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Success-Based Fees

Unlike lawyers and accountants, investment bankers don’t keep timesheets.  After all, they sell success, so the bulk of their compensation from M&A transactions is payable only if the deal closes. 

Being Open: Now May Be a Great Time to Sell Your Company

Machine Tool Company Investment Opportunity

My client has a unique opportunity to combine his company with a venerable machine tool brand and to manufacture machine tools again in the U.S.  The timing is perfect.  The combined company will be cash flow positive from the outset and has a number of unique advantages.  To acquire the target, my client is investing

Received the Member Information from AM&AA, Cheers!

So glad to be accepted as a AM&AA member.  Hello everyone! from Beijing.

Martini, Iosue & Akpovi Announces Brian Rabinovitz CPA, CM&AA Joins The Firm as an Audit Principal

Los Angeles, October 26— Martini, Iosue & Akpovi, a Southern California-based certified public accounting firm, announced that it has admitted Brian Rabinovitz CPA, CM&AA as a Principal in its Encino office as part of the firm’s expansion of its practice.

Know Your Buyer Types: Courting Private Equity

The private equity (PE) sector represents possibly the largest prospective pool of business buyers today. PE investors have largely sat out the economic downturn and are estimated to be holding more than $500 billion in uninvested cash. Unfortunately, these buyers can be hard to reach.

Unlike international buyers, which are actively making acquisitions again, many PE investors remain wary of the M&A market. And many of the unfunded PE firms continue to experience difficulty in cost effectively financing their transactions.    

Market Valuation, Trading Multiples Remain Top Owner Concerns

Attendees of M&A Insight 2011 weighed in on top challenges related to exiting their businesses at the March 31 discussion featuring panelists from Doeren Mayhew firm TR Moore & Company, Haynes and Boone, Fennebresque & Co. and Main Street Capital Corporation. With market valuations and industry trading mulitiples topping the list once again this year, greatest concerns included: 

Survey Sheds Light on Post-Sale Owner Experience

In working with our M&A clients to find the right buyer for their business, whether strategic or financial, one question is a constant – what’s going to happen to my business after the sell?

That question is generally easier to address on a strategic deal: the buyer writes a check, the seller hands over the keys, and either walks off into the sunset, or spends some limited time usually less than a year) assisting to ensure a smooth transition.