If you are considering buying or selling a business, Dutch Mansion can help you find the perfect match.
Dutch Mansion was created in 2009 by Peter Damman as a result of numerous requests from entrepreneurs to act as a personal coach, as well as for support in the sale of their businesses.
These businesses had been built by the founders and owners for decades. Understandably, many of them were struggling with the ultimate decision to exit their businesses. As part of the process complicated questions needed to be answered. Often the monetary value of the business proved to be of secondary importance to the ultimate decision.
This inspired Peter to develop an approach whereby he combined his unique insight into the struggles of these entrepreneurs, his sector knowledge, and his negotiating skills.
In 2019 Ernst Wessel joined Dutch Mansion to add further experience and expertise on both a national and international level.
What we do
If you’re looking to buy or sell a business, Dutch Mansion can help you find the perfect match. With years of experience in business ownership, acquisitions, and mergers, we make it easy to find the right business for your budget, goals, and preferences.
We believe in focus. In such an important and complicated transaction that often represents not only significant monetary value but also personal life achievement, you do not want an advisor that pretends to know it all. As part of the process, experts will need to be hired, either directly by you or with our help.
Whether you are looking for a business for sale in your local area or wish to buy a business we will give you access to national or international opportunities you are seeking. We can help you identify, qualify, and value businesses for sale, acquire financing for your purchase and negotiate the terms of sale.
Most importantly by partnering with us, you will enjoy the confidence and peace of mind you deserve when buying or selling a business.
For buyers
Buying a business can be a complicated process. From finding the right target business to negotiating terms and determining all the details required for a smooth transfer of ownership.
Our mission for buyers is to provide you with the perfect business opportunities in your industry. We will provide you with straight facts about the business and help you navigate the process of acquiring a business.
We will help you to identify your strength and interests
We will help you to narrow your search
We will help you to determine which businesses are the best fit with your current company
We will help you to consider the strength of a business, its weaknesses, and how your skills and interests would improve and grow a company.
for sellers
If you are preparing to sell a business, the experts at Dutch Mansion can help get maximum value for your business. We put our experience, our expertise, and our connections at your disposal, assisting you at every stage of the sales process.
Selling a business is a process that entails a lot more than most business owners think and that is where we come in to help with the entire deal flow.
Selling a business can be summarized in eight easy steps:
A business is valued on a multiple of its profit. To achieve the maximum valuation good financials and an adjusted profit and loss statement need to be prepared by a qualified accountant.
Depending on the size of your deal and whether you have an unsolicited offer on the table, most companies will garner a higher valuation when sold using a knowledgeable broker.
This is the document that outlines what the business is, financials, and frequently asked questions to help the buyer make an offer.
Market your business to buyers looking to acquire a company.
Receive offers from buyers and negotiate the best one.
Buyers and the Sellers generally agree on a period to verify the financials and validate they are getting what they are paying for.
Select and work with specialized lawyers and sign the final contracts.
With the certainty that you have secured a good deal.
Our focus
We believe that for the successful sale or acquisition of a target company it is necessary to have access to superior sector intelligence in which this business operates. This includes in-depth knowledge of the product set, market developments, the competitive landscape as well as being able to tap into an extensive network of contacts. By focusing our efforts, we can have the best chance of concluding a transaction with success.
With more than 30 years’ experience in the business supplies industry, we focus on companies that are active in this industry. In the last decade, there has been a trend of consolidating companies in the ever-changing market. Consolidation can take place on every level of distribution: retail, dealer, online, wholesale, manufacturing. Also, private Equity has made its entrance into this market creating even more opportunities for buyers and sellers. But strategic buyers are more and more looking for opportunities as well and are most of the time able to value a business in this industry better.
We know all important and interested players, which enables us to achieve a perfect match between buyers and sellers. Our network consists of office supplies, office hardware, office furniture, facilities, and DIY businesses in Europe and across the globe.
Compensation and fees
The most common form of compensation for buying or selling a business is a ”success fee” based commission. This compensation is contingent upon finding a satisfactory buyer for the business for sale and the successful negotiation of a purchase contract.
In addition, it is common that a retainer (or upfront payment calculated as a percentage of the total success fee) is charged to cover the expenditures of the broker during the sale process.
We realize that it is important for either the seller or buyer to provide clarity and transparency by documenting at the start of the process the scope and the activities of Dutch Mansion and the cost of the transaction.
Dutch Mansion works with three forms of compensation:
This fee typically ranges between 3 to 12% of the total purchase price and is mostly dependent on the size of the target business and the level of complexity of the transaction.
To cover our expenditures during the sale process. The retainer ranges between a one-off payment of € 10.000,- to € 50,000 and is off-set against the success fee upon completion of the transaction.
This fee will be charged for the “project management” of the entire sale process. The level of activities will be agreed with the seller or buyer before the start of the process.
About us
Peter has as a seasoned Executive more than 30 years of experience in the business supplies industry. He held several executive positions in the Office Supplies Industry as President Europe at Corporate Express/ Staples and Chief Executive Officer at pan European wholesaler Spicers. He was one of the co-founders of Viking Direct in Europe, one of the largest mail-order companies specialized in selling office supplies and equipment. He held the role of Vice President at Office Depot Europe where he specialized in European merchandising and far East and global sourcing. As a frequent speaker and guest at national and international industry events, he developed an extensive network in the industry at every level of distribution. He has close relationships with all major manufacturers and suppliers to the industry. Peter is multi-lingual and studied at the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands and holds a Master in law and international economics.
Ernst brings more than 30 years of senior-level business acumen gained through key executive positions in private companies and with a leading publicly-traded global retail corporation in the functional specialty areas of General and Operational Management, Legal, Business Development, Restructuring, Transformation, Human Resources, and Communications. As part of leading these functional areas Ernst acquired specific expertise in international business expansion, operational redesign & restructuring, turnarounds, channel-based business management, and talent & leadership development. He has advanced level expertise in mergers and acquisitions, franchising, licensing, and joint ventures through key relationship strategies with global partners in Europe, Central America, the Middle East, Southeast & East Asia. He has a passion for detecting and leveraging growth opportunities. Ernst holds dual master degrees in Law in The Netherlands and the UK and is also one of the Founders and Owners of In4Trade Limited.
contact us
Dutch Mansion B.V.
Pettelaarseweg 5
5216 BG Den Bosch
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 73 6142201
E-mail: info@dutchmansion.nl
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