Investment Banks

Merlin Partners LLP is an FCA regulated corporate finance advisory boutique which provides its clients with advice on mergers, acquisitions and disposals, refinancings and recapitalisations, takeovers and take privates. Merlin delivers world-class independent financial advice to entrepreneurs and companies, drawing on over forty years of diverse experience in the financial markets. Merlin has expertise across a range of sectors including: - Natural resources - Energy - Clean Energy - Africa - FinTech - Cyber Technology - Education - Agriculture - MedTech - Telecoms Merlin's extensive experience in these sectors has enabled it to build strong and enduring relationships with financiers and leaders of industry, both in the UK and abroad, with a particular connection to Africa. The company has been offering its services since 2002 when founded as a limited company and was incorporated as a regulated LLP in 2006.

Merritt Healthcare Advisors is the leading provider of merger and acquisition (M&A) services for surgery center, physician practices and ancillary service providers. As the only M&A advisory firm with active clinical operations, Merritt has an unmatched perspective when it comes to obtaining optimal valuation for our clients. Having completed more than $1 billion in healthcare transactions across the United States since 2005, Merritt helps clients realize the true value of their asset, source relationships of strategic value and ultimately manage the process of achieving a successful transition.

Mesirow Financial is an independent, employee-owned firm founded in 1937. As specialists in investment, risk management and advisory services, the firm is committed to helping its institutional, corporate and individual clients achieve their objectives. Its professionals are inspired by an entrepreneurial desire to develop tailored solutions designed to deliver measurable results.

Meta delivers high quality M&A and corporate finance advice to shareholders, management teams and corporates in the United Kingdom. Meta specialises in the delivery of company sales, management buy-outs and buy-ins, corporate acquisitions and private equity development capital transactions. Meta is the exclusive UK representative of the CDI Global M&A network, an affiliation of over fifty professional M&A specialist offices located in major economic centres across the world delivering cross-border, middle-market transactions in the sub $250m range.

Metronome Partners is an independent, Chicago and Memphis based M&A advisory firm that specializes in sell-side transactions as well as capital raising across a broad range of industries. With over 200 transactions completed by Metronome's principals, the firm combines large firm experience with small firm attention. Metronome focuses on middle-market businesses nationwide, valued from $25 million to over $500 million.

MHA MacIntyre Hudson provides a full range of financial and business strategy services to enterprises and individuals, helping them to achieve growth and success for the long term. With understanding and inspiration, the firm can help businesses achieve goals be they local, national or global and help individuals create sustainable wealth for future generations. Services: AUDIT AND ASSURANCE EXTERNAL AUDIT FINANCIAL REPORTING GOVERNANCE, RISK AND COMPLIANCE GRANT & ROYALTY AUDIT

MHT Partners is a leading national middle market investment bank focused on representing industry leaders in growth markets. The team at MHT Partners assists clients with seller advisory, acquisition advisory, corporate finance and strategic advisory assignments. Company is exclusively focused on catering to middle market companies, an underserved segment of the market. With a tightly integrated combination of Wall Street, middle market and strategic consulting expertise, the companyto serves the distinct advisory needs of companies across a range of industries. It has extensive experience in the following industries: business & information services; education; consumer; healthcare services and energy services. MHT Partners conducts its investment banking activities through MHT Securities LP, a member of FINRA/SIPC.

Offering a wide range of investment banking services, Mid-Market Securities, LLC provides large firm expertise and domestic and international processing capabilities to private and public companies and their owners in the middle market and to emerging growth, project finance and startup clients across a wide range of industries, as well as Placement Agent Services for Alternative Investment Funds. With its growing team of seasoned professionals, Mid-Market Securities is a resource of first resort for U.S. and foreign-based companies, investors and service providers.

Midas Equities Oy is a Helsinki based independent corporate finance and fund placement boutique offering fund raising, M&A and fund placement advisory services. For entrepreneurs company provide all essential shareholders'​ services covering disposals, mergers, acquisitions, divestments, restructurings and related strategic advisory services. Company act both as arranger and advisor in private equity, venture capital and mezzanine financing as well as in investment and project financing. For alternative asset managers company provide fund placement advisory services. Company advise them in capital raising and help them to diversify their investor base. Midas Equities Oy provides following services: disposals mergers & acquisitions fundraising fund placements For entrepreneurs company provide all essential shareholders' services covering disposals, mergers, acquisitions, divestments, restructurings and related strategic advisory services. Company act both as arranger and advisor in private equity, venture capital and mezzanine financing as well as in investment and project financing. Company give advise in MBO and MBI transactions.

MidMarket is an independent banking firm that provides highly personal, unbiased, qualified advice on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance matters to international and domestic private and public middle market companies, boards of directors, owners and related fiduciaries and investor groups. SERVICES AND APPROACH MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Sale of an Independent company or business unit Acquisition of a business or product line Full process or negotiated transaction CAPITAL FOR GROWTH AND REPLACEMENT Senior and junior debt Private equity and corporate investor IPO advisory and subsequent offerings Exchange transactions FAIRNESS OPINION AND VALUATION ANALYSIS M&A and financings Employee stock ownership plans Corporate transactions Complex estate matters OWNERSHIP LIQUIDITY Alternatives for partial or full liquidity Recapitalizations-internal orwith partner Stock repurchases / special dividends STRATEGIC ADVISORY AND CONSULTING Strategicfinancial options assessment Restructuring Board advisory and special committees Stock option plans and projects CHINA MARKET Western companies already invested in China Western companies planningto invest in China Chinese companies in U.S. and China Investorgroups seeking liquidity