Knowledge and Experience

Providence Advisors' investment bankers possess significant industry knowledge, middle market transaction experience and capital markets relationships. Combined with the capabilities of our strategic intelligence partners, we bring the following capabilities and experience to our middle market clients:

Transaction Experience - We have completed more than 50 M&A and financing advisory assignments, with aggregate transaction volume exceeding $3.5 billion. Our M&A experience includes buyside and sellside engagements, mostly for middle market privately held companies. In addition to completed transactions, we have executed strategic advisory assignments for a number of private companies and investors. Our capital raising and financial structuring experience comes largely from executing acquisition, buyout, recapitalization and growth financing transactions, involving senior debt, mezzanine capital and equity. We maintain extensive relationships with senior lenders, mezzanine capital providers and private equity groups focused on the middle market.

Industry Focus - We have over 15 years of investment banking experience in our targeted industries. Providence Advisors' specializations are the Packaging, Plastics and Paper industries.

Strategic Intelligence Capabilities – We maintain established partnerships with nationally recognized strategic intelligence consultants who excel in the development of in-depth proprietary information on targeted markets, acquisition candidates, or potential buyers. Our clients find this Intelligence gathering expertise extremely useful for cultivating acquisition opportunities, conducting incisive business due diligence to evaluate a transaction's risks and merits, and gaining an advantage in transaction structuring and negotiations. Providence Advisors’ investment bankers also possess experience in completing strategic intelligence assignments for acquisition purposes.