M&A Advisory Services

We’re with you on every leg of the climb

We believe our experience and tools will provide the best possible chance of ascending the mountain that stands between the acquisition and the sale. We don’t just climb the mountain, we live on the mountain.

Add Speed and Certainty to Your Process

Blue Ops is here to make sure you look good. We understand the issues that arise again and again in the M&A and value creation cycles. Our services are designed to dismantle those problems so you can rest easy at night and stop scrambling for ad hoc fixes to PE-industry-specific issues. We’re a team you can trust to step-in, get our hands dirty and deliver results. Every. Single. Time.

Why choose Blue Ops?

M&A – Deal Team

Superior preparation for the journey with tech-enabled due diligence and transition planning.

Enhanced due diligence speed
Financial and operational analytics
Syndicated and Big Data analysis

Post-Close – Operating Team

“Acclimatize the business” with transition support to your operating model and expectations.

100-day plan and implementation
Stand up F&A depts/processes
Reporting, forecasting, FP&A

Operating Team / CFO

Experienced guidance on the climb, with finance & accounting support during the hold period.

Fill F&A personnel gaps
Launch new F&A initiatives
De-risk critical transitions

Deal Team & Operating Team

Navigate the deadliest leg of the climb with pre-banker sale preparation services and support.

Presale analytics automation
Increase bandwidth with
experienced personnel

M&A – Investment Bank

Summit smoothly and maximize exit value with tech-enabled post-banker M&A execution.

Get answers to buyers faster
Deep/complex data analysis
More deals w/ fewer people

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Investment Banking Services

Senior Partner Mike Skillingstad highlights 3 quick ways Blue Ops is able to help investment banks through the sales process using our software and expertise.

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Private Equity Services

Blue Ops Senior Partner Mike Skillingstad describes how the team is able to help private equity clients when they decide to sell a portfolio company.

RECON
We used Blue Ops in the diligence process for Atlanta Cheesecake Company. When we acquired the business, we already had the hierarchy pieces built and we already had the data in. We were able to get reporting within the first week or two after acquisition.

ONBOARD
Like with other private equity jobs, my job at Louisiana Fish Fry will end when we sell the company. When that happens, I’ll be onto my next CFO job. When I accept that job offer, the first call I’ll make will be to my wife. The second I’ll make will be to Blue Ops.

TRAVERSE
Obviously, there’s a shelf life to information – the longer it takes to get out, the less value it has. The Catalyst software allows us to ask more time-relevant questions and make more time-relevant changes. We can ask much more pointed questions.

PRIMER
My only wish is that we would have slotted Blue Ops in sooner than we did… I can imagine how beneficial it must be to get the team involved right from the get-go.

SUMMIT
The analyses you’ve worked to provide have made an impact and helped ease the diligence burden on our end. It has been great to work with the team.