Healthcare: The Avondale Difference

Singular focus. That’s the Avondale difference. Rather than trying to be all things to all people, Avondale is one of very few boutique investment banks focused entirely on healthcare. Period.

Avondale is located in one of the most vibrant cities in America and the epicenter of the healthcare industry – Nashville, Tennessee. It may not be where you might have expected to find one of the most inventive investment banking firms in the country ten years ago – but as healthcare has blossomed in this incredibly business-fertile region, today it makes all the sense in the world. Especially as more than 500 healthcare companies now call Nashville home, creating a dynamic healthcare ecosystem here in our back yard.

For almost two decades, Avondale has focused on the healthcare industry and the professionals who make it so vibrant. As such we consistently uncover opportunities others miss. Our roots are deep. Our relationships are extraordinary. And we bring a deep industry knowledge, an understanding of the issues unique to healthcare, and direct experience to our healthcare relationships – which range from medical professionals to the innovators disrupting legacy systems, and from small private technology start-ups to the C-suites of billion-dollar publicly traded companies.

Healthcare Services 

• Hospitals
• Behavioral health providers
• Outpatient facilities 
• Physician practices 
• Skilled nursing, assisted living and rehabilitation
• Home healthcare and hospice providers

Healthcare Outsourcing

• Staffing companies
• Medical transportation
• Outsourced support services
• Care management companies
• Lab services

Healthcare IT

• Revenue cycle management
• Clinical and diagnostic applications
• Population health and data analytics
• Tech-enabled solution providers
• Telehealth 

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The Most Interesting Investment Bankers in the South.

Most investment banking firms only merchandise their partners. We want you to meet the entire banking team. Because our people are what makes us different.  We look for and value individuals with intelligence, intellectual curiosity, integrity and a sense of humor.  People you want to spend time with – not “have to” spend time with. All with uniquely qualified pedigrees, high-profile personalities and life experiences to match.

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Deeper Relationships

There is a reason our partners are at home here in Nashville, Tennessee. And much of it has to do with the kinds of people we are. Having worked in major markets like New York, Chicago and Sydney, our partners have all been attracted to Avondale’s unique independent and collaborative model – and our city – as a more collegial, stimulating and rewarding environment in which to practice their investment banking craft. 

We are no less professionally aggressive in solving problems and getting deals done, but chances are you will find them more personally appealing. Which often leads to deeper and more personal client relationships. 

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The approach that many investment banking firms take is often driven by their compensation structure, proprietary solutions their firm wants to sell, or the limited perspective or preferences of a senior banker working on a particular client’s challenges or strategic opportunities.

We do none of the above.

At Avondale our job is to help our healthcare clients capture new opportunities or address challenges facing them. Period. No matter how long that takes, and regardless of how many of the brightest minds in the business we need to bring to the table to make it happen.

Avondale uses a “team approach” to achieve truly individualized and custom solutions for our clients’ investment banking needs and challenges. Instead of working with just one or two lead advisors, Avondale assembles a team of our senior partners who are the most qualified, experienced and fluent in the specific dynamics of the assignment and its objectives. Whether that strategic event is a merger or joint venture, purchase, sale, spin-off, capital raise or a fairness opinion.

We explore alternative scenarios and options, examine the full downstream impact of each, and help shepherd the process of executing the right solution throughout the transaction.

We listen intently. We challenge politely. And we think strategically.

As a result, each healthcare client’s solution is unique and not a boilerplate formula or copy of a master plan designed to meet a theoretical objective. The firm provides truly tailored advisory services to achieve success in a climate marked by increasing variety, complexity and flexibility. This environment makes our brand of independent and unbiased advice more productive – and more enjoyable for all parties involved – than ever before.

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