Investment Banking - Overview
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Avondale’s investment banking services include mergers and acquisitions advisory services, and capital raising execution on behalf of high quality public and private companies throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Our focus is on mid-size and growth companies operating in dynamic industries. The larger investment banking firms continue to demand significant deal sizes and fees, leaving the middle market companies without high quality investment banking execution. Avondale is meeting this growing need and filling the middle market void. The firm targets transactions in the $25 million - $1 billion range and has closed more than 100 transactions and engagements for clients, exceeding a total value of $9 billion.
Avondale’s Investment Banking Group has thrived since inception due to the firm’s ability to attract leading professional talent from the most prestigious investment banking and financial services companies across the country. Avondale’s investment banking Managing Directors typically average at least 15-20 years of experience with recognized firms such as Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, and Dillon Read, as well as with the large money center financial institutions such as Bank of America, Bankers Trust, Citibank and UBS, and boutique firms including Montgomery Securities, Robertson Stephens, Thomas Weisel Partners, Equitable Securities and JC Bradford. Collectively, Avondale’s senior investment banking professionals have executed more than 500 transactions during the course of their careers exceeding $100 billion of value.
During its first five years of existence, Avondale’s bankers have lead, sole or co managed successful public equity offerings for dozens of clients, raising approximately $3 billion of public equity and PIPE capital from major buy-side institutions around the world with strong after market results. In addition, the firm has successfully advised management groups in acquiring divisions or subsidiaries of publicly traded companies via private equity sponsored buyouts, raised more than $1 billion in public debt transactions and private senior, subordinated and equity capital, and advised on more than $5 billion of merger and acquisition related transactions. In 2005, Avondale’s Investment Banking Group sponsored two successful “Shareholder Value Seminars” which addressed the IPO and private placement markets respectively, with more than 400 individuals attending from leading private equity firms, bank and mezzanine capital funds, and private companies from more than 25 states across the US.
