The Mercanti Group was founded with the goal of bringing world-class Wall Street advisory services to small and middle market companies. We provide a broad spectrum of M&A and capital raising advisory services as well as the strategic and financial expertise to help guide our clients to the next level. We develop client relationships rather than just “doing deals” and we take considerable pride in our unique and creative approach to customizing strategic alternatives for each of our clients.

We offer our clients:

• Expertise in every phase of strategic advisory and corporate finance
• Extensive transaction experience in all investment banking products
• Industry expertise in the consumer and retail sectors
• Significant and influential contacts both domestically and internationally

Mergers & Acquisitions

The professionals at The Mercanti Group have advised hundreds of clients with their M&A and other financial advisory needs. Our clients run the spectrum from private equity firms to corporations to family offices and alternative asset managers.

The M&A market remains strong and Mercanti is dedicated to taking companies, both big and small, to the next level. Our full range of M&A advisory services includes:

• Buy-Side and Sell-Side Advisory Services
• Divisional and Subsidiary Divestitures, Spin-Offs and Spin-Outs
• Management and Leveraged Buyouts
• Recapitalizations
• Strategic Partnerships and Investments
• Takeover Defense
• Financial Restructuring and Reorganization

The Mercanti Group develops customized buy-side and sell-side strategies designed to maximize shareholder value.

Private Placements

The Mercanti Group has deep relationships with the private equity community and we are positioned to structure transactions on the best possible terms. Collectively, our professionals have represented over 100 companies in their capital-raising needs. Mercanti offers a full menu of financing strategies for our clients, including:

• Growth and Acquisition Capital
• Going Private Transactions
• Management Buyouts
• Leveraged Buyouts
• PIPEs (Private Investments in Public Companies)
• Recapitalizations
• Debt Refinancing
• Partial Sale or Partial Recapitalization

Each tailored process includes the full range of services from identifying a universe of potential investors to bringing the right party to the negotiating table.