Private equity, investment, and asset management

Open Options’ proven process and proprietary analysis can be applied to complex, high-stakes issues / situations / decision-points involving multiple external stakeholders where there is asymmetric information, and strategic interdependence; conditions that define private equity, investment, and asset management.

• Deal Originiation, Structuring & Execution

• Portfolio Company Strategy & Value Creation

• Exit Strategy & Liquidity Events

• Regulatory, Legal & Government Affairs

• Investor, LP & Stakeholder Management

• Competitive Positioning & Market Dynamics

• Risk Management & Downside Scenarios

• Any other complex multistakeholder issue...

Select your area of strategic concern

• Competitive auction strategy
• Bid positioning and signalling
• Consortium formation and partner alignment
• Capital structure optimization
• Seller incentives and earn-outs
• Hostile vs. friendly transaction dynamics
•Timing and sequencing of offers

• Team incentives and alignment
• Pricing power and competitive response
• Market entry, expansion, or exit decisions
• Vertical integration and supply-chain leverage
• Platform vs. bolt-on acquisition strategy
• Operation turnaround scenarios

• IPO vs. strategic sale vs. secondary buyout
• Exit timing under market uncertainty
• Negotiating with multiple buyers
• Information disclosure and signaling
• Retention and rollover equity dynamics

• Antitrust and regulatory approval strategy
• Cross-boarder transaction risks
• Government and soverign counterparties
• Policy changes affecting asset values
• Litigation & dispute resolution scenarios

• LP communication and expectation management
• Fundraising strategy and signaling
• Co-investment structures
• Governance and control rights
• Managing activist or minority stakeholders
• Reputation effects across funds and vintages

• Rival fund behavior and competitive positioning
• Differentiation in crowded asset classes
• Response to new entrants or capital inflows
• Sector rotation and capital allocation
• First-mover vs. fast-follower strategies

• Stress testing under adverse market conditions
• Counterparty default or renegotiation
• Macroeconomic and interest-rate shocks
• Distressed investing and restructuring dynamics
• Coordinating actions across portfolio assets

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The best way to predict the future is to create it.

If your organization is facing a complex opportunity or challenge with a high degree of uncertainty and involving multiple external stakeholders, we can help to determine your Best Attainable Outcome and the path to reach it.