Partners for owners
The experts you need to sell your business
Selling takes more than a buyer. Baton introduces you to the valuation, legal, accounting and real estate experts who get your business ready and protect you at closing.
The network
Who helps you sell
Business valuation
A certified valuation gives you a defensible asking price and backs it up when buyers and lenders push back.
M&A attorney
Reviews the letter of intent, negotiates the purchase agreement and limits what you owe the buyer after closing.
Preferred partner
Empire Business Law
Flat-fee business law firm serving owners and buyers in New York, New Jersey and California.
empirebusinesslawfirm.comPreferred partner
SMB Law Group
Big Law experience for Main Street deals: M&A, tax strategy and fractional general counsel for small business sales and acquisitions.
smblaw.groupPreferred partner
Levy Blackman
Providence, Rhode Island firm focused on business transactions, business litigation and real estate law.
levyblackman.comSell-side quality of earnings
An independent check on your earnings before buyers run their own. Fewer surprises in diligence and fewer late price cuts.
Preferred partner
Tonnesen Accounting
Quality of earnings reports built for small business and SBA acquisitions.
tonnesenaccountingservices.comPreferred partner
UHY
National accounting and advisory firm. Runs quality of earnings reviews and helps companies clean up their books.
uhy-us.comCPA and tax planning
Plans the tax side of the sale, from asset versus stock deals to how the price gets allocated.
Preferred partner
UHY
National accounting and advisory firm. Runs quality of earnings reviews and helps companies clean up their books.
uhy-us.comBookkeeping and fractional CFO
Buyers ask for clean, reconciled books first. A bookkeeper or part-time CFO gets yours ready.
Real estate valuation
If you own the building, an appraisal shows whether to sell it with the business, lease it to the buyer or sell it on its own.
Preferred partner
Bowery Valuation
Commercial real estate appraisals for deals where property is part of the sale.
boweryvaluation.comEscrow
Holds the buyer's deposit and the purchase price, then pays everyone at closing so neither side has to hold the other's money.
Preferred partner
E-commerce Law Group
Represents buyers and sellers of e-commerce, SaaS and other online businesses from LOI through closing, and runs the escrow.
ecommlawgroup.comCost analysis
Finds spending you can cut before a sale, which raises the earnings a buyer pays a multiple on.
How it works
From sign-up to introduction
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Create your Baton account
Sign up as an owner or a buyer. It takes a couple of minutes.
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Tell us what you need
Your deal team asks about your timeline, location and the kind of help you are after.
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Get an introduction
We connect you with a partner who fits your deal. You agree scope and fees with them directly.
Common questions
Ready to get your business sale-ready?
Create a Baton account and your deal team will line up the right partners for your sale.