BUSINESS BROKERAGE
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Abo and Company has always been a resource for business advice and counsel on a host of business issues, from locating a banker to ironing out a buy-sell agreement or even determining what plans need to be in place to help the business grow. Whether you're trying to increase market share, acquire new technology, restructure assets and liabilities or just looking to put to test your entrepreneurial skills, you need a deal that works....a deal that fits your specific needs. We can help.
We have built upon the thousands of existing relationships we enjoy and enhanced the services we currently offer by forging stronger than ever bonds with other professionals – CPAs, lawyers, mergers and acquisition (M & A) professionals, business brokers, venture capitalists, commercial bankers, investment bankers, economic development officials, the SEC, the SBA, and business investment “angels”. In this regard, we are pleased to announce our strategic alliance with Jasper Ventures, LLC and Empire Business Brokers. We will now be able to better help our clients and those represented by our colleagues at other CPA firms with the complex issues of selling or buying a business
JASPER and EMPIRE serve two different markets. JASPER provides merger and acquisition advisory services to both private and public companies. JASPER excels at representing buyers and selling of business typically valued from $2 million to $25 million. Businesses this size are often too small to attract the bona fide attention of regional or national investment bankers and too large for their needs to be handled with main street business brokerage services. They require a seasoned professional with experience in dealing with complicated financial, tax, legal, accounting and estate planning issues, as well as managing all of the professionals involved in the process.
Empire Business Brokers provides traditional business brokerage services to business typically valued at less than $2 million. Empire is a member of a national network having over 80 offices and hundreds of affiliated brokers across the United States and abroad. Established in 1981, Empire serves both sellers and buyers, and provides franchise sales, franchise development, business financing, valuation and business planning services.
John Suender, the founder of JASPER, and the owner of EMPIRE in South Jersey, has over 15 years of professional experience in mergers, acquisitions and related financings. John began his career in the M&A department of one of Philadelphia’s most prestigious law firms and then became general counsel of a highly successful public company actively engaged in acquisitions. John’s ability to find, structure, negotiate and close transactions of varying complexity led to his appointment as senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions for that company and his completion of nearly 100 acquisitions, divestitures, offerings and financing over a successful 12 year period. John is a graduate of St. Lawrence University and Pennsylvania State University - The Dickinson School of Law (cum laude).
We offer you the personalized strategies and services your transaction deserves. From first meeting, to financing, to ongoing consulting, our team can help structure a successful, profitable purchase or sale that should meet your short and long term objectives.
Typically, the sale of this type of company is a “life cycle” event for its owner, something he or she will go through only once or perhaps twice in a lifetime … so it’s important to choose the right advisors and intermediaries. While the owner is expert at running the business, selling or acquiring a company in an orderly and profitable fashion demands experience. Our alliance should help in providing this experience. We also provide objectivity and a detached professional view. Selling a company often requires the same level of personal attention and commitment that it took to build the business.
Why Abo and Company? Well, because we’re a certified public accounting and consulting firm who can offer you a comprehensive scope of services. We’re used to being objective, independent and confidential. Our expertise in business, accounting, tax and finance, combined with our significant presence in the business community add up to practical and effective assistance… and deals that work. As CPA’s, we are well positioned to provide the high degree of financial proficiency, credibility and discretion required for transactions of such a sensitive nature. Our industry expertise, knowledge of Northeast business and thousands of existing professional relationships, creates vast opportunities for our clients. If we do not already represent an acquisition target, we may very well know them or are well positioned to make the necessary introductions. Frankly, we’ve also seen many larger companies divesting themselves of divisions that no longer fit their corporate plans.
For example, we believe the combined talents of Abo and Company, JASPER and EMPIRE have the in-depth, technical skills to put a successful deal together and keep it on track. Also, with our experience, contacts and creativity, we can help you obtain required funds. Conventional financing, venture capital, government programs, asset based financing, angel financing – you name it. Our network brings you access to a broad array of financing methods. We have an extensive network of contacts with commercial and investment banks, investors, institutional lenders, venture capital firms and leveraged buy-out groups.
We are eager to serve you.
If you or your company are interested in acquiring a business, please just give us a call at 856-489-5559 or Send E-mail with your contact information and acquisition criteria. If we represent or know of a company for sale that may be a match for your criteria, we will be happy to contact you.
Oh, by the way, we return phone calls. The way we see it, your financial goals are tough enough to reach. Your advisor shouldn't be.
We'd like to help you in the areas of:
- Networking
- Acquisition services
- Financing
- Valuation
- Tax Planning
- Strategic Plan
- Succession Planning
- AcquisitionDue Diligence
- Structuring and Negotiating
- Ongoing accounting, financial and management consulting advice as requested.
