Goffredo Sala Insights

Thinking.
Research.
Perspectives.

Insights for entrepreneurs, financial sponsors, and banks: transactions, governance, capital, real estate, and special situations.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Family company deal ready: how to prepare a business for a transaction in 12 months

Governance, reporting, management, numbers, and data room: what is needed before opening a process.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Selling a business: the 5 drivers that really move value

Margins, management quality, revenue recurrence, customer risk, and process structure.

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Debt Advisory

Equity + debt: how to build a credible fundraising for growth

When capital and debt must be designed together to support acquisitions, capex, or internationalization.

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Private Capital

Club deal, fund, or industrial partner: how to choose the right capital

Family objectives, control, governance, and time horizon as selection criteria.

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Restructuring

Negotiated settlement procedure: what entrepreneurs and bank lenders expect

Cash plan, information transparency, and credibility of the turnaround pathway.

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Valuation

Fairness opinion: when it really matters for boards, shareholders, and lenders

The role of an independent opinion in decisions with high economic or reputational sensitivity.

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Corporate Advisory

Governance after an investor's entry: mistakes to avoid

Rights, delegations, deadlocks, reporting, and management of the relationship between founding shareholders and new capital.

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Equity Capital Markets

EGM readiness: access criteria, timing, and market discipline

When listing is consistent with size, governance, equity story, and capital need.

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Debt Advisory

Direct lending: when it is truly an alternative to bank credit

Speed, flexibility, pricing, and covenants: where private debt adds value and where it does not.

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