Brand Transactions
Brand Finance helps clients leverage value from their brands through acquisitions & disposals, licensing, structured finance and tax planning. We ensure that intangible assets are worked as hard as their tangible counterparts.
Applications:
- Brand Due Diligence for acquisitions, disposals and bid defence - An independent opinion and quantification of the strength of the brand and business value for appropriate audiences
- Pre-Disposal Brand Evaluation - Determination of the value implications of alternative brand strategies
- Brand Sales – Identification of potential purchasers and execution of sales process
- Structuring brand ownership and management – There is not a ‘one size fits all solution’. Flexibility is required to determine available options. For each option the brand performance, tax and cost implications must be evaluated
- Best practice in licensing agreements – In the case of both internal and external brand licenses, it is important to clearly identify the rights and obligations of both parties. This results in fewer disputes and higher earnings
- Leveraging the brand through licensing – Thorough evaluation of market research is carried out and the findings are integrated into valuation models in order to determine the likely revenue and risk implications
- Royalty rate determination – Advice for both tax authorities and brand owners on the setting of appropriate royalty rates. The integration of royalty comparatives, financial analysis and the interpretation of customer research ensures robust, defensible royalty rates
The Brand Finance approach:
- In all of our transactional work we express a clearly supported opinion on the strength, value and potential of the brand
- Our due diligence incorporates market, customer and financial analysis which allows us to identify key commercial issues. An opinion is expressed on all such issues
- Our analysis is highly segmented as we recognise that the earnings capacity of a brand varies by region, channel, category and customer type.