geography and deal type
- Searching and screening on-market and off-market opportunities
- Discreet, approved approaches to owners
- Introductions under NDA and help with first-stage assessment
- Coordinating due diligence with your advisers
- Direct acquisitions for the Key Legacies group, where a business fits
Mergers & partnerships
For businesses that are stronger together. We identify merger partners, joint ventures and strategic or distribution partnerships, and bring the right people to the table.
What’s involved
- Identifying complementary businesses for a merger
- Joint ventures and strategic partnerships
- Distribution and market-entry partnerships
- Cross-border partner searches
- Structuring the first conversations and keeping them confidential
Commodity trade facilitation
For businesses looking to trade, buy or sell commodities. We connect buyers and sellers by commodity, specification, volume and route, and we also trade in our own right, with KYC, AML and sanctions checks first.
What’s involved
- Matching buyers and sellers by commodity, specification, volume and route
- KYC, AML and sanctions screening of every counterparty before introductions
- Coordinating offers, contract terms and Incoterms between the parties
- Working with the inspection, logistics and finance providers the parties choose
- Trading in our own right, as buyer or seller, where it makes sense
- Clear documentation from enquiry to delivery
Joint ventures & deal structuring
For deals that work better as a partnership. We set up joint ventures where Key Legacies M&A can be either party, with profit splits and deal structures that are flexible and agreed deal by deal.
What’s involved
- Joint ventures where Key Legacies M&A is a party, or where we bring two other parties together
- Profit-split and profit-share arrangements
- Flexible structures: success fees, profit-share, equity or joint venture, agreed deal by deal
- Clear written terms before anyone commits
- Working alongside each party’s own lawyers and accountants
Global deal outreach
For businesses crossing borders. Direct, targeted outreach to owners, investors, partners and trading counterparties across markets, drawing on a network built living and working around the world.
What’s involved
- Targeted outreach to owners, investors, partners and trading houses
- Market mapping: who the realistic counterparties are, and where
- Representing Australian businesses overseas and international businesses in Australia
- Warm introductions across Jet’s international network
- Discreet, direct approaches rather than mass marketing
Please noteWe do not provide financial product advice. Nothing on this website is financial, investment, legal or tax advice, or an offer to buy or sell any security, financial product or commodity. We work alongside your own lawyers, accountants and licensed advisers. All enquiries are confidential.
Start with a confidential conversation
No names needed for a first call. Tell us what you want to achieve and we will tell you honestly whether and how we can help.