Lazard's middle market advisory practice provides long-term advice to shape strategy, optimize capital structure, and manage risk and support growth.
Our bankers focus exclusively on middle market companies bringing to bear all the resources of Lazard, including the industry expertise, senior board-level relationships, and local perspectives of its bankers.
PRIVATE EQUITY DIVESTITURES
Assist private equity in evaluating exit strategies that will maximize value
Advise private equity in preparing and positioning portfolio companies for sale
Counsel regarding enterprise value, debt capacity and appropriate capital structure
PRIVATE COMPANY SALES
Provide guidance about the complex process of selling a privately held company
Financial and non-financial objectives / legacy / structure / succession plan
Unique process
CORPORATE ACQUISITIONS & DIVESTITURES
Work with corporate sellers to divest non-core assets and underperforming units
Structure ongoing relationship with the divested unit's products or services
Help protect vital interests such as customers, supply chain, and the parent's brand
PUBLIC COMPANIES SALES
Review and evaluate business portfolios
Identify and evaluate strategic alternatives
Assess and execute M&A transactions
Sale of CoAdvantage, a portfolio company of Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, to Aquiline Capital
Sale of Park Place Technologies, a portfolio company of GTCR, to Charlesbank Capital Partners
Acquisition by First Financial Bancorp of Bannockburn Global Forex
Sale of Grain Management's U.S. tower portfolio to American Tower
Acquisition by Ajinomoto of More Than Gourmet
Sale of Precise Packaging, a portfolio company of Trive Capital, to PLZ Aeroscience
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