DILIGENCE · M&A SUPPORT · VALUE CREATION

Transaction and Support.

We help private equity and corporate teams evaluate opportunities, prepare for transactions, and turn investment priorities into practical improvement plans.

Approach

From the evidence to an execution roadmap

01

Assess the business

Evidence and assumptions.

02

Inform the deal

Risks and decision implications.

03

Plan value creation

Priorities and execution roadmap.

Transaction

Support the process on both sides of the deal

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M&A Support

Support the process on both sides of the deal.

Buy side

Evaluate targets, coordinate diligence, and prepare decision materials.

Sell side

Strengthen the business narrative, prepare supporting materials, and manage buyer questions.

Result: A clearer case and a coordinated process.
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Integration Management Office

Run the integration as one program, from signing through Day 1 and beyond.

Setup and governance

Establish the IMO structure, steering committee, decision rights, and cadence, with a named lead for every workstream.

Integration planning

Build the integrated plan across functions, with Day 1 requirements, milestones, and dependencies.

Synergy and benefits tracking

Turn the synergy case into initiatives with owners, targets, and timing, and report progress against the baseline.

Risk and issue management

Maintain a single log of risks, issues, and cross-workstream dependencies, and escalate what needs a decision.

Change management and communications

Coordinate messaging to employees, customers, and partners, and track adoption of new ways of working.

Result: One integrated plan, clear accountability, and regular reporting to leadership.

Transformation

Move from identified potential to execution.

Prioritize and build

Prioritize growth and margin opportunities, and build initiatives with management.

Cost and margin improvement

Reduce cost to serve and overhead, and lift gross margin through procurement, product mix, and process changes.

Operational performance

Raise productivity, throughput, and quality, and remove the bottlenecks that limit capacity.

Technology and digital enablement

Prioritize the systems, automation, and data investments that pay back within the plan.

Organization and talent

Align the operating model, leadership, and incentives to the value creation plan.

Track progress

Establish owners, milestones, and performance measures to track progress.

Result: An actionable roadmap with clear accountability.

Anuj Saxena, Founder

25+ years in M&A and value creation

I have spent more than 25 years in mergers and acquisitions and technology-driven value creation, working with executives and investors on the decisions that determine whether a deal pays back.

My career began in telecom engineering and product work at Motorola, Nokia Siemens Networks and NewNet. I then moved into strategy and transformation advisory at Accenture Strategy, AlixPartners and Portage Point Partners, and later led cross industry transaction-to-transformation work at KPMG.

Sabara Partners lets me work directly with clients, with fewer layers between the advice and the people who act on it. Many clients need a focused workstream, not a large team. I started Sabara Partners to offer experienced, hands-on support sized to the question, from a single diligence workstream to the full deal lifecycle.

MBA
Kellogg School of Management, 2006
MS, Electrical Engineering
University of Michigan, 1999
BS, Electrical Engineering
Wayne State University, 1998
Based in
Chicago area
Anuj Saxena, Founder

Discuss your next transaction or value creation priority.

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LocationChicago area