Industry Insights, Education, Private Equity Recapitalizations
If you’ve always dismissed private equity as an option, now might be the best time to reconsider. Too often, business owners assume private equity is going to come in and gut their business, just to drive up EBITDA with some financial engineering. While this may have...
Selling a Business, M&A, M&A Education & Market, Private Equity Recapitalizations
Why a Creative Exit Deal Structure May Be a Good Idea in Today’s Market —Especially a Seller Note Most entrepreneurs dream of selling their company one day, and the dream goes like this: "I received a call from a huge multinational strategic company. They offered me...
Education, M&A, Private Equity Recapitalizations
To borrow Marc Andreessen’s famous “Software is eating the world," Private equity is not only eating software companies by the dozens, but it is also buying hundreds of middle market companies across all sectors, all around the globe. Let’s examine why private equity...
Press Releases, Private Equity Recapitalizations
Merit Investment Bank & Co., a leading middle-market investment bank, is honored to have served as exclusive financial adviser to A Advanced Septic & Construction Services in its sale to management. Headquartered in Auburn, Washington, A Advanced Septic &...
Education, M&A, Private Equity Recapitalizations, Selling a Business
If you are an entrepreneur or CEO looking to sell your company to private equity, there are a few things you need to know about basic deal terms. In this blog post, we will give you an overview of what basic deal terms to expect when negotiating with private equity...
Merger and Acquisitions, Sell-side, Private Equity Recapitalizations, Strategic Advisory
Private Equity Deals – Considerations of the Advantages of IRC Section 721 In the current M&A climate, it is very typical for private equity groups to form LLCs before acquiring target businesses. It’s also very common to package equity in the newly formed...
Industry Insights, Capital Raise, Owner Considerations, Capital Solutions, Growth Capital, Private Equity Recapitalizations, Management Buyouts, Partial Liquidity Events
There are a number of factors that a business owner needs to be aware of when they start the process of raising private capital. In addition to navigating the various channels that may provide funding for your business, you will need to have a clear plan and course of...
