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Ownership Transfer Issues in the Sale of Professional Services Firms

Focus Investment Banking

Are you the owner of a Professional Services firm? Kelly Kittrell has more than 30 years of merger & acquisition and corporate finance experience. He advises business owners on sell-side and buy-side transactions, valuation analysis, corporate finance and equity and debt financing.

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How to Accurately Calculate Gross Margins (and Understanding Their Importance) at Professional Services Firms

Focus Investment Banking

If you’re considering the sale of your consulting or professional services business, you should understand that buyers will be examining your Gross Margin as an indicator of the value of your firm. Professional services companies make money by billing out their experts and consultants at rates higher than the employee cost.

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Earnouts: Sometimes a “Bridge” Too Far

Focus Investment Banking

But do earnouts consistently bridge the gap between buyers and sellers in Consulting and Professional Services deals? Despite the potential value at stake, the buyer balked at the idea of relinquishing control, envisioning strategic integration and synergy across their portfolio of Professional Services businesses.

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Will There Be an IPO for a Specialty Consulting Company in 2024?

Focus Investment Banking

And will that mean that some of the privately held management consulting firms or other professional services companies will choose an IPO this year? It has been some time since a professional services firm chose a public offering as a liquidity strategy. But those companies have been public for more than 20 years.

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What is a Partnership? Exploring Types of Business Partnership

Peak Frameworks

This structure is commonly used in professional services firms, such as law firms and accounting practices. Benefits and Drawbacks Business partnerships can bring a multitude of benefits, including the pooling of diverse skill sets, shared responsibilities, increased financing opportunities, and shared business risks.

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FOCUS Investment Banking Represents TSR, Inc. in its Sale to Vienna Parent Corporation, an affiliate company of BCforward

Focus Investment Banking

Christian is the CEO and founder of BC forward , one of the largest Black-owned professional services and workforce management solutions firms in the United States. TSR was founded in 1969 and is a well-recognized national provider of information technology staffing solutions.

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FOCUS Investment Banking Represents Chenega Corporation in its Acquisition of SecuriGence LLC

Focus Investment Banking

Washington, DC (June 7, 2024) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, announced today that Chenega Corporation (“Chenega”) has acquired SecuriGence LLC. FOCUS represented Chenega in this transaction.