Investment Banks

The Burke Group is an independent, team-owned investment banking firm based in Atlanta, Georgia focused exclusively on community banks and financial services. Completing over 100 transactions, the team brings a wealth of expertise and have formed lasting client relationships. Clients benefit from customized, hands-on problem solving from the firm’s team and the flexibility of an independent firm.

The Capital Corporation has established itself as one of the premier middle market investment banking firms in the country. Company specialize in navigating clients through the complicated and time intensive processes of selling their businesses, acquiring other businesses, and/or securing capital. The Capital Corporation specialize in providing lower-middle market companies with three kinds of services: Sell-Side The Capital Corporation will tailor a custom strategy that expedites the transaction, maximizes value and takes into account any shareholder objectives and/or special needs that might exist. Buy-Side The Capital Corporation partners with management in developing an acquisition strategy designed to create additional growth and value. Financing The Capital Corporation utilize its network of debt and equity sources to facilitate a successful transaction.

The Capital Corporation is true partner in understanding the challenges financial institution faces in today's environment. Its committed to providing with cost-effective solutions and pride ourselves on developing and maintaining long-standing client relationships. The principals of The Capital Corporation joined Country Club Financial Services, Inc. in September of 2016. Prior to joining CCFSI, they were the principals of The Capital Corporation, LLC. and have successfully led over 280 individual bank and sale transactions ranging from $25 Million to $1 Billion in asset size since 2001. In the past five years the firm and its predecessor has ranked first in our trade territory. Its proven track record as an investment banking and consulting company focused on financial institutions includes mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; ownership planning; strategic planning; deal structure consulting; valuations and more.

The Catalyst Group specializes in corporate development for technology companies. Its clients have ranged from large public companies to smaller private enterprises, which are sometimes too small for serious attention by traditional investment banking and consultancy firms, yet are big enough to require sophisticated, senior management expertise. Operating internationally, The Catalyst Group enables clients to move quickly as they seek to grow, reshape, expand into new markets, or sharpen their focus on core opportunities through acquisition, divestiture or corporate alliances and restructuring.

The Catalyst Group Europe Ltd. is a investment bank firm based in Alresford, United Kingdom.

The Catalyst Group specializes in corporate development for technology companies. Firm's clients have ranged from large public companies to smaller private enterprises, which are sometimes too small for serious attention by traditional investment banking and consultancy firms, yet are big enough to require sophisticated, senior management expertise. Operating internationally, The Catalyst Group enables clients to move quickly as they seek to grow, reshape, expand into new markets, or sharpen their focus on core opportunities through acquisition, divestiture or corporate alliances and restructuring.

Founded in 1987, The Chesapeake Group is an independent, financial & strategic advisory firm which specializes in cross-border transactions in the mid-market space, with over the last 30 years of experience in working with clients across the United States, India, Latin America and Europe. Chesapeake Group specializes in M&A transactions, equity capital raises, recapitalizations and strategic alliances that help its clients transform their businesses to maximize enterprise value in a digital world.

The Chicago Corporation is an independent investment banking firm focused on providing middle-market companies with a range of financial and corporate advisory services including merger and acquisitions, institutional debt and equity capital raising, and financial restructuring. The Chicago Corporation leverages the broad experience of its team to evaluate and implement financial strategies designed to maximize the value of a client’s business. The firm is committed to a “client-first” approach to find the best market-based solution for the client and employs the best-practices obtained through prevously working at other world-class financial institutions.

The Christman Group specializes in assisting business owners in selling, transferring and exiting middle-market businesses. Its unique in approach to exit planning because they encourage clients to examine their health, family situations and personal readiness (attitudes, beliefs and interests) to begin anew… and to plan accordingly. Personal goals and strategies are the foundation for entire exit planning activity.

Over 15 years, Chrysalis Capital Group Inc has perfected its process-driven approach to investing in and helping companies IPO onto the Toronto Stock Exchange. Chrysalis is a group with a full-time focus on the Capital Pool Company ("CPC") program and has been involved with the CPC Program since 1999 and are recognized as leaders by the Toronto Stock Exchange. They are experts at helping companies use the CPC structure to go public and secure capital.