M&A Experts Who Can Help You Capitalize On Opportunities

Middle market business buyers are faced with many considerations when they are preparing to buy a business. You’ve researched available companies or worked with a broker or intermediary to do so, have completed your due diligence and are ready to secure financing. Wouldn’t it be nice to also work with a lender with a long track record of successful M&A financing?

Live Oak Bank specializes in acquisition financing across all industries nationwide. Our dedicated M&A lending team has extensive SBA expertise and offers speed to market and certainty at closure. Whether you are a broker, intermediary, search fund or individual, our team will help you understand the process of acquiring a business with financing that meets your needs.

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Who we serve

I Am Selling My Business

Are you planning to retire soon or developing an exit plan to sell your business? Live Oak Bank specializes in SBA M&A financing and offers flexible loan options that are designed to work for an expanded pool of potential buyers. Whether you are selling to a third party or want to structure a sale to your key employees, Live Oak can tailor a loan package that can provide great loan terms to the buyer to make it an attractive option for them—which ultimately helps you sell your business more easily.

I Am A Buy/Sell Professional

Live Oak will partner with you to help your clients navigate the complex M&A process. We work with buy/sell professionals including business brokers, attorneys and CPAs and offer a process that is streamlined and transparent. Working with Live Oak, you’ll have access to expert SBA M&A lenders that have successfully funded SBA M&A loans for decades. You can move forward with confidence knowing no matter what industry or geographic location, our team can help.

I Want To Acquire A Business

If you are an existing business owner, you might find that a business acquisition is a great way for you to grow professionally. It’s often easier to buy an existing business than build from the groun-up. Likewise, entrepreneurs have found the search fund model to be ideal for purchasing existing businesses. This model taught in many business schools guides individuals through the process of exploring business acquisition targets and comparing to their desired criteria for ownership. Live Oak has successfully financed many searchers, including traditional, self-funded and single sponsor search funds. Whether you are a business owner, individual or group, Live Oak will work with you to finance these transactions.

For someone who has never bought a business before, having someone who has financed a lot of them is very helpful.”

- Andy Rougeot, Owner RG Maintenance

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Purchase with Confidence

Business owners across the country have confidently chosen Live Oak Bank to finance their business acquisitions.

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Why Live Oak

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Expertise

You’ve invested time and money in researching and preparing to buy a business. Now that you’ve chosen the right company select the best lender. Live Oak’s M&A lending team is comprised of experts in SBA lending across all industries. The bank also has several industry-focused groups who are armed with a full understanding of industry challenges and nuances. Working with experts adds value to your process and your transaction because it’s what we do daily; you don’t have to spend time educating us.

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Speed

In business acquisitions, speed is your weapon, and we appreciate that. Live Oak offers speed to market -- our experienced M&A lending team handles your loan from application to approval in as few as ten days. Our technology simplifies the process and offers real-time transparency, so you know what’s happening through every step of the lending process.

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Certainty

Confidence in closing your business acquisition is critical to avoid unnecessary costs and losses. There are often many different buyers that can surface with attractive offers. Sellers want assurance that financing is secured to complete the purchase. Live Oak has a proven track record of successfully financing SBA M&A transactions like yours and offers certainty that you will get the money you need to make the acquisition.

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