From the earliest stage of transaction preparation through to deal closure. Every mandate partner-led, conflict-free, and calibrated to the Nigerian mid-market.
Every service we offer is designed to do one thing: give founders and investors the best possible outcome from their most consequential transactions.
Most Nigerian founders go to market before they are ready. The financials are unclear, the governance is informal, the valuation is unsupported, and the documentation does not exist. Investors see this immediately. Transactions stall or collapse as a result.
Transaction Readiness Advisory is the work that happens before the conversation begins. We prepare your business for investment, acquisition, or capital raise — so that when the meeting happens, you are in control of it.
Acquisitions and mergers are the most consequential transactions a business will go through. The process is complex, the stakes are high, and the information asymmetry between buyer and seller can determine the outcome as much as the underlying economics.
We advise on both sides. For sellers, we run the process, manage information, identify the right buyers, and negotiate to protect your interests. For buyers, we source targets, validate the investment thesis, and execute the acquisition process on your behalf.
Most Nigerian business owners do not know what their business is actually worth. They have a number in their head, based on revenue, or effort, or what they need. That number is rarely what the market will pay.
A formal, methodology-led valuation does two things. It tells you what your business is worth based on evidence, not expectation. And it gives you a number you can defend in any room — with an investor, a buyer, a bank, or a partner.
Raising capital is not just about finding money. It is about finding the right money, structured the right way, at the right time. The wrong capital — wrong terms, wrong investor, wrong structure — can be more damaging than no capital at all.
We manage the full capital raise process. From structuring the right instrument and building the right materials, to identifying the right investors and managing the process through to funds received.
Unlike firms that serve only founders, we also advise investors and acquirers seeking to deploy capital into Nigerian mid-market businesses. That dual positioning gives us an information advantage neither side can replicate.
Alongside our advisory work, Sawyerr & Co. selectively participates in investment opportunities within sectors where we maintain advisory expertise and commercial insight.
Rather than operating a pooled investment fund, we structure investments on a deal-by-deal basis — allowing participating investors to evaluate each opportunity independently with full transparency on capital deployment and expected horizon.
This capability is developing and forms the second pillar of the merchant banking model we are building over time.