Our International Network provides investment banking services to mature companies.
Global Network: Our organization
is an established network of independently owned merger &
acquisition consulting firms and private investment banking firms
located in 44 major cities throughout
Europe, North and South America, Australia, and the Pacific Rim.
These firms bring to bear for our clients the knowledge, contacts
and energy of more than 200 deal-making professionals.
Medium Size Transaction Focus: Each
associate has earned a reputation for integrity and professionalism
in medium size or middle market transactions (generally $5-200
million). Unlike the large investment banking firms which seek
mega deals, our members give the middle market transaction highest
priority. As a result, all of our systems and experience key on
this market segment. And more importantly, these transactions
attract our most senior people. The middle market transaction
is our life blood, not a filler between "major assignments,"
and certainly not a training ground for raw recruits. Our professionals
are seasoned with hands-on management experience.
Buyer and seller information will be released
only in strict compliance with client confidentiality instructions.
Tailored searches are conducted in response to client criteria.
All this means we are able to provide institutional strength
equivalent to our largest competitors, while providing the
edge of entrepreneurial drive. By working effectively for
our clients and with each other, our associates have averaged
collectively more than 100 completed transactions for clients
annually over the last four years, out-performing most of the
best known names in international finance in the middle market.
Getting Local Knowledge -- Around the
World: More and more, strategic acquisitions, mergers, joint
ventures, divestitures and business alliances are cross-border
transactions. These require detailed understanding of local customs,
culture, language and legal, fiscal and accounting conventions.
Our international offices are staffed by consultants with many
years experience in their local markets. Their individual backgrounds
reflect the many regional influences and variations in their unique
markets and are a primary reason why clients, including many large
multi-national corporations, come to us.
Last modified: Monday, October 11, 1999
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