Sell your business to the right buyer — for what it’s worth.
Most owners stitch together a broker, an accountant, and a lawyer who’ve never worked together. Cedar does all four at the same table — so the deal is built to close, and structured to keep more after tax.
One sale. Four moving parts. One team.
A broker can’t do the tax or the legal. An accountant can’t broker the sale. Vabby Makkar is a CPA, Chartered Business Valuator, and licensed broker — so every part of your exit is handled by the same team.
Valuation
What it's worth — an independent, defensible number from a Chartered Business Valuator.
Tax structuring
Sell it tax-efficiently — LCGE, safe income, purification, earn-out / VTB structuring.
Legal
Purchase agreement, reps & warranties, and closing — drafted in-house.
Brokerage
A confidential, managed process to the right qualified buyer.
A confidential process, managed end to end.
Valuation & readiness
We value the business and assess what's ready to transfer — the foundation for everything that follows.
Exit structuring
The tax team structures the sale before you go to market, so you keep more of the proceeds.
Teaser & CIM
We package the opportunity confidentially — an anonymized teaser and a full information memorandum.
Confidential marketing
We reach qualified buyers without disclosing your identity, and field interest through the broker.
Offers & negotiation
Buyers submit indicative offers (EOIs); we negotiate price and terms on your behalf.
Diligence, legal & close
We manage due diligence, draft the agreement in-house, and take it to a clean close.
The whole mandate — or alongside your bankers.
For owner-managed and lower-mid-market businesses, we run the full sell-side mandate in-house. On larger or more complex transactions, we lead the tax, valuation, and legal workstreams alongside your investment bank or M&A advisor.
Marketing materials
We create the anonymized teaser and the full confidential information memorandum (CIM) that present your business to the market.
Buyer outreach
We identify, approach, and qualify buyers — strategic and financial — through our network and a confidential, managed process.
Negotiation
We negotiate price, structure, and business terms on your behalf — with the tax consequences modeled in real time.
Process management
We run the engagement end-to-end — data room, due diligence, and the purchase agreement, through to a clean close.
Already have an investment bank or M&A advisor? We slot in as your tax, valuation, and legal lead — modeling the after-tax outcome of each structure and reviewing the deal so it holds up through to close, while your advisor runs the process.
The wrong team destroys deals.
A typical business broker
Can list and market the business — but can't value it to a professional standard, can't structure the sale for tax, and can't draft the legal agreement. You still need to hire two more firms, and hope they coordinate.
Cedar — one integrated team
We value it (CBV), structure the exit for tax (CPA), draft the agreement (legal), and broker the sale (licensed REALTOR®) — at the same table. Nothing falls between firms, and the tax planning happens before you go to market, not after.
See how it goes wrong: “One mistake killed his $5M deal” →
Aligned with your outcome.
Our brokerage fee is success-based — we’re paid when your business sells, so our incentive is your result. Engagements begin with a paid valuation and exit-readiness assessment, so you know what your business is worth and what’s achievable before you commit to a sale. No surprises, scoped up front.
Confidential opportunities.
Find out what your business is worth.
A confidential conversation with a CPA, CBV, and licensed broker — no obligation, complete discretion.
The Cedar Consulting Group · Royal LePage® Commercial™, Brokerage. Independently owned & operated. M&A advisory provided Canada-wide; real-estate brokerage services where licensed (Ontario).