M&A Advisors Database

#	Firm	Market	Deal size	Sectors	Location
1	BairdEmployee-owned wealth management, capital markets, asset management and private equity firm	Retail	Middle market through large cap	Consumer, retail, e-commerce, consumer services	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with offices globally
2	Cascadia CapitalIndependent middle market investment bank with dedicated consumer and retail coverage	Retail	Middle market	Consumer, retail, food and beverage, technology	Seattle, Washington
3	CG Sawaya PartnersConsumer and retail advisory boutique operating within Canaccord Genuity's investment bank	Retail	Middle market	Consumer products, retail, branded consumer M&A	New York, within Canaccord Genuity
4	Configure PartnersDevelops private capital solutions for middle market companies including consumer and retail	Retail	Middle market	Private capital solutions, special situations, refinancing and restructuring	Atlanta, Georgia
5	ConsensusCovers mergers and acquisitions, growth capital and strategic advisory for consumer businesses	Retail	Lower middle market through middle market	Emerging brands, direct to consumer, digitally native retail, growth capital	Boston, Massachusetts
6	Hilco GlobalAsset appraisal, enterprise valuation and monetisation specialist used across retail situations	Retail	All sizes, valuation and monetisation mandates	Retail inventory, real estate, brand and intellectual property, receivables	Northbrook, Illinois, with offices globally
7	Intrepid Investment BankersAdvises entrepreneurs and middle market companies with valuations from $25 million to $1 billion	Retail	Valuations from $25M to $1B	Consumer, retail, food and beverage, business services	Los Angeles, California, with offices across the United States
8	Lincoln InternationalGlobal mid-market investment bank advising business owners and senior executives worldwide	Retail	Mid-market, global	Consumer, retail, business services, industrials	Chicago, with offices across the Americas, Europe and Asia
9	Raymond James Consumer and RetailBuilt on the Financo consumer and retail practice acquired by Raymond James	Retail	Middle market through large cap	Retail, apparel and footwear, beauty, consumer brands, e-commerce	New York, within Raymond James
10	Solomon PartnersOne of the first independent advisory firms in the industry, with a long standing retail practice	Retail	Middle market through large cap	Retail, consumer, grocery and pharmacy, restaurants, e-commerce	New York, with offices across the United States
11	SSG Capital AdvisorsSpecial situations investment bank with extensive distressed retail transaction experience	Retail	Middle market	Distressed sales, section 363 sales, restructurings, financings	Pennsylvania, with offices across the United States
12	StifelFull service brokerage and investment banking firm covering M&A, trading and advisory	Retail	Middle market through large cap	Retail, consumer, equity capital markets, restructuring	St. Louis, Missouri, with offices globally
13	The Sage GroupIndependent investment bank providing M&A advisory to high-growth premium consumer brands	Retail	Middle market	Premium consumer brands, digitally native retail, beauty, apparel	Los Angeles, California

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