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In a constantly evolving financial environment, from the Maraz Corporate Finance Blog, we share analysis, trends and key insights on corporate finance, financing, corporate restructuring, valuation, company acquisitions and sales, and business strategy.
Post-M&A integration in the Mid-Sized Company: the role of the Fractional CFO after signing
Post-M&A Integration (PMI): the “day-after” is where value is won or lost There is a moment the M&A manuals describe…
The Fractional CFO and Liquidity Crisis Management: Stabilising Cash in 90 Days
Fractional CFO - Liquidity Crisis: the 90-Day Plan In the ecosystem of the Spanish mid-sized company there is a financial…
Family Business Succession in Valencia: The Decision Tree for Business Owners
Family Business Succession in Valencia: From the footwear makers in Elche to the ceramic manufacturers in Castellón, from the furniture…
Phantom Shares: How to align and retain key talent without giving up a single share
In a previous article we examined what phantom shares are and how large a pool makes sense ahead of a…
Restructuring Decision-Making: From the Founder to the Executive Committee
Restructuring Decision-making: The evolution of family-owned companies and mid-sized businesses operating in the middle market segment is inextricably linked to…
Transfer Pricing Comparables : How to select and databases
Transfer Pricing Comparables In Spain, related-party transactions and transfer pricing policies have consolidated as one of the areas of greatest…
Financial Assistance Prohibition in corporate finance transactions
Financial Assistance Prohibition In the Spanish M&A market, particularly in the mid-sized segment, leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and management buyouts (MBOs)…
Real Estate Sale & Leaseback: How to unlock the capital trapped in your premises
There is a deeply rooted habit among Spanish business owners: buying the premises where they operate —the office, the warehouse,…
Cash Pooling for Spanish corporate groups:
If you run a group of companies, this scene will sound familiar: one of your entities closes the month with…
Obstacles in an M&A Sale: A Seller's Guide
Obstacles in an M&A Sale: A Seller's Guide For most business owners, selling a company is the single most important…
The Balanced Scorecard in the Mid-Market Company
Balanced Scorecard: Running a company with your eyes fixed solely on historical financial statements is like driving a vehicle while…
What an NDA (Confidentiality Agreement) Is and Its role in M&A transactions
NDA, or confidentiality agreement, is the first contract any business owner signs before disclosing or receiving sensitive information in…
Shareholders' Agreement: Key clauses and how to protect your position as a buyer
When an investor or entrepreneur prepares to sign a shareholders' agreement to enter a company, or when a founder accepts…
Selling Your Company to a Search Fund
Search Fund : A different kind of buyer When a business owner decides to sell their company, they typically imagine,…
Holding Company: Impact on Business Valuation and Sale
Holding Company: The holding company structure has long ceased to be the exclusive preserve of large corporations. An increasing number…
Discount Rate: What it is, how to calculate it and common mistakes
The discount rate underpins virtually every significant financial decision: from valuing a company to deciding whether it is worth opening…
Taxes on Selling a Company in Spain
Selling a company is, for most business owners, the most financially significant decision of their professional lives. It is the…
Revolving credit facility vs term loan: which does your business need?
Revolving credit facility vs term loan: Access to financing is one of the most recurring and consequential decisions in any…
Short-term vs long-term debt: Optimising your financing mix
Short-term vs long-term debt: When a business needs external financing, the first question usually centres on how much to borrow.…
How to avoid insolvency proceedings in Spain | Maraz
Formal insolvency proceedings rarely arrive without warning. In the vast majority of cases they are the culmination of signals that…
Factoring and Confirming: Key differences and when to use each
Factoring and Confirming: Working capital management is one of the most pressing financial challenges facing growth-stage companies. Collecting late, paying…
From Accounting Fraud to Bankruptcy: Governance Failures
From Accounting Fraud to Bankruptcy: Lessons from the Pescanova, Gowex, and Abengoa Cases In Spain, several cases of accounting fraud…
Expert Report on Breach of Contract: Defend your interests
Expert report on breach of contract In the business world, where contracts form a core part of economic activity, their…
Transfer Pricing and related-party transactions
Transfer Pricing and related-party transactions: an accounting, tax and management guide for companies and groups Transfer pricing is no longer…
