Boutique investment banking firm financial advisory services, specifically mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance advice to middle market public and private companies. Transaction Expertise Leveraged buy-outs Acquisitions and divestitures of divisions of Fortune 500 companies Purchase and sale of publicly traded Fortune 1000 companies Strategic Advice Use of appropriate takeover defensive mechanisms, such as: Implementing the “poison pill” defense Defending against “hostile” suitors Equity Structuring Share repurchase programs Collars for downside equity protection Complex cash and warrants for equity exchanges