The MBI Programme

The Ellis Fairbank MBI Programme is regarded by many as the most comprehensive service on offer in the UK market for individuals looking to source potential acquisition opportunities.

We believe that individuals looking to source acquisition targets and raise funding face a serious challenge.  The traditional routes to source and open up opportunities often proves extremely frustrating for individuals, as very few of the traditional routes offer tailored, proactive and purely candidate-focussed services. 

Instead the service is likely to be reactive, with the candidate peripheral to the deal, usually only contacted if there is a potential fit after the relationship is established.

As they are reliant on a third party to make a match between them and an opportunity that they see, they are rarely able to assume operational or financial control of the company, as the deal originator will usually look after their own interests first.  On top of all this, with no one actively sourcing the opportunities for the individual specifically, it is entirely possible that no deal will ever emerge at all.

We believe that there is a better way to help individuals.

We believe that the world of buy-outs and buy-ins is surrounded by myth with third party self-interest often prevalent yet difficult to detect.   However we also believe that if approached and navigated correctly an MBI can produce unprecedented results for entrepreneurially minded individuals

By offering an end-to-end service specifically for individuals, from the building of a business case, to the sourcing of potential – often off-market – opportunities, to the raising of finance through our exclusive Corporate Finance alliance partners, we are able to put the individual back in control of a deal.  This should ultimately lead to, not just a substantially better chance of a deal concluding, but also a better deal for the individual.

Talk to us for free by contacting either Rob Chapman or Alex Hemingway via our head office on 0113 259 3000 or email corporate.services@ellisfairbank.com.  Whether you’re knowledgeable and experienced in the nuances of corporate finance, or whether this is a route and area that you’ve never considered before, or were even aware existed, we’d be more than happy to hear from you.