With the goal of maximizing value, we work with private equity firms, corporate and strategic acquirers, and family office funds to provide an objective and expert assessment at any point in the transaction lifecycle. We bring an interdisciplinary team of operationally and financially experienced and credentialed merger and acquisition advisors and intermediaries, who are: Certified M&A Advisors (CM&AA), Certified Merger & Acquisition Professionals (CM&AP), Certified Public Accountants with specialized financial forensic credentials (CFF), and Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs), Certified Board Advisors, and Certified Corporate Directors.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Avant® Advisory Group combines comprehensive due diligence and structured expertise with capital market capabilities. We successfully assist mergers, acquisitions and financing transactions for the prosperity of our middle-market clients.
What Our Clients Are Saying
"Avant® Helped Reborn Become a High Value $100+ Million Company"
Vince Nardo, President at Reborn Cabinets: “A High Value $100+ Million Company“
"Valuable Lessons Learned from Avant® Advisory Group"
Gary Mazzone, President at Elite Global Solutions: “Lessons Learned”
"Avant® Found Nuggets to Improved Value I Never Expected"
Anthony Nardo, CFO at Reborn Cabinets: “Even Smart CFOs Benefit”
“Even though it was our first time working together, the Avant® professionals made us feel like their most important client. We look forward to working with them again.”
— Jonathan A. Victor
We Offer Deep Professional Experience
As former owners/entrepreneurs, investors, and financial and operating executives we have a deep understanding of the needs and objectives of both owner/sellers and buyer/investors. That allows us to seamlessly integrate experience and credentialed expertise in providing well informed and wise investment decisions. Avant® offers deep professional experience and expertise to assess strategy, synergy, and cash flows. Our team has performed hundreds of Due Diligence (both quality of earnings and quality of operations) engagements to identify risks and contingencies and aggressive or inappropriate accounting that affected normalized cash flows.
M&A Services
In addition to being willing to participate or co-invest in the right situations, the following are a sample of related services:
Evaluate the propriety of generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) as it affects the Company’s reported earnings, EBITDA, and related cash flows. Assess the impact of current and anticipated business operations on recurring, pro forma/projected financials and EBITDA based on the reasonableness of assumptions and related risks.
Develops strategies, prepares and executes plans to sell companies in an efficient and knowledgeable manner which reduces risks and maximizes value.
Determines and facilitates financing and investment funds to optimize the capital structure to ensure sufficient liquidity to support appropriate working capital and maximize long-term financial viability.
Determines and implements the optimal infrastructure post-transaction to ensure integration is efficiently and effectively performed to maximize shareholder value.
We Preserve Value and Reduce Risk of Loss
Our depth of knowledge, experience, and expertise facilitate the successful and quick close of transactions when warranted. But, we have also surfaced risks, issues, and concerns – even including fraudulent accounting and financial reporting. Without question, value has been preserved and loss was prevented by our proactive identification of those “deal breakers.” When performing meticulous and comprehensive financial and business due diligence that is well beyond the routine, or in offering independent and objective transaction advisory services, or in post-merger integration and implementation assistance, Avant® always provides value.
Insights & Resources
Although a merger, acquisition, or transaction of any kind represents an opportunity to maximize value and fuel growth. Avant® Advisory Group, being one of the leading mergers and acquisitions firms, holds that expert guidance at every stage can deliver exceptional success. We are known for traversing middle-market clients through all stages of mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions, focusing on our client’s prosperity and growth. If you are involved in mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions, we will accompany that with our dedicated mergers and acquisitions advisory services, individualized to
give strategic guidance and insights so that you can make informed decisions and protect your investments.
The members of our team are all CM&AAs (certified mergers & acquisitions advisors) and CM&APs (certified mergers & acquisition professionals), validating that their recommendations are always based on rock-solid expertise and results-driven experience. From the private equity industry to corporate acquirers and family offices, we offer an uncommon mix of interdisciplinary structures to assist at any stage of your deal.
Our M&A services include
- Operational and Financial Due Diligence (Quality of Earnings)
Assess financial statements for the legitimacy of earnings reported including earnings, EBITDA, and normalized cash flow. Financial due diligence evaluates business operations and identifies risks and potential discrepancies that would adversely affect projected financials.
- Sell-Side Advisory, Reverse Diligence, and Sale Preparation
Your business must be adequately prepared for a sale and have a strategy to do so. Our team collaborates with the sellers to make the company look it’s most favourable, identifying areas of improvement while also preparing for the buyer’s scrutiny.
- M&A Advisory Services for Financing and Capital Raising
If raising capital or seeking financing partners is your main focus, our mergers & acquisitions advisory services will help you structure the deal, identify funding sources, negotiate terms, and align with strategic growth objectives.
- Post-Merger Integration Planning and Implementation
Post-transaction integration would be very easy through a well-defined strategy that shows an action plan. Working together with you, we can navigate the complexities of clustering, employing your operations, cultural settings, and financial trajectories toward lasting success, drawing on the expertise of top restructuring consulting firms to ensure a smooth and effective integration process.
FAQs
- What are the functions of the Association of Certified Mergers and Acquisitions Advisors?
Certified Mergers and Acquisitions Advisors are experienced professionals with skills in every phase of structuring, negotiating, and consummating an acquisition or merger.
- How financial due diligence is carried out by Avant® Advisory Group?
Financial due diligence would be specifically focused on assessing the economic condition of the target from the viewpoint of its earnings, EBITDA, and cash flows.
- How Can Avant® Help You In Sell-Side Advisory?
Avant® prepares your business for sale in such a way that it is effectively geared up to attract only suitable buyers. It manages reverse diligence and identifies hurdles that may occur during the closing transaction.
- What Distinguishes Avant® From Other Firms In The Mergers And Acquisitions Business?
We are an industry-leading team that combines practical experience in operating businesses with on-the-ground, strategic advice.
Ready to Maximize the Value of Your M&A Transaction? Partner with Avant® Advisory Group to not only navigate the complexities of mergers and acquisitions with confidence but also earn yourself a little gratuity whether buying, selling, or raising capital.
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Jeremiah 33:3 (CJB)
