M&A Advisory Services: For Private Equity

Why are leading private equity firms choosing to work with us? Our operations and processes are designed so that we can successfully:

  • Operate as an outsourced business partner, developing the right strategies and deal flow so that you can focus on closing deals with the confidence that you have covered the full industry landscape
  • Leverage our CEO network on your behalf to gain real-time industry information from leading visionary executives
  • Develop deal flow in private company and corporate divestiture networks
  • Execute buy-side acquisition searches with a focus on narrowing target lists to include only the most viable deals

Portfolio Development

Cook Associates M&A Advisory Services serves private equity with the following offerings:

  • CEOVisions® – leveraging our CEO network for differentiated M&A transactions including consolidations, MBOs, corporate divestitures, corporate partnerships
  • New industry platform acquisition searches
  • Add-on company acquisition searches
  • CEO network for consulting and closing special situation deals
  • Board search
  • Executive search for portfolio companies

CEOVisions®

CEOVisions® is a proactive service offering from Cook Associates M&A Advisory Services that provides our private equity clients a differentiated approach to M&A transactions. We believe the CEO is the most critical element in the development of a sound acquisition strategy, as well as a key differentiating factor between an average IRR and an extraordinary IRR.

We provide a comprehensive pool of industry executive candidates, with the best executive pulled from the pool. This allows the private equity firm to focus on closing deals and leverage time to cover more industries in a shorter period of time. Also, we ensure that the private equity firm is finding the best executive instead of just “who’s available." This allows for educated investment decisions and providers a proper benchmark for industry executives.

We have established a network of leading executives in most industries. Our private equity clients may consider these executives for the following roles:

  • Backing CEO and platform acquisition
  • Fund Operating Partners
  • Advisory Board Members
  • Portfolio Company Board Directors
  • Portfolio Company C-level positions
  • Consultant on Transactions

CASE STUDIES

Gryphon Investors

GTCR / CEOVisions®

KRG Capital