Piper Capital

Mergers & Acquisitions

Merger or acquisition candidates require the development of specific criteria, which will help in identifying target companies. This includes size, industry, market performance, characteristics geographic locations, management experience and other parameters.

Financial resources are needed to structure and then implement the transaction. This requires the development of a purchase and operating structure customized for each transaction. Once a traget is identified, we assist in analyzing and developing the performance criteria to be expected after the transaction. This, plus the key point of considering management team compatibility, minimizes misunderstandings between the buyer and management team.

Corporate Restructurings

Restructurings can take several forms. They may be to accommodate a recapitalization to permit distributions to shareholders, or may be used to allow for new equity participation. Frequently, they are to refinance or restructure existing bank loans or recapitalize a company. sometimes, reorganizations are needed simply to survive.

Turnarounds

Piper specializes in corporate turnaround strategies through restructuring, financial infustion and asset liquidation. The companies targeted generally have complimenting operations, which are conducive to consolidating the various fixed costs. Synergistically, profit margins and revenue flows improve creating an increase in value and realized capital appreciation benefitting the investors/investment groups.