Client Profile
Akin Bay has spent many years developing and enhancing its knowledge of, and applying that knowledge to, the needs of the middle market. We start by expending the necessary time and resources to analyze our client’s businesses and then to provide advice of the level of sophistication they need to assist them in evaluating their financial and strategic options. We believe middle market companies will always benefit from a consistent level of customized assistance, long before they may perceive any specific need for particular financial advisory services- whether raising capital or mergers & acquisitions advice. To accommodate our client’s needs, we have developed sophisticated analytical and valuation models, specifically tailored to middle market companies, to aid them in evaluating their financing and growth options. Akin Bay’s ability to analyze and value a broad spectrum of industries, and our in-depth knowledge of complex financing structures, gives us a unique advantage in structuring merger and acquisition or financing solutions. Finally, Akin Bay offers its clientele a degree of commitment and level of service which the middle market company can no longer expect from the majority of large Wall Street investment banking houses.
- We Look for the Following Characteristics in Companies We Advise:
- Strong management team
- Market leadership
- Defendable business plan, attractive growth prospects
- Large market share or dominating market niche position
- Brand recognition
- EBITDA of $3.0 million or greater and historical profitability
- Company valuations between $10-$500 million