Mergers and Acquisitions

 

Colleges and universities find themselves facing a challenging future as student populations shift, financial pressures mount and skepticism rises about the value of a higher education. In the coming years, smart leaders will do more than hope to keep their Universities above water. They will seek strategies to navigate the coming waves, or to improve their position if they are already confident in their course. One such strategy is merger.

 

We help you navigate through a well-thought-out merger or acquisition process

A well-thought-out merger process can help presidents, boards, faculty members, stu-dents and staff members understand where a college or university stands and where it must go in order to preserve its mission and values into the future.

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS. A CR GLOBAL EXCLUSIVE ADVISORY SERVICE

 

A Merger or Acquisition process can be successful even if it does not result in a consummated union. It can help leaders choose from a range of actions: perhaps a strategic partnership with another college that doesn’t quite amount to a full merger, or maybe a specific plan for trimming expenses and refocusing student recruitment.

As a result of our vast experience in the Private Higher Education Sector in the US, LatinAmerica and the Caribbean we help and advise Universities, College and Teaching Institutions on potential Acquisitions, Mergers and Sales. Our fluent relationship with Venture and Investment Funds, Multilateral, education-focused Corporations and University Directors and Board of Trustees has allowed us to come up with accurate valuations, seek the right investor group and help Founding Groups transfer and/or transfer their stock share to new interested parties, such as University Corporate Groups or Private Investment Funds. Within the past five years, we have succesfully helped in a series of ownership transfer operations of universities and higher education institutions in LatinAmerica and the Caribbean. We can help in:

  • Looking for Potential University-Focused Buyers and/or Investors

  • Comprehensively search for Investment Opportunities in the field of Higher Education

  • Provide Consulting to University Founders or Founding Groups in the Ownership Transfer Process

 
 

The point is not that any institution should or should not sale or merge with another. It is that colleges and universities of all types and sizes could benefit from asking the question “Should we do it?” and then answering it calmly and strategically.