In addition to providing general corporate and commercial legal advisory services, Ararat accepts mandates from sellers and buyers of businesses in the firm belief that we have a better than reasonable chance of successfully and optimally concluding a transaction. We endeavour to ensure that each deal is holistically crafted to suit the needs of the client. Although we consider price to be a very important component of a deal, it is not the sole determinant of whether a deal is do-able or not. Uppermost in our minds are the so-called ‘softer issues’ such as chemistry between the parties; what the buyer intends doing with the business post implementation; staff; etc. These softer issues are particularly important where a seller remains on after the transaction whether as a consultant or for the purpose of fulfilling performance warranties or for any other reason.