Sell-Side Advisory

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Selling your business is one of the most significant transitions you’ll make, and it requires thoughtful preparation, strategic positioning, and clear communication with potential buyers.

A successful sale often involves months of financial analysis, data gathering, buyer discussions, due diligence, and negotiations. With the right advisor, the process becomes organized and proactive rather than overwhelming and reactive.

Eide Bailly’s sell-side advisory team helps you highlight your strengths, address potential challenges, and position your business to achieve the best possible outcome in a sale. side advisory team helps you highlight your strengths, address potential challenges, and position your business to achieve the best possible outcome in a sale.

What We Offer

  • Sell-Side Readiness & Preparation

  • Value Enhancement & Improvement Planning

  • Tax Strategy & Structuring

  • Buyer Outreach & Market Positioning

What Sets Eide Bailly Apart

When you work with Eide Bailly, you'll work with accredited professionals, including Certified Merger and Acquisitions Advisors and Certified Public Accountants, who dedicate 100% of their time to due diligence and quality of earnings work.

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Specialized Knowledge

Certified M&A Advisors, Chartered Financial Analysts, Accredited Senior Appraisers

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Proven Results

Clients with asset sizes ranging from $40 million to $1.4 billion

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Locations Across the U.S.

National firm with 50+ offices

Who We Are

Eide Bailly is a CPA firm bringing practical expertise in tax, audit, and advisory to help you perform, protect, and prosper with confidence.

Advisory Services You Can Trust
Our team of accredited professionals is ready to help you prepare for your next transaction with clarity and confidence.
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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
The personal touch and extraordinary effort the Eide Bailly team put forward has far exceeded our expectations and any experiences we've had with past CPA firms.
Keely Friesen
Chief Executive OfficerVertical Options LLC
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Case Study: Crane Johnson

Navigating Transition: How a Strategic and Proactive Plan Secured the Future of Crane Johnson Lumber Co.

After three generations of family ownership, it was time for Crane Johnson Lumber Co. to transition ownership to a strategic buyer. Here’s how Eide Bailly helped.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • When should I start preparing to sell my business?

  • What does a sell-side advisor do?

  • How can I increase the value of my business before selling?

  • What types of buyers might be interested in my business?

  • How long does it take to sell a business?

  • Why should I hire an advisor instead of selling my business on my own?

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Wherever you are in your transaction journey – Eide Bailly can help.

Quality of earnings and due diligence are incredibly important next steps if you’re planning on selling or buying a business.

Sell-Side Advisory Leadership

Amber Ferrie

Amber J. FerrieCPA, ABV, CFF, CM&AA

Partner/Transaction Advisory & Private Equity Industry Leader/Board Member

Since 2004, Amber has performed business valuations and other consulting services for Eide Bailly clients. She specializes in business transaction advisory services, providing sell-side advisory services to lower and middle market clients who are looking to sell their business, as well as buy-side advisory services for parties interested in purchasing an existing business.
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John Waldock

John Waldock

Senior Manager

John provides mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other strategic transactions services with private company clients including manufacturing, distribution, consumer product, transportation and logistics, energy, oil and gas, and industrial industries. He has experience since 1998 advising middle market entrepreneurs and private equity clients on mergers and acquisitions, and on public equity offerings.
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