We are Merger and Acquisition Specialists
Strategic M&A Advisors is an M&A advisory firm that helps the owners of middle-market and lower-middle-market companies accomplish their business exit strategies.
Specifically, we help owners sell their companies at the highest possible price and secure the most favorable sale terms by uncovering and maximizing the value that resides in the business. This makes their companies as attractive as possible to potential buyers.
Unlike many M&A advisors, we go far beyond simply “matchmaking” between business buyers and sellers. We bring a worldwide marketplace of potential buyers to our client’s table, thus maximizing the likelihood that the goals and objectives of the business owner will be accomplished. See our full market process.
The strategic sale or recapitalization of your company is probably the largest and most important business transaction you’ll ever conduct. You need a specialist who is solely focused on this important process. While other advisory firms hold themselves out to be jacks-of-all-trades when it comes to working with buyers, seller, debt placement or capital raising, we believe you should entrust the execution of your exit and recapitalization strategies to the specialists at Strategic M&A Advisors. We just sell companies.
Three Critical Stages of the M&A process
Strategic M&A Advisors provides business owners with the highest level of guidance and representation at the most critical stage of the business life cycle: the divestiture stage. Our primary goal is to maximize the value of your business during the three critical stages of the M&A process:
- Before approaching the market on your behalf, we will help you identify the key value drivers of your business. Then we will work closely with you to strategize the way in which these value drivers will be presented to the market, thus maximizing your business’ value.
- After we have prepared and you have approved a detailed descriptive report, we will introduce this report to a vast worldwide marketplace of strategic and financial buyers. If appropriate, we will also discretely present your business on international business clearinghouses. Strategic M&A Advisors has access to an extremely large pool of prospective buyers, which also helps maximize the value of your business.
- Once the ideal buyer or buyers is identified, we will negotiate on your behalf for the sale of your business. Our negotiation goes beyond just securing the best sale price — we will also negotiate the best deal structure for you in order to maximize your after-tax return and minimize your potential risk.
Our Team
Our diverse and high-level business, professional and educational backgrounds, combined with the team’s depth of experience and knowledge, covers the entire spectrum of business M&A. Read more about our team members and their industry and educational experience on the Our Team page.
Industry Expertiese
We are often asked by prospective clients “how much experience does SMAA have in my industry?”. Our answer is usually “respectively, you are asking the wrong question.” The right question should be “can SMAA run a process to meet our goals as a seller?”. The key is the process. We are process experts. Industry knowledge is important to be able to communicate the successes and challenges of a particular business, but the secret in M&A is designing and executing a through process that will get the client’s business in front of deliver the opportunity of the selling business to the largest possible pool of qualified buyers.
We are experts in planning and executing our comprehensive marketing process. However, we always tailor our process to the needs and goals of the unique business owner and therefore the scope and length of our process will vary from client to client.
Although our firm is industry-agnostic, below is a list of some of the industries in which we have experience.
- Manufacturing
- Healthcare
- Business Services
- Distribution
- Energy Services
- Industrial Services
- Banking & Financial Services
- Transportation
- Construction
- Telecommunications
- Large retail (b2b and b2c)
Mississippi & Arkansas Locations
Headquartered in Mississippi and Arkansas, Strategic M&A Advisors serves clients nationwide, delivering quality sell-side advisory services to business owners across the United States.
SMAA has been listed #10 on the Axial’s TOP 20 investment banks list.
The first step in working with Strategic M&A Advisors is to contact us to schedule a confidential, no-obligation (and no-cost) conversation at a time and place that’s convenient for you. This will enable us to learn more about your business and your M&A goals while explaining how we can help you achieve your goals.