At GaP, our mission is better representation leading to consistently better results. Our client-to-broker ratio is among the lowest in the industry. Every engagement gets the “A-team,” or we won’t take it. This discipline ensures we deliver on our promises to every client.
The size of your transaction shouldn't mean you are forced to settle for inferior representation. No one else fields a team to work with clients in the lower middle and middle markets. Every M&A engagement at GaP is staffed with a core team consisting of a CFO/CPA, a Strategist/Analyst, Marketing Experts, and a Founding Partner. Our financial staff alone have more experience and expertise than any other firm within our market. And our strategists and analysts possess credentials that can only be rivaled by huge investment banks doing massive deals.
When needed, we incorporate specialty disciplines which ensure our clients are guided and advised by subject-matter experts through a critical time when there are no chances for a do-over. Additionally, when a buyer enters the due diligence phase of an acquisition, our team matches their team CPA-to-CPA, Analyst-to-Analyst, etc. This assures a seller is never outgunned in the critical phases of negotiation and ownership transfer.
As seasoned entrepreneurs who have successfully navigate the sale of our own business, we bring a wealth of experience to the table. Our personal experiences revealed that traditional approaches to buying and selling privately- held businesses often prioritize a broker's interest over their client's objectives. These approaches characterized by substantial engagement deposits and hourly billing often compensate brokers long before stakeholders are assured of meeting their goals.
The genesis of GaP stems from our dissatisfaction with the status quo and available choices. In response, we reimagined the entire process, revamped the team involved, and overhauled the fee structure. Our commitment is unwavering: we transparently establish financial arrangements, timing, and expectations with our clients from the outset, and we align our financial success with our ability to not only meet but exceed our clients' defined objectives.
By structuring engagements the way we do, our own resources are put at risk to accomplish the mission. This approach forces discipline upon GaP to: (a) understand fully and exactly what your intentions are; (b) determine if your business is properly priced, has obstacles to closing, and is worthy of offers from multiple suitors; and (c) assess our ability to assist you in achieving your goals BEFORE we agree to work together.
Why would you trust the last big sale of your life to a firm that takes short cuts or flat out doesn’t believe that clearly understanding these factors as a condition to their ability to deliver results is important?
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