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We advise on equity rollover/reinvestment, minority protections, and management incentive plans - ensuring management is supported, informed, and set up for success through the deal process and beyond.
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Every transaction creates both opportunity and risk for management, and the same is true for private equity buyers. Liberty helps management teams understand, negotiate, and execute the most critical personal and professional transactions of their careers.
We act solely for management – not private equity funds – providing clear, independent advice, backed by deep benchmark data, global perspectives and commercial acumen.
From structuring management incentive plans (MIPs) to assessing equity rollover and minority shareholder protections, we bring clarity to complexity at a critical inflexion point in the company’s evolution.
Our process reduces execution risk, maintains competitive tension, and ensures management is ready to partner with investors for long-term success.
We service APAC from our base in Sydney, and have offices in London, Madrid, Munich and Stockholm. Liberty Corporate Finance combines global precedent with local execution – balancing results and relationships for management teams worldwide.
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