How we create value

THE QUAESTOR TEAM assesses an acquired company based on our decades of experience.
Then we do whatever is needed to leverage strengths, fix weaknesses and create value—quickly.

With all due respect to our deal-making colleagues, we think the work after a business is acquired is the most challenging—and the most satisfying.

Ideally, the QCG team begins working with the deal and operating teams shortly before an acquisition is made, because that’s how to prepare for the quickest progress after the close. But whether we begin partnering before or after the close, we know that investment firms need to create value quickly, strategically, and efficiently.

And that’s what we help investment firms do. QCG provides analysis, advice and ready access, on a flexible basis, to the hands-on skills that middle-market companies are often challenged to access.

Our operating team, simply put, can act as your operating team, and the scale of our involvement is highly flexible. Ramp up...ramp down...refocus when there’s a new initiative—all without having to onboard new consultants or increase your in-house operating-team spend.

If a business is in distress, we provide customized solutions that address the challenges. Our team of experts can work closely with the lender group or management team to quickly conduct an analysis and identify options, develop a restructuring plan, and execute the plan to put you on a path from value stabilization to value creation…or we can provide full CRO (chief restructuring officer) services in which experienced professionals from Quaestor lead the turnaround.

Whatever level of partnership you choose, we are committed to helping the business emerge stronger.

QCG has a deeply experienced internal team and a broad external network of specialists who can be efficiently deployed when needed.

QCG Services Across the Typical Investment Time Horizon

Pre-Acquisition
Due Diligence

10% of our work

Post-Close Value Creation
(First 12-18 months of ownership)

80% of our work

Exit Planning

10% of our work

Focused operational and strategic diligence

Development and validation of first-100-days plan

Rapid onboarding and execution of first-100-days plan

  • Realization of quick-hits identified in diligence
  • Establishment of robust financial reporting capability and cadence
  • Complete talent assessment and address talent gaps/upgrades

Conduct “state-of-the-firm” assessment and build comprehensive value creation plan

  • Sales and marketing effectiveness
  • Pricing
  • Business development (M&A, JVs, partners, etc.)
  • Digital and technical infrastructure
  • Operational efficiency and cost reduction
  • Working capital optimization

1-2 years before desired exit

  • Create the story for the next buyer
  • Data/analytical proof points
  • Accounting/finance readiness

QCG Services Across the Typical Investment Time Horizon

Pre-Acquisition
Due Diligence

10% of our work

Focused operational and strategic diligence

Development and validation of first-100-days plan

Post-Close Value Creation
(First 12-18 months of ownership)

80% of our work

Rapid onboarding and execution of first-100-days plan

  • Realization of quick-hits identified in diligence
  • Establishment of robust financial reporting capability and cadence
  • Complete talent assessment and address talent gaps/upgrades

Conduct “state-of-the-firm” assessment and build comprehensive value creation plan

  • Sales and marketing effectiveness
  • Pricing
  • Business development (M&A, JVs, partners, etc.)
  • Digital and technical infrastructure
  • Operational efficiency and cost reduction
  • Working capital optimization

Exit Planning

10% of our work

1-2 years before desired exit

  • Create the story for the next buyer
  • Data/analytical proof points
  • Accounting/finance readiness