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Our Specialized Team Develop Customized Exit Strategies for Business Owners
The AmbroseAdvisors Team brings investment banking expertise to supplement the knowledge of a client’s other professionals by offering comprehensive knowledge of a multitude of industries, sectors and deep expertise in structuring and executing transactions. Each Member of our team is solution-oriented and dedicated to enhancing existing relationships between other professionals and our clients
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“AmbroseAdvisors is one of our most valued business partners. For well over a decade, the Ambrose principals have been integral in virtually all of our financial dealings; buy-side transactions, sell-side transactions, debt placements and ESOP plan administration. Ambrose’s desire and ability to gain an intimate understanding of our competitive landscape, strategies and operations have made them an indispensable part of our planning and execution. Simply put, they are the best in their field.”
— CEO of a Community Association Management Company
AmbroseAdvisors is your Financial Advisor Our mission is to guide private company business owners with a complete sell-side advisory solution.
ESOP Transactions
Sell your business to an ESOP in a smooth, tax-advantaged exist strategy
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Sell-Side M&A Transactions
Find the right buyer for your business via a competitive sale and negotiation process.
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Valuation
Accurately assesses your business worth through expert analysis for informed decision-making.
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Capital Placements
Secure essential funding efficiently with professional guidance for growth and investment.
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ESOP Third-Party Administration
After closing an ESOP transaction we can act as your long-term partner by administering your ESOP.
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Your Alternative Solution ESOPs: Offering Owners A Tax-Advantaged Exit Strategy
An Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) allows employees to become partial owners of the company through stock ownership, offering a tax-advantaged exit strategy. It’s an excellent alternative to a traditional third-party sale transaction, enhancing employee motivation and retention while providing a smooth, tax-advantaged transition for current owners.
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Maximize Your Company’s Value Dual-Track Process (ESOP + M&A Sale)
Explore both a tax-advantaged sale to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) simultaneously with also running a third-party M&A sale process to maximize value and see what’s out there before selecting an ultimate transaction to pursue. We also use the ESOP as a cover bidder to protect the price and terms of a third-party buyer’s offer through the due diligence period.
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We specialize in serving the unique needs of privately-held companies, combining deep industry knowledge with personal communication, we provide effective advice and full support. Our extensive network of investors and partners offer market intelligence and accurate trend analysis to enhance your strategic thinking.
The Ambrose Process- Aerospace & Defense
- Transportation & Logistics
- Consumer / Craft Breweries
- Industrials / Manufacturing
- Government Contracting
- Distribution
- Healthcare
- Business Services
- Technology / IT Services
- Architectural, Engineering & Construction
President of a Precision Manufacturing Company
Our relationship with the Ambrose team is approaching a decade in tenure and continues to be the highest value of all of our business relationships. Their group of professionals delicately guided our company through our successful ESOP transaction culminating in 2011. Their detailed approach was refreshing, honest and collaborative. Since this time, we have made...
Based on two recommendations from our business partners, we met AmbroseAdvisors with only a basic knowledge of ESOPs. Ambrose took time and patience to analyze the pros and cons of an ESOP transaction for our organization and our shareholders; and they presented and explained several different transaction structures for us to consider. During the time...
We have been very pleased with the professional services of AmbroseAdvisors. Our ESOP transaction, which looked very complex to us at the beginning, was completed with ease and assurance. Thanks to the Ambrose Principals’ seamless integration of appraisers, attorneys, CPA’s and administrators throughout our ESOP transaction, all of us are now enjoying the benefits of...
Our 65-year old family business was looking for the right advisor to help us realize the best partners for our organization. Ambrose was creative and thorough in their approach. The process was run professionally and culminating with us finding a private equity partner whose principles matched those or our carefully built organization.
When our Company made the difficult decision to turn our company into an ESOP, we decided on using the services of AmbroseAdvisors for the transaction. From day one it felt like a partnership. The Ambrose team helped us understand the challenges as well as the advantages. They took us through an in-depth interview process and...
Working with AmbroseAdvisors provided our Company with the knowledge and expertise to navigate the ESOP process in a timely and successful manner that kept us constantly informed and educated. They were always readily available to answer questions throughout the transaction and helped guide us through multiple scenarios. The original owners of our Company were very...
AmbroseAdvisors and one of its Principals, Michael Harden, were instrumental in advising us throughout the process and getting the ESOP transaction completed. They were with us every step of the way. I am a CPA and tax accountant and was executor of the estate of the former owner and Ambrose managed to get the ESOP...
We highly recommend the Ambrose team of Michael Harden, Mark O’Keefe and Phillip Chou. They are all highly competent professionals who truly take customer service to heart. A few years ago, our company became the first acute care hospital system in the nation to make a 100% stock sale to an ESOP. Ambrose was exceptional...
The transition to an employee-owned company is complex. From both buy and sell side considerations to the actual ongoing employee ownership component, there are dozens of variables to be considered. Frankly, I can't imagine what our experience would have been like without the experts at AmbroseAdvisors advising us through the process. This isn't a theoretical...
AmbroseAdvisors is what I consider one of our most important business advisors. From helping us with the review of private equity opportunities, to our eventual, ‘last minute’, end of year ESOP transaction. They have been with us the entire journey. It isn’t just their skilled team of analysts and associates, but the one-on-one direct participation...
An ESOP can be an exciting opportunity for the right company, offering an attractive exit strategy for founders while highly motivating employees and next-generation leaders. We interviewed a number of groups to manage our ESOP transaction and ended up choosing AmbroseAdvisors since they offered an experienced team of ESOP investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and administrators...
Peace of mind… that's what you get when you partner with AmbroseAdvisors to act as your investment banker/financial advisor. They are an invaluable source of technical guidance when it comes to strategic planning and the ESOP transaction through to compliance, reporting and fiduciary matters, which allows us to focus on our core business.
We Closed on our ESOP buyout transaction with AmbroseAdvisors leading the way as the financial advisor/investment banker for our company of 1,500 employees here in the Southern California region. Throughout the process, Ambrose was by our side answering all of our questions, working with us to lead due diligence and negotiations on our behalf with...
Ambrose is the one-stop full service firm for ESOP professionals. They successfully and smoothly guided us through a 100% ESOP transaction within a 90 day period. From start to finish, they provided us with investment banking & financial advice, legal counsel, transaction structure, and ESOP buyout transaction services. They continue to support us with excellent...
Experience, Expertise and Responsiveness. These are the three words that describe our engagement with Ambrose Principals. They are thought leaders in the ESOP space, have a wealth of experience and relationships they bring to the transaction and most importantly, they are then when you need them. I highly recommend Ambrose to any business owner considering...
Ambrose is a soup to nuts organization that advised us from early concept of the ESOP formation, through the transaction’s completion and ultimately into administration of our plan. Ambrose brings knowledgeable advisors and capable staff at all levels. I have heard horror stories about poorly thought out and executed ESOP formations, which was not the...
We chose Michael Harden and AmbroseAdvisors to help us overcome the many challenges of establishing an ESOP. His team understood our comfort level and exceeded our expectations in all aspects of the transaction. They were complements to the rest of our advisor team and made the interaction between the parties appear seamless. I have recommended...
Our company first engaged with Ambrose to structure our ESOP transaction and later engaged them for administration of our ESOP on an early basis – so two very different engagements but one consistent level of outstanding service! We could not be happier with the level of professional quality they provide year in and year out....
AmbroseAdvisors were recommended to us by colleagues. We had very little exposure with the succession planning process and ESOP option to keep our company and brand thriving in the future. We also wanted to reward our team who has worked hard to build our reputation. We had a few conversations regarding the process that were quite...
After spending years building our business we were lucky to find Ambrose Principals when it came time to sell. An ESOP transaction was the perfect process for us, but without Ambrose we never would have been able to make it happen. Their professionalism and support through the entire transaction, and continuing with their Third-Party Administrator services,...
I had the pleasure of working with both Michael and Phillip as well as their team. From the start Michael and Phillip flew out to meet with me to discuss the different components of an ESOP transaction. They educated me on the process and proved to me just how educated they were in this field. I worked...
Working with the Ambrose principals was nothing less than exceptional. Their approach in helping me understand the ESOP transaction process from start to finish took the pressures off me and my family. They helped ensure the deal was structured properly and they gave me no pressure of closing a deal just to get paid. They...
Our executive team interviewed several investment banks to help advise us on our individual and company financial goals in regard to using the ESOP structure to help achieve them all. After a full year of study and interviews; we decided upon a partial sale of our business to an ESOP as well as utilizing the...
AmbroseAdvisors is one of our most valued business partners. For well over a decade, the Ambrose principals have been integral in virtually all of our financial dealings; buy-side transactions, sell-side transactions, debt placements and ESOP plan administration. Ambrose’s desire and ability to gain an intimate understanding of our competitive landscape, strategies and operations have made...
We had the opportunity to be introduced to the Ambrose team through a very well regarded prestigious Financial Advisory firm. We talked to approximately three firms plus an incumbent firm we had previously engaged that had successfully sold our first company. After thoroughly vetting the newcomers against the incumbent we selected AmbroseAdvisors to be our...
AmbroseAdvisors ran the process for two of the biggest financial events in our 20-year history as a company. These guys have the answers and their approach is no-nonsense, egalitarian and always data-driven. We continue to rely on their expertise.
It was critically important that we remained focused on our business during the transition period. There is no way that could have happened without the expert team AmbroseAdvisors brought to the table. From accountants, legal, banking, and everything else, the team was top notch. AmbroseAdvisors made it possible to stay focused on our business during...
Mike and the whole Ambrose team were and are great to work with. They were instrumental in us getting our deal across the finish line and were super easy to work with. I appreciated their communications style and responsiveness for sure, and would recommend them to any friend.
AmbroseAdvisors was exceptionally knowledgeable and responsive to our needs and challenges as we worked through the ESOP process. We encountered some unique difficulties but with their steady guidance and expertise, they helped us navigate through these difficulties to a successful closing. Furthermore, they continue to guide us post-closing to ensure that we are in full...
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