Private Capital Markets and Corporate Finance

The firm’s professionals advise owners of private companies in the strategies of obtaining professional capital from venture capital, private equity firms and corporate strategic partners.

The firm focuses on lower-tier, middle-market companies with revenues of $3 million to $150 million and but will consider participation  in early stage companies.

No securities are solicited or offered by the firm.

Our professionals provide seasoned expertise as related to the client's business model, including:

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  • Capital Structure
  • Cost of Capital and appropriate sources
  • Value world strategies
  • Determining market and investment-based valuation and strategies
  • Advising on timing and amount of capital investment sought
  • Appropriateness of potential capital sources
  • Preparing financial pro forma
  • Preparing memorandums

Financial Advisory Services

The firm advises on market, financial, investment, and synergistic buyer valuations and economic viability. To avoid any conflict of interest, it is our policy not to perform valuations on our own clients, but arrange for, supervise, and interpret independent third-party valuation opinions.

As part of a corporate strategy leading to creation of value preceding a potential liquidity transaction, the firm’s professionals advise on matters including:

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  • Strategy of Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Shareholder Buyouts, Buy-Ins, and Buy-Sell Strategies
  • Management Buyouts and Buyins
    
  • Going Private Transactions
  • Recapitalizations, Restructurings, and Strategic Planning

Strategic Advisory Services

We believe that advising middle-market business owners goes way beyond the numbers. Personal goals and objectives with respect to liquidity, exit planning, and wealth creation are the driving force behind strategic initiatives.

Our principals assist business owners of private companies in identifying and evaluating a wide range of strategic alternatives well before a transaction takes place. By drawing on our broad private capital markets, corporate finance, and investment banking expertise, our professionals are able to assess the feasibility of a wide range of strategic options, to create value and realize wealth, including:
 

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  • Strategic Alternative Assessments
  • Exit and Liquidity Planning
  • Value Creation & Enhancement
  • MBO and MBI Strategies

We take a strategic approach to client relationships to ensure that our clients receive the right advice regarding their strategic options with complete objectivity. We place the highest priority on understanding our clients’ unique circumstances and achieving our clients’ specific objectives. Our primary goal with every client is to build a successful long-term relationship by providing quality advice, defining a clear vision for achieving established objectives, and delivering creative and effective solutions for their value creation and wealth realization goals.

Turnarounds, Restructuring, and Value Enhancement

The firm’s operational and financial professionals specialize in increasing the value of private companies, including pre-transaction, existing operating companies, and in bringing new life to distressed and under-performing entities. 

Our Turnaround, Restructuring, and Value Enhancement services include:

• Special Situation Mergers & Acquisitions
• Distressed Capital Structuring
• Turnaround Management
• Interim and Part-Time CEO and CFO
• Value Advisory Services including Value Selling and Procurement and Lean Processes
• Strategic Benchmarking for Value