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Middle Market Investment Banking
Akin Bay has focused on middle market investment banking over the last 17 years. Our experience has made us a market leader in providing the highest quality mergers and acquisitions and capital raising advisory services for middle market companies across a wide spectrum of industries.
Akin Bay provides Mergers & Acquisitions, Debt and Equity financing, Recapitalization, Restructuring, Strategic Partnering and other Financial Advisory services to both publicly held and privately owned and family controlled businesses, and to private equity funds, hedge funds and other principal investors.
We bring to our clients a wealth of diverse experience across 35 industry groups. We combine the technical and financial skills to deal with the complex financial structures which characterize today’s capital markets, and an unsurpassed creative approach that breaks from the standard “boutique” investment banking firm, delivering to our middle market client base a level of investment banking service fully competitive with that of any worldscale investment banking firm. We differentiate ourselves through our individuality, agility and creativity, and bring a personal and committed style to meet all our clients’ needs.
Market Statistics
| LBO Leverage Ratios (1) | 2007 |
2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Average Total for New LBO's | 6.2 x |
4.9 x |
| PE Funds Raised (2) | $326 |
$266 |
| Buyout/Corp. Finance | $245 |
$181 |
| Mezzanine | $9 |
$40 |
| Venture Capital | $33 |
$25 |
| Funds of Funds | $29 |
$13 |
| Secondary & Other | $10 |
$7 |
| LBO Activity (3) | ||
| Volume | $375 |
$61 |
| Deals | 931 |
645 |
| Domestic Transactions (3) | 2006 |
2007 |
| Value* | $1,535 |
$1,550 |
Sources:
(1) - S&P LCD
(2) - Dow Jones LP Source
(3) - Dealogic
* - Through Dec. 20
Member: NASD, MSRB and SIPC
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