Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
Financial and strategic advice and deal execution on a broad range of public and private transactions, including:

• Divestitures
• Public takeovers
• Mergers
• Acquisitions
• Joint ventures
• Takeover defense
• Going private transactions
• Other related party transactions
• Privatizations of public sector entities
• Leveraged/management buyouts
• Purchase/sale of strategic interests in companies
• Spin-offs
• Leveraged recapitalizations

Experience in virtually all industry sectors and with larger, more complex transactions

Valuations and Fairness Opinions
Independent advice to corporations, boards, special/independent committees and stakeholders on matters of valuation and fairness from a financial point of view Significant Rule 61-501 experience

Corporate Advisory
Partners' strategic, operational and transactional experience applied to assisting our corporate clients in achieving their strategic and financial objectives
Advice regarding

• Corporate governance and risk management
• Capital markets transactions
• Strategic options

Engagement need not have a transaction execution component

Private Companies
Specialized expertise in providing advisory services to private companies in transition and their owners
Advice on succession planning, tax structuring, transition agreements, shareholder agreements, monetization, hedging of business risk and/or transaction consideration, continuity of management, non-compete agreements

Financial Restructurings
Advice to distressed corporations, their stakeholder groups and shareholders
Preparation, evaluation and negotiation of restructuring /turnaround plans, applying financial and operating expertise

Private Capital Raising
Private placements of capital
Typically to fund growth or acquisitions or for management-led buyouts