EasePro provides deal advisory services and M&A advisory services for US SMEs and mid-market transactions — covering buy-side and sell-side advisory, transaction advisory, and deal structuring. Built by professionals from leading global advisory firms, delivered fixed-fee and scope-based.
Most US SMEs were not built for due diligence. The books were built for tax, the EBITDA came from the seller, and the working capital was never benchmarked. Whether the deal holds, gets re-traded, or collapses is decided there — not in negotiation.
Six places where a deal turns into a problem.
30 minutes. We map the deal — side, size, and timeline.
A written scope memo and a prioritised diligence plan.
Agreed deliverables, timeline, and fixed fee. Scoped to the deal.
Your QoE, diligence, or deal model, four-eye reviewed.
Closing support, then a clean handover to the finance team.
Recent buy-side and sell-side work, anonymised. Specific deal details shared on direct request, with client permission.
An owner-operator services business went to market with reported EBITDA mixing supportable owner add-backs and undocumented personal expenses. We rebuilt the EBITDA bridge with evidence for each adjustment, surfaced two revenue recognition issues before the buyer's QoE provider would have, and produced a vendor QoE pack buyers accepted with limited push-back. The deal closed at a multiple roughly 0.6x higher than expected.
The seller's adjusted EBITDA included $1.4M of add-backs across owner compensation, 'non-recurring' legal fees that recurred every year, and a partnership revenue stream ending within six months. We rebuilt the EBITDA bridge, supported $300K, and rejected the remaining $1.1M — the buyer renegotiated the purchase price down roughly $7M at 6.5x, with a working capital peg set against the 12-month trailing average.
Every deal advisory engagement is shaped to the specifics. Not every M&A advisory engagement uses all seven deliverables. The scope is set during the initial call, calibrated to whether you're the buyer or seller, the size of the target, and the LOI window.
A defensible EBITDA bridge, every adjustment documented.
Diligence built for lender and PE-investor scrutiny.
A defensible peg — and the exhibits that prevent disputes.
An IC-ready model: sources & uses, returns, sensitivities.
A sell-side pack that shortens diligence and lifts the multiple.
ASC 805 allocation for the opening balance sheet and audit.
Bridge the acquired finance function into your reporting.
The QoE review checklist we use internally — free.
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A generic playbook doesn't work across industries. We tailor every engagement to your sector's dynamics.
An audit and a QoE answer different questions:
A QoE normalises EBITDA by removing one-time items, owner-specific expenses, and aggressive accounting choices — producing an "adjusted EBITDA" figure that buyers, sellers, and lenders can underwrite.
The typical window is 30-45 days, against the 60-90 days that quality DD needs for a thorough review.
Timing depends on target size, revenue complexity, state of the books, and whether a sell-side QoE exists in advance. We scope against the LOI exclusivity window and prioritise high-risk areas first.
The working capital peg is the normal level of working capital required to operate the business at steady state. It is set during diligence and built into the purchase agreement: if the business delivers less than the peg at closing, the purchase price is adjusted down; if it delivers more, the price is adjusted up. The peg is normally a trailing 12-month average of net working capital, adjusted for seasonality and one-time items. Getting the peg wrong is one of the most common sources of post-closing disputes.
EBITDA add-backs are adjustments to reported EBITDA that reflect expenses or revenues considered non-recurring, non-operating, owner-specific, or otherwise unrepresentative of the business going forward. Common add-backs include owner compensation in excess of market, personal expenses run through the business, one-time legal or consulting fees, and discontinued product lines. Each add-back must be documented with evidence. Add-backs that survive auditor scrutiny lift valuation; add-backs that do not survive lead to price re-trades or deal collapse.
Typically 6-12 months before going to market.
The benefit is twofold:
The data: Sellers with a sell-side QoE averaged 7.4x TEV/EBITDA vs 7.0x for those without — ~40 bps of multiple lift on average.
Deal advisory and M&A engagements at EasePro are scope-based with custom pricing. The engagement fee is set after a 30-minute scoping call, calibrated to deal size, the depth of diligence required, and the LOI timeline. Every engagement is fixed-fee with a clear scope agreed upfront — no hourly billing, no surprise extensions.
A free 30-minute scoping call. No pitch. We confirm whether your deal scope and timeline fit, and what an engagement would look like.