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Technology: how a transaction is produced

Analysis, valuation, the financial model and the memorandum are produced by a defined process of fifteen functions. Documents are signed by people. Below is how it works and where the line runs.

Three loops

Work passes through them in sequence, and each one may return the work to the previous.

01

Production

Fifteen functions assemble the transaction materials: target screening, compliance, financial analysis, valuation, five diligence streams, packaging, data room, structure.

machine, directed by the transaction director

02

Quality control

It checks the same things every time: do the figures reconcile across documents, does each have a source, were the weaknesses named before the other side found them.

entitled to return work to any participant

03

Signature

The valuer, the lawyer and the tax adviser sign the documents for which they carry professional responsibility. Accountability for the result sits with the firm.

people only

Fifteen functions

Each does its part and passes the result on. The composition for a specific transaction is assembled by the transaction director.

R1
Origination
long and short lists of targets and buyers, prioritisation
R2
Compliance
identification of parties, sanctions and PEP, source of funds
R3
Financial analysis
earnings normalisation, net debt, working capital, model
R4
Valuation
three methods, the bridge from enterprise value to share price
R5
DD finance
revenue against bank data, receivables, client concentration
R6
DD legal
corporate structure, title, encumbrances, change of control
R7
DD tax
tax exposures, transfer pricing, share or asset deal
R8
DD commercial
market, share, competitors, pricing, churn
R9
DD operations
processes, key people, dependence on the owner, IT
R10
Packaging
teaser, information memorandum, management presentation
R11
Pitch
mandate materials and asset materials for the investor
R12
Data room
structure, document checklist, Q&A log
R13
Structuring and documents
term sheet, SPA terms, closing checklist
R14
Quality control
do the figures reconcile, is there a source, are weaknesses named
R20
Data sourcing
target screening by triggers, monitoring of auctions and registers

Where a person is required

The line runs through signature and through negotiation, and it is fixed in the firm's internal rules.

WhatWho signsWhy it works this way
Valuation reportAccredited valuer, member of a self-regulated bodyA credit committee accepts the report of a valuer carrying professional indemnity
Mandate, agreements, transaction documentsLegal counselWritten opinion before signature. Any document creating an obligation passes through it
Tax position on the transactionTax adviserA position on a specific transaction is a matter of professional responsibility
Negotiation and meetings with the ownerTransaction directorA person decides on price, and a person sits opposite the owner

Professional standards in audit and law require the same: the output of an algorithm is reviewed by a person, and responsibility sits with whoever signed. We hold that line as our own rule rather than as an imposed requirement.

What this gives the client

3–4 weeks
valuation with a substantiated range
4–6 weeks
teaser, memorandum, model, data room
day 45
first offers from buyers
30+
target buyers per asset

An individual adviser produces the same volume over months and alone — which is why in the RUB 300m – 5bn range materials of this standard rarely reach the owner at all. The process removes that constraint: people are deployed where people are required.

Disclosure

We state it openly

Part of the work of preparing materials is carried out by our process built on artificial intelligence. We put that on the page rather than reveal it on request: the owner and the buyer are entitled to know how the document in front of them was produced.

Accountability sits with the firm

MAXCAPITAL is accountable for the result. Treating an algorithm as an independent party is excluded: the mandate is signed by the firm, the opinion by a specialist, and both answer for what they signed.

Client data

The set of information entering processing is agreed with the owner before work begins. Transaction materials stay within the firm's perimeter, and the circle of people admitted is agreed name by name.

What is absent here

Any claim that the process replaces a valuer, a lawyer or an auditor. It prepares the material for them and shortens the work; signature and professional responsibility remain with people.

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