Lassila&Tikanoja M&A entry to Swedish market

Key benefits: Received an objective evaluation of sustainability of target companies and their businesses leading to improved understanding of market environment and possibilities provided by acquisitions

Need

A leader in environmental management and property and plant maintenance wanted to identify suitable acquisition candidates and get a review of recent M&A activity on a new market, in order to enter that market.

Application: Mergers & Acquisitions

Geography: Sweden

Approach

A combination of interviews with branch organizations, trade unions, select customers and select facility management companies was conducted, complemented by extensive secondary research on news archives, industry reports and company databases.

Methods: Secondary & primary research

Solution

Large number of companies was analyzed and profiled. 13 companies were selected as potential acquisition candidates based on parameters given by customer. One of these was acquired by L&T’s competitor, three were acquired by L&T.