Strategy Practice

Development

M&A corporate development—from target screening and LOI structuring to public market entry.

Capital Markets & Exit Architecture

Navigating the $3.8T Exit Backlog: Enterprise Multiple Expansion

Empirical Mandate Exhibit

Corporate Development mandates engineer margin durability, recurring contract quality, and public/private capital structure arbitrage.

The Transaction Challenge

Executing a programmatic acquisition initiative or entering the public markets requires a dedicated corporate development engine. Most lower middle-market companies lack an internal M&A team capable of simultaneously screening targets, modeling deal structures, negotiating letters of intent, and coordinating legal, tax, and audit workstreams without distracting the CEO from running the core business.

The DiedrichCo. Execution Methodology

DiedrichCo. functions as your dedicated, principal-led Corporate Development office. On the buy-side, we build repeatable programmatic M&A playbooks—identifying acquisition targets, modeling accretion and debt capacity, structuring term sheets and LOIs, and quarterbacking confirmatory diligence through close. For companies accessing the public markets, we architect the complete capital markets entry pathway across traditional IPOs, Direct Listings, Reverse Takeovers (RTOs), and De-SPAC combinations.

Technical & Regulatory Standards

Programmatic M&A Origination & Screening Playbooks • Deal Structuring, LOI Negotiation & Capital Stack Design • Public Market Entry Architecture (IPO, Direct Listing, RTO, De-SPAC) • Sponsor, Underwriter & Capital Partner Alignment.

Execution Scope

Key Deliverables & Advisory Focus

Senior Principal Accountability

Programmatic M&A Playbooks & Target Screening

Engineered to institutional, audit-ready, and board-defensible standards.

Deal Structuring, Term Sheets & LOI Support

Engineered to institutional, audit-ready, and board-defensible standards.

Public Market Entry Architecture (IPO / RTO / SPAC)

Engineered to institutional, audit-ready, and board-defensible standards.

Capital Partner & Sponsor Alignment

Engineered to institutional, audit-ready, and board-defensible standards.