The competition for quality platform assets has intensified dramatically, with ever increasing activity from both new and long-established financial sponsors of all sizes, strategic investors, and sovereign funds interested in the healthcare IT and IT-enabled services sectors. With so much competition in the market, a well thought out acquisition strategy can be the difference between a winning bid and a regretful phone call. With over 40 combined years of sector-specific expertise, an unparalleled reputation, and an active corporate development practice, ST Advisors supports leading financial sponsors and corporate strategic investors, helping them to submit differentiated bids as they compete for these opportunities.

As a unique complement to a sponsor’s traditional market work, we leverage our proprietary industry knowledge and career-long relationships to deepen our clients’ understanding of the target – its reputation and positioning within the industry – while surfacing and resolving any additional strategic observations. We also join management presentation calls and meetings as needed, should our prior relationships with targets further support our clients’ goals.

Perhaps most importantly, we create a highly curated post-acquisition inorganic growth strategy for the platform. We incorporate identified target opportunities, paying particular attention to 12-, 24-, and 36-month potential actionability of strategic assets. This enables our client to submit a robust, actionable M&A plan to its investment committee as part of their internal review process, maximizing the likelihood of a winning offer.