Devonshire offers a valuable resource to clients who require the assistance of a professional financial advisor or investment bank. We are experienced in all aspects of merger and acquisition work in a wide array of industry settings. We are experienced business and financial analysts, skillful negotiators, and have the required business evaluation judgment and due diligence expertise to effectively meet your advisory needs.

We have assisted in over 65 transactions as primary advisor, and served as sub-advisor in another 25 transactions to both the Blackstone Group and Nikko Securities. Our engagements have ranged from that of a general advisor with which clients test ideas and strategies to that of hands-on agent with full responsibility for identifying and evaluating acquisition candidates, negotiating the transactions, and arranging financings.

Our approach is designed to minimize the risk of purchasing an economically unattractive company or paying too much for an attractive one. The role we play varies from client to client. We can:

• Assist in or drive the formulation of the acquisition strategy,
• Search for and identify candidate companies,
• Perform company valuations,
• Structure the transaction,
• Assist with due diligence,
• Establish the appropriate offering price,
• Arrange acquisition financing, and
• Complete the negotiations.