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Confidential Family Office Acquires Peppy’s Car Wash

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

CCA had a long-standing relationship with the buyer, including advising on the debt refinancing of their family-owned business. The family office especially appreciated CCA’s ability to assist in evaluating targets, construct cash flow models, and negotiate with lenders to successfully obtain debt financing.

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Bulge Bracket Banks: 2024 Edition

Mergers and Inquisitions

Bulge Bracket Bank Definition: The “bulge brackets” are the largest global banks that operate in all regions and offer all services – M&A, equity, debt, and others – to clients; they work on the biggest deals (usually $1 billion+) and have divisions for sales & trading , equity research , wealth management , corporate banking , and more.

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Confidential Family Office Acquired Peppy’s Car Wash

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

CCA had a long-standing relationship with the buyer, including advising on the debt refinancing of their family-owned business. The family office especially appreciated CCA’s ability to assist in evaluating targets, construct cash flow models, and negotiate with lenders to successfully obtain debt financing.

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A Sellers Guide to Choosing the Right Financial Buyer

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

Use of Leverage Private equity firms often use debt to finance acquisitions to maximize the returns they receive on their investments. It is important to evaluate whether your business can continue to steadily grow while taking on the proposed amount of debt that a private equity firm will use to finance a transaction.

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Selling Your Business to a PE Group: What to Know as You Contemplate a Deal

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

The amount of debt used to finance the transaction is another consideration. Since debt introduces financial risk, too much leverage can be problematic following a transaction for two reasons: Most business owners want the company to remain in good financial health.

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Common Types of Insurance Agency Sellers

Sica Fletcher

personal debt, business/legal liabilities, time-sensitive investment opportunities) may prompt owners to sell quickly. Generally, these fall into two distinct categories of advisory firms or investment banks. M&A Advisory Firms For the vast majority of insurance agency sellers, you will likely work with an M&A advisory firm.

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2024 Insurance M&A Transactions: What To Expect

Sica Fletcher

In addition to the high cost of debt interfering with their bottom line, they also have to contend with a buyer pool that’s larger than ever before , with 50+ buyers in the current pool where there used to be ~5. Look at industry publications and data centers to identify which advisory firms have the best reputations.

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